Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄ne n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | họ̄ne n.(2) Also hōne, one, hoine, hune, (error) hime. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N & NM. Prob. Celt.; cp. OIr. ón, óin, h)úan 'a loan, lending'; MnIr. uain 'a loan, time allowed for repayment, time, leisure'; MnSc.Gael. on, oin 'a loan' & 'laziness'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Delay, hesitation; withouten (bouten) ~, without delay, forthwith.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2579 : Atte verste wiþoute one Castigen, þe kinges broþer, mid is men echone Asaylede hors & is ost.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15816 : Iesus tok þis malcus ere And heild it wit-vten hon [rime: don, bon; Trin-C: ful soone].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.227 : Withouten any hime [read: hune], þe wynde gan him driue.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1285 : Þe burde [read: burne] in mynde hade Þe lasse luf in his lode, for lur þat he soȝt boute hone [rime: done] Þe dunte þat sculde hym deue.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2636 : Thre whete cornes he toke sone & thre of barly withouten hone.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)785 : Þai hied þam withowten hone [rime: mone].
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3669 : Þis honowre sal noght be myne..I gif it þe here withowten hone.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)130/204 : Eraclius ful sone Strake of his heuyd with-outen hone.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)209/272 : And þan schall we, with-outen hune [rime: sone] Fulfill þi þouȝt.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)341 : Send owte Rowlande withowtten hone [rime: tone].
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5264 : Þar bestes suld haue þe same jugment bot yf þei hastyd withoutyn hoyne To wend with hym in ware.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4733 : Þa rane vp at þe hauen agayne Lightly with outen hone.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)251/228 : We ar worthy greatte lose that thus has broght a kyng..thus into oure ryng, withoutt any hoyne [rime: soyne].