Middle English Dictionary Entry
interjecciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | interjecciǒun n. Also jnter-. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An exclamation, outcry; (b) gram. one of the parts of speech, an interjection.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)139 : Soothliche this is weylinge and sorwe ioyntliche; this is interiectioun sorweful [F interjection dolente], wer inne is no thing that lusteth.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17263 : For I shan [read: shall] sen duryng my lyff The vale off sorwen and off stryff, The woful Interieccioun Most ful off lamentacioun.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17302 : What thyng meneth thys, That thys cherche destroyed ys? Thys ys..The woful Interieccioun, Wher-off..Euerych wyse man sholde ha wo.
b
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)117 : How knowyste an jnterieccion? A party of reson that by tokenyth talente of a mannys thouȝte and is not declinyd, as fy, hay. How many thyngys falleth to an jnterieccion? Onlych significacion. How many spyces hath the sygnificacion of jnterieccion? ffoure: myrthe as to gooderhele, as euax; sorwe, as heu; drede, as haa, id est, metum; wandryng, as pape, id est, miror & cetera.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1019 : How many partes ben þere of reson? Viij. Qwech viij? Nown, pronown, verbe, aduerbe, participyl, coniunccyon, preposicyon, and interieccyon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(2) (Pen 356B)14/261 : An interieccion ys a party of speche vndeclyned þat betokeneth passion of soule wt an vnperfete voys.
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