Middle English Dictionary Entry
dauen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dauen v. Forms: inf. dauen, daw(en, dawei, dawy, dowen & (early) daȝiȝen, daȝeȝe, daȝeie, dagen, daiȝen, dayyn; p. daued(e, daȝed(e; p.ppl. daued, daied, daide; pr.ppl. dawand; perf. ben daued. |
| Etymology | OE daȝi(ȝ)an, daȝōde; cp. OI daga, OHG tagēn. Late ME dayyn , daied, daide are influ. by dai n., sense 3. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. adauen.
1a.
To dawn, grow light; ~ clere, ~ light, ~ (to) dai; (a) with subj. it; (b) with subj. dai.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1694 : A marwen þo hit dawede [Otho: daȝede] & dai com to folke.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8523 : Anan swa hit daȝede he com up at Douere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21854 : I þan þridde dæiȝe faire hit gon daȝiȝen [Otho: daȝeie].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26940 : Hit agon daiȝen [Otho: daȝeȝe], and deor gunnen waȝeȝen.
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)124 : Hy beþ briȝttore ounder shawe Þen þey day wenne hit dawe In longe someres tide.
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)641 : Hit dawez clere and is neiȝ dai.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)16 : Cristene men ogen ben so fagen so fueles arn, quan he it sen dagen.
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)28 : Þe gedelynges bueþ glotouns ant drynkeþ er hit dawe.
- a1350 Ase y me rod (Hrl 2253)44 : On Estermorewe, wen hit gon dawen, hyre sone..aros.
- a1350 In may hit murgeþ (Hrl 2253)1 : In May hit murgeþ, when hit dawes.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2008 : When it dawy gan.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)180 : Wiþ þat it gan to dawe liȝt.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1791 : Til it dawed to day.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2218 : It dawed liȝt day.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4249 : Er that it dawe, I wol go crepen in by my felawe.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)129 : Tomorowe, anoon..that it gynne in þe Est to dawe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2633 : I wolde it dawed and were now day.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)112 : Dayyn or wexyn day: Diesco.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)114 : Dawyn idem est quod dayyn: Auroro.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4773 : Fra it droȝe to þe derke ay till it dawid eftir, It was bot vacant & voide.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)98 : Whan they com oute of the cherche, thei sawgh it gan dawe and clere.
b
- a1350 Mon in þe mone (Hrl 2253)40 : Þe cherld nul nout adoun er þe day dawe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.353 : Forth she wole er any day be dawed.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)445 : When þe dawande day Dryȝtyn con sende, Þenne wakened þe wyȝ vnder wodbynde.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1755 : For daȝed never anoþer day þat ilk derk after.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.471 : Tyl þe day dawede these damseles daunsede.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)23.587 : Whanne the day be-gan to dawe, Thanne þeroffen was this kyng ful fawe.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1135 : When þe day be-gyns to daw.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)279/218 : My lord..prayd the to be At þe mothalle by þe day dawe.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)1208 : When the day daved lyght, Vp fro his bede he soughte.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)153/23 : As the day dawyth..as the nyght nyghtyth.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)55/108 : Look thou trow well my sayes; And farewell now, the day dayes.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)196/55 : I thank the, lord, that..euery day that on erth dawes ffeydys vs with foode.
- a1500 Parton.(1) (Add 35288)3459 : Daye Was so dawed thatt he mowȝth see Alle abowte.
1b.
Special uses: as fer as the dai daueth, wherever the sun shines, everywhere on earth; that never daue the dai, that never may the day come, that it may never happen; there daueth me no dai, there is not a day; etc.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.33 : Ofte, morewen grei bigrowen, Seþ man þe day faire dowen And ful briȝt on hende.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3872 : O myghty Cesar..That of thorient hadde al the chiualrie As fer as that the day bigynneth dawe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1676 : Theseus..to hunten is so desirus..That in his bed ther daweth hym no day, That he nys clad and redy for to ryde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2195 : I pray to god that neuere dawe the day That I ne sterue as foule as womman may.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8050 : Þatempre wedir ful mery to hem dawes, Þat..Of Troye toun þei cauȝt anoon a siȝt.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)46 : In my bed there daweth me no day That I n'am up..To sen these floures.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)306 : In þat derke dethe þer dawes never morowen.
2.
(a) Of mercy, hope, joy, love: to dawn, arise; ~ of sorwe, be relieved of sorrow; (b) to rise from a swoon, come to; rouse (sb.) from a swoon.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)159/7 : Hwon he þet is ower lif daweð & springeð ase þe dawunge efter nihtes þeosternesse, & ȝe schulen springen mid him schenre þen ðe sunne into eche blisse.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.179 : Moyses & many mo mercy shal haue..For ihesus iusted wel, ioye bygynneth dawe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4091 : After stormys Phebus briȝter is; And so, be comfort & counseil of Parys, Sche dawed is of hir olde sorwe.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)558 : Adoun he fel a-swounie; & when he gan to dawei, 'To þe court,' he seyd, 'ichil go.'
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)808/18 : The quene..felle to the erthe in a dede sowne. And than sir Bors toke her up and dawed her; and whan she awaked [etc.].
3.
(a) To bring (sb.) to trial, try (sb.) in court; (b) to adjourn sine die.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)234/184 : Cayphas: The wordis he has saide doth my hart great dere. Anna: Sir, yit may ye be dayde. Cayphas: Nay, whils I lif nere.
b
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.79 : This truage was iii M li. well payde Eche yere to Rome..These princes thus accorded wer and daied In peace and reste.