Middle English Dictionary Entry
entūnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | entūnen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. tūne n., & OF entoner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To sing (a song); to chant or recite (a Mass); (b) to utter (anything) in any way.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.123 : A Prioresse..soong the seruyce dyuyne, entuned in hir nose ful semely.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.4 : Fortune..kan to fooles so hire song entune That she hem hent and blent.
- c1450(1446) Nightingale (Clg A.2)66 : Hir [a bird's] clere entoned notes and hir soun.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)526/10 : Gaheries..be-gan for to singe a newe made songe, and he songe right wele and merily, and well entuned.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.263 : These rebukes rehersed off Fortune..Which frowardli to hire she dede entune.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.2932 : Ceson Quincius..and Graccus..Bothe attonys gan ther song entune.