Middle English Dictionary Entry
honǒuraunce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | honǒuraunce n. Also (error) horaunce. |
| Etymology | OF onorance |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The action of honoring (sb. or sth.); maken ~ til, putten to ~, to worship (God or a holy object); in (to) ~ of, in honor of (sb. or sth.), in commemoration of (an event).
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)33/134 : Men holdez þane dai in horaunce [read: honuraunce] of is holi martyrdom.
- c1300 SLeg.Devil Serv.(Hrl 2277)39 : For eche day vyf aue maries to marie he sede In þe honurance of þe vyf ioyes þat heo hadde of hire sone.
- a1350 SLeg.Blase (LdMisc 108)194 : In þe honurance of seint blase he parteden of here gode.
- c1375 SLeg.Concep.Virg.(Eg 1993)178 : Þer were viftene degres imad bifore þe auter In þe honuraunce of viftene salmes.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.89 : In ye honuraunce of ihesu crist of heuene, and of his moder..yis fraternite is founden and stabled.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8896 : Sco sett hir don Apon þis ilk tre wit chance þat man mad til sli honurance.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)75/20 : Sche hadde done þat dede in þe honour[n]ce of his buryinge.
- a1425 Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)111/2 : In honorance of ihesu cryst, Sitteþ stille and haueþ lyst.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5912 : An arweblast off vys he bente, A ffloryng to þe cyte he sente; Þat was in signifyaunce Ihesu Cryste to honourance.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)103 : And euer þou þenke to the, Put euer god to honowraunce.