DictionaryRoot: murnan
Old English
murnan
to feel or express sorrow
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noun / adjective
mourning
MOR-ning/ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/
Grief after someone's death and its expression.
Etymology
Murnan covered sorrow, regret, and longing more broadly. Mourning names that grieving activity, with the selected sense focusing on sorrow felt or publicly expressed after a death.