v. Obs. [OE. be-, bimurnan, f. bi-, BE- 2 + murnan to MOURN.]
1. trans. To mourn over, lament, bewail.
a. 1000. Crist (Grein), 176. Hwæt bemurnest þu?
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 111. Þe makeð him his sinnes swiðe bimurnen.
1382. Wyclif, Luke xxiii. 27. Wymmen that weileden, and bymoornyden him.
1622. Mabbe, trans. Aleman’s Guzman d’Alf., II. 249. Bemourne the miseries wherein you are.
2. intr. To mourn, lament.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, VII. 3279. Þus [ho] bemournet full mekull & no meite toke.
