Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄nen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | họ̄nen v.(1) Also hōnen, hon(e, hoine. P.ppl. (?error) heined. |
| Etymology | From họ̄ne n.(2); cp. MnScot. hūne to loiter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of persons: to linger; tarry or loiter (in a place); dawdle, be idle; wait (to do sth.); delay, hesitate; hoveren and (ne) ~; (b) ~ after, to wait for (sth.); (c) of actions: to stop, halt, be delayed; (d) to dwell (in a place); be situated (in an area).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)801 : Byhynd þe folk ay gan þai hone, To wayt what suld with him be done.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.129 : Thi praier haf I done, And thar the her na langer hone.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5873 : Ne lat yee noght þam hon Als þai ha mast-quat hider don.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6088 : Yee be alle belted, wit staf in hand; Hones noght quils yee ar etand.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)3297 : Wald þai no langar hone [rime: trone]; Þai bare yt in & gaf to architiclyne.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1086 : Helpeþ me nowe, þat I awreke were Of þis þeef, þat honeþ þus here.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)88/352 : Lorde, late þam wende..It may not helpe to hover na hone.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)271/35 : By my trouthe, he vntrewly is stonyd, Þat agaynste youre behestis hase honed.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)283/309 : Yone lordyngis to lose þe Full longe haue þei heyned [rime: enioyned].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)349/13 : It may noȝt helpe her for to hone If we schall any worshippe wynne; He [Jesus] muste be dede nedelyngis by none.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)819 : Vn to he come at lumbardy, In no place wolde he hone.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)3446 : When gedion saw þat ys [read: yt] was so, his hert be-gan to houer and hone [rime: fone].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)13/133 : Let vs furth togeder go..no longer here I rede we hone [rime: sone].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)32/319 : Full long shall I not hoyne to do my devere.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)42/80 : Fayn wold I this thyng ordand, ffor it profettis noght to hoyne [rime: soyn].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)75/363 : My lord, this care lastis lang, and will, to moyses haue his bone; let hym go, els wyrk we wrang, It may not help to houer ne hone.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)3091 : Efter help þare gan þai hone Vn-tyll it was efter þe none.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8791 : Wit þis þai lete þair werc to hon [rime: Salamon].
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)26665 : I rede we shriue vs sone & lete hit noȝt to lange hone [Vsp: late we þar-of be na litte].
d
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20166 : Ne sal tu [Mary] nawjght lang her hon Þou sal be broght til heuen blis.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23923 : Þou [Mary] giue me grace quils ic her hon [Frf: wone].
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)921 : By þyse holtez hit con not hone [rime: trone] Bot in Judee hit is.