verb / noun
keen
Loud wailing in grief.
The mourners keen beside the grave.
Etymology
The Irish word names lamenting or weeping. English adopted keen for the prolonged, audible mourning associated with grief and funeral lament.
Loud wailing in grief.
The mourners keen beside the grave.
The Irish word names lamenting or weeping. English adopted keen for the prolonged, audible mourning associated with grief and funeral lament.