Middle English Dictionary Entry
hǒnīed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | hǒnīed ppl. Also ihonied, hownyd. |
| Etymology | From hǒnī . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sweetened with honey; ?sweet tasting, delicious [quot. a1500]; also fig.
Associated quotations
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)70/496 : I..sum tyme was a..blynd herknere Aȝeynes lettres goode and mete, Wiþ hony of heuene ihonied swete [L mellitas].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.2.28 : The pleyinge bysynes of men yeveth hem honyed drynkes and large metes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)160b/a : I gif it in puluer with water of barly honied or made swete wiþ hony.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)79/9 : Twix my priuetis & þe sweitt honyd mynde of Ihesu als wer with musyk my mynd has myrthyd.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)882 : Ther growith ffrawde And Covert fals poysoun And sugryd galle honyed with Collusyoun.
- c1500 King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)333 : A hownyd pote ther standys there, And God forbot that we it spare To drynke.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Furness suggests that the quot. from King & H. should perhaps be read as 'howuyd' and derived from houve n., in the sense 'cap(ped), lid(ded).'