Middle English Dictionary Entry
jǒurnā̆l n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jǒurnā̆l n. Also jornal, jurnal(le, jurinalle, gerinal(le, (error) jornenall. |
| Etymology | OF jornel, jornal. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A service book containing the day-hours, a breviary; (b) ?rendering L itinerarium: a chronological narrative, day-by-day account; a marching itinerary; (c) ~ bok, a book for inventories and daily accounts.
Associated quotations
a
- (1355-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99121 : Ad repar. unius Jurnal.
- (1370) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.136 : [Rector of the church of Wardon..leaves..his small book called] journal.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)268 : Iurnalle, lytylle boke: Diurnale.
- (1450) Will York in Sur.Soc.30176 : I wyte to..Thomas my jornenall, that I bere in my slefe dayly.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)54b : A Gerynall [Monson: Gerinalle]: breuiarium.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)68b : A Iurnall [Monson: Iurynalle]: breuiarium.
b
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.251r : Richard chanon of the Trinite Churche of London .. made his iournall [i.e., the Itinerarium Regis Ricardi] and made hit bothe in prose and meter.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1321 : A journal is in euery regioun First to be had..Wheryn haue he a pleyn descriptioun Of euery place, and passage a forsight.
c
- 1472 Acc.St.Edm.Sarum3 : Jornall boke of St. Edmunds Church Sarum.
2.
A wax light that will burn for a day.
Associated quotations
- (1371) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2311 : In uneo cereo empto ad Jornale, viij d.
- (1459-60) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2554 : Et Simoni Wexmakere pro j Jurnale.
- (1468-9) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2567 : Pro j Jurnale de ij libris, xvj d.