英和和英

語源

From Middle English wepen, equivalent to weep +‎ -en.

動詞

weepen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of weep
   • a. 1561, The Contest of the Ivy and the Holly

     Holly and his merry men, they dancen and they sing;

     Ivy and her maidens, they weepen and they wring.

   • 1562, Arthur Brooke, The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet

     Whilst Juliet slept, and whilst the other weepen thus,

     Our Friar Laurence hath by this sent one to Romeus,

   • 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland

     And yet for all to make amends for this,

     The clouds sheed teares and weepen at my misse.