Middle English Dictionary Entry
jǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jǒur n. |
| Etymology | OF jor, jur, jour. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A day; (b) ?a day's fortune; (c) ~ man = journei-man.
Associated quotations
a
- (1441) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)262/23 : This acompt made the xxviije day of May..and yoven ouer to vs..the xxviije iour of Juyn.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)67 : On the xie iour [F ior] of Pentecoste, the kynge satte at mete.
b
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)597 : Thei..ascaped in to the see, and wente ther as the wynde and fortune wolde hem drive, that in euell maner hadde theire ioure araied.
c
- (1409) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125178 : No man of the said craft shall wyrke no other men servantes, nor prentyses, nor jourman, unto suche tyme as he be clere of his said maister.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)82 : Forð glod ðat firme ligt, And after glod ðat firme nigt…Ðes frenkis men o france moal It nemnen un iur natural.
Note: New cpd. ~ natural, the natural day of 24 hours.
Note: New spelling