Middle English Dictionary Entry
jǒurnei n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jǒurnei n. Also journai, jornei, jurnei, chornai, gurnai, jernei, (error) aorneye & jǒurnẹ̄, jorne, jurne & jǒurnī, jurni, jernie. |
| Etymology | OF jornee, jurnee, journee. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)168/22 : At þat iourneye he schall haue more þan lx chariottes charged with gold & syluer.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.1614 : Mercurius..Buried afforn, roos up at this iourne.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)48 : Þei made special commissioun to o man for o iornay or for o ȝer to do certeyn þingis at her comaundment.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)155/2 : The thyrde dyshonoure was that euery man myght wyth-oute Payne or reproue and myssayne the Prynce for that Iorney.
2a.
(a) A day's work; daies ~; also, a day's sport [quot.: MGame]; (b) the amount of work usually accomplished in one day; (c) the work of a weekday; (d) the product of a day's work.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)113/11 : Þet bread we byddeþ to oure uader..zuo þet we moȝe maky ane guode iornee, and to abyde..þe peny þet he yefþ to his workmen h[u]anne euen comþ.
- (a1400) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.103 : Þe dayis iurnay of a nors iþe prys of iij d.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.136 : Selden deieth he out of dette þat dyneth ar he deserue it, And til he haue done his deuor and his dayes iourne.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)10 : Ȝif it reyne in the mornyng, ȝour iourne is lost.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)579 : She was not wont to gret travayle, For whan she kempt was fetisly And wel arayed and richely, Thanne had she don al hir journe.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)133 : A horse oweth to be kept forto doo his jorney.
- (1432-3) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)227/17 : Also payd for dyuerz Stuffes for owr Gardyn and for diuerz Jorneys in owr Gardyn.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7963 : Alle þat þey made a day vpright ffallen was doun vpon þat nyght; Often þey les al þeyr iornes.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.143 : Y recevyd of dyuers men of the towne that fayled here jornayes at quary.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)461/24 : For all seruyce and seculer demaunde, savyng ij dayes Iourney in hervest.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)908 : But if i do Robyn a gode iorne, Ellis mot i hangyt be With a hempyn corde!
b
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)5870 : Fra þat time nedis had þai Do tua iornays [Vsp: dais werkes] apon a day.
c
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)23 : Þer been sum oþer þat on þe halidai wol bigynne þer gurnay.
d
- a1500(?a1425) Ipom.(2) (Hrl 2252)284/1032 : Byfore þe quene the flesshe he leyd; 'Here ys my dayes jorney!' he sayde.
2b.
(a) A day's fortune; (b) a day's business, daily affairs.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Lollai lollai (Hrl 913)32 : Child, þou nert a pilgrim bot an vncuþe gist; Þi dawes beþ itold, þi iurneis beþ icast.
b
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)113/11 : In þe meen tyme þe Grete Caan died; and forþi þe iournee [F affaires] chaunged efter to þe werse.
3.
Any course of action, task, undertaking, enterprise, business, service, or the like.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.29 : A bonde servaunt..dede here to þe kynges bed..for þat nyȝtes iornay [L nocturni connubii] sche axede fredom for here mede.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.39 : If he may resonabli escuse him-self be þe kyngis seruise, or for any journe þat touchit þe kyng or his ministris.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3087 : And Iason þanne..Gan ordeyn hym his Iorney to acheue.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2720 : Late hym be war..To be to hasty þis Iourne for to spede, Vp-on Hector his power for to kythe.
- a1425 Proph.6 Kings (Glb E.9)163 : Euermore his iornay [F ceo qil avera a faire] euer ilkadele Sall he do hardily, nobilly, and wele.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.511 : I [Fortuna] am toward with a benigne face To speede thy iourne bi support of my grace.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)254-6 : Hardare iournayes neuer þou hade, Neuir in no contree! Be þou fra þose iournayse passe.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)18.198 : I swor to ȝow with-Inne þe viij day, Whanne ȝe token for me that iornay, I scholde ȝow so worthily qwiten Ageyn.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)177/267 : Me with-stande may no castel; my jurnay wyl I [Death] spede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)262/902 : Þe oyle of mercy is grawntyd playn Be þis jorne þat I [Jesus] xal take.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)209/28 : And whanne þou hast..laborid in þis preier..þou muste make þerynne an eende as for þilk iorney in þe nyȝt.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)210/27 : Whanne þou hast bi diuers day iourneys or nyȝt iourneis spende oute alle þe seid porciouns of goddis benefetis, þan þou maist in an oþir daye or nyȝt make þe heed or þe cours or substaunce of þi meditacioun [etc.].
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)2579 : Euer we will be at youre will, What jurney ye will put vs tyll.
4.
(a) A day's combat in battle or tournament; also, a combat, a battle; ben at ~, to be in combat; kepen the ~, continue fighting; (b) a military expedition or undertaking; a campaign, crusade, siege, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)827 : Olyuer..prayde to god almiȝt schold saue him þat ilke day, As wys hit was in trewþe & riȝt þat he tok þat iornay.
- a1400 Eglam.(Eg 2862)130/11 : Of dede of armes, fer and nere, Þe gre he wan with iournay clere, And euer in felde þe floure.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.18 : Adelwolf his fader saued at þat ilk iorne.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)459 : Thees ben þe names of þe prisoneres and of tho þat been dede in þe Iourney that was made be my lorde Marchall of Borgoyne.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)372 : I sall be at journee with gentill knyghtes..to juste with hym selfen.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13874 : Loke þat non of ȝow recreye, Ne at þys iourne feynte ne feye!
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.75 : A wondirful knyht..Al this day hath kept the Iorrne Aȝens thy fowre batailles.
- (1450) Wars France in RS 22.2595 : Sir Thomas Kyrielle..was destrussed at the infortune jurney of Formynye in Normandie.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.46 : Here I had thoȝte to ryde For-sothe atte this iournay.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)187/21 : Þe good knyȝt and douȝty..haþ good herte and hardy and..haþ be in many harde iorneies.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)439/19 : In the same yere, the xv day of May, ther was made a Journey in Fraunce bisidis the toune of Compyne.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)20/2 : He besoght Gode full humblely with all his herte to helpe hym att the iorney.
- ?c1450 Brut-1447 (Trin-C O.9.1)482/35 : The Kyng sent for his squyere, Iohn Astley, and made hym to be dubbed knyght, for his worthy and good Iourney þat he did and wrought at þat tyme on his enemy.
- (1455) Paston (Gairdner)3.33 : Alle the Lordes that dyed at the jorney arn beryed at Seynt Albones.
- a1470 Ordin.War Hen.V in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)461 : Be it at the bataill or other dede of armes..he that first may have his fay..shall not nede to abyde uppon him to the end of the journey.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)20536 : An hundryd thousand men assaylle Euerych other in bataylle; Wher-off kometh ther destyne, That they ben alle at o Iourne?
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)4082 : Thoo Guye and heraude and their meyne Thanked god fast of their fair iourne.
- a1486 Ordin.Lists in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)309 : When the appellaunt coometh to his journey, he shall come to the gate of the liste.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)99 : He schold fare To that gret iorney With the gyant heygh for to fyght.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)1182 : Hyt ys Syr Barnard of Tollous..That hath done thys iurney.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)522/5 : So began þe batail & feghtyng, which endured A gode while, but in conclusion þe Duke of York apteyned & had þe victorie of þat Iorney.
b
- (1417) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.2.156 : Your said Lifetenaunte..made many greate jernies and hostinges uppon one of the strongest Irishe enimies of Leynstre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3797 : Of þis Iourne chefe solicytour Was Hercules.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2820 : Amphiorax..wist wel..that, ȝif Grekes forth her iourne holde, It turn shuld platly..To gret meschief.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)349 : Þei..in þis laste journe þat Englishemen maden into Flandres, spuylid oure rewme of men and money.
- (1429) Proc.Privy C.3.336 : If it happe þat þe said journee ayenst þeretikes before reherced holde not for oo cause or oþer.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)10/28 : I pray ȝow, þat for a rewarde of my firste iournee þat I hafe now made, ȝee graunte me, [etc.].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4565 : Erles & other men..are aioynet to þis Journey with ioynyng of wer.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1421 : Þou sall neuer..say..Þat I fro this grete Iournee Fayntly fledde a way.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.953 : He hath maad pees, and his iornay is sped; he is come hom now to Alisaundre ageyn.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)107/18 : I wolle noon of your goodes, for God has sent me enugh for this iourney.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)185 : The Kyng lay stille at the sege, and happed for to sey a word whech was confusion of that jornay.
5a.
(a) A day's journey or march; dai(es ~; (b) a stage marking the end of a day's journey.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1952 : Y am come to þys cyte, And haue trauayled many a iurne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7728 : A Iew..trauayled o tyme by þe cuntre, By iurnes þydyr þat he wulde be.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12604 : Wit þe gret maisters þer he bade Til maria had hir iorne [Frf: iournay; Göt: iornai] made.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7199 : Þise dukes riden in her waye By dounes, by dales, many journeye [vr. iornay].
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)355 : On journay ful joynt Jonas hym ȝede.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)8/10 : Þat þai nysten nouȝth, so þat hij wenten forþ a iourne & wenden þat þe childe hadde ben in þe route amonge þe folk.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)129/2 : Sche..toke hir leue for to walke forth in hir jurne.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)234/14 : Sche myth not enduryn so gret jurneys as þe man myth.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)128 : It be-fell aftir þat up-on day With o seruaunt he schul a iornay make With fresch hors.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)15942 : Als faste as he mighte he hasted; Iornes to make folk he tasted.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)51/24 : He þat his hors ouertraueliþ in þe mornyng, he schal not þat day good iourny make.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2509 : Fyue dayes iorneys he þederwarde madde Ore he come Salysbury to.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)890/14 : Aftir sir Gawayne departed, he rode many journeys both towarde and frowarde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)348/261 : With lucas and with cleophas he welke a day Iurnee.
- a1500 Ipotis (Trin-C B.2.18)121/23 : A man þat..myȝt gone euery day Seuen & twenty mile or iournaie.
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)160/12 : Þorgh the desertes of his lordschipe..þere ben jnnes ordeyned be euery iorneye to resceyue bothe man & hors.
5b.
(a) The distance traveled in one day or in a specified number of days; a measure of distance equal to twenty or more miles; dai ~; ~ of a dai; gret ~, at a great distance; (b) ~ of a sabat, hali-daies ~, a distance of about one mile.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)270/314 : Heo eode bi-fore hire deþe In a stounde of þe day Twenti dawene Iorneies.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)383/247 : Þat word sprong of him wide fale Iorneis þanne.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)234 : Þis holie Man ladde þene dede forth, and þene quike also, Fyftene Iorneies grete are day.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1291 : Fro bersabe iurnes two Was ðat lond.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3674 : Merlin..ȝede þo Ouer þe se in on niȝt Fele iurnes, y ȝou pliȝt.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)160 : Mi body liþ in galis, Biȝond speyne..Jurnays mo þan seuen.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4307 : A thys syde Egrymoygne a iornee þar is a brigge of gret fertee.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2738 : Theseus..conueyed the kynges worthily Out of his toun a iournee [vrr. Iourne, Iourney, iorney] largely.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)509 : Bede sais fra erth to heuen es seuen thusand yeir and hundret seuen Bi iornes [Frf: iournays; Göt: iornayis; Trin-C: iornees] qua þat gang it may Fourti mile on ilk day.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9192 : Þe tune o niniue..was of vmgang thre iorne [Göt: jornays thrie].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11742 : I sal mak þe scort þi wai, þat þou on thritte dais long Iornes sal haf bot a dai gang.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6751 : A gret merueille..is hennes an euen weye Þe mountaunce of ten journeye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.572 : Þe lenthe [of Troy] was..Thre day Iourne, lyche þe latitude.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1066 : His wonyng es heþin oway More þan þe jorne of a day.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)77/3 : Þe toure of Babilon..es fra Caldee foure day iournez.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)12a : The Journey of kniȝtes in þe oost schal ben ordeyned xxti þowsand paas in fyue oures in tyme of somour.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)32.8,9 : Al hol x Iornes ful Sekerlye And half A Iorne..there was he left.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)34.220 : They syen A schip In the See Towardis hem Cam ful gret Iorne.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)25/10 : He mot go from Cype to port Iaph..it is but a day iurne and an half.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)63/16 : From Ierusalem thedyr is but iii iurneis to gon in iii dayes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.77 : This Iosephus..toke to hym iij c yocke of oxen to ere and sawe in wildernes by the iourney of ij daies [L ultra duas dietas] from his howse.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)7584 : He wente in that contrey Halfe the day a grette jorney.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)200/14 : God Sente..Ionas to the grete Cite of Nynyvee, wyche was a thre dayen Iornay.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)183 : The saisnes be but a iourne hens.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 1.12 : Olyuete..is bisydis Jerusalem, hauynge the iurney of a saboth [WB(2): an halidaies iourney].
6a.
(a) The act of traveling; a trip by land or sea; a journey, a voyage; maken ~, to go on a journey, make a trip; riden ~, ride on (one's) journey; taken ~, start on (one's) travels; (b) the circuit of a judge of the court of assize; (c) right of way, passage.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)255 : He tok his leue for to fare To wende in his iorne [rimes: fre, charite, þre].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4286 : Þei..hiȝed on here iurnes fast as þei miȝt, til þei come to palerne.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1507 : Forþ hem wendeþ þes noble knyȝtes & takeþ hure iornay.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4029 : To-morwe let ous our iorne take, Hamward aȝen to ryde.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 9.3 : And whanne he made iourney [L iter faceret], it befel that he cam nyȝ to Damaske.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1979 : [He] gan his journe forto caste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.783 : Toward Saluces shapyng hir iourney, Fro day to day they ryden in hir wey.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5205 : Þe kyng forþ rideþ his journay..Al þat day and al þat niȝth Hij riden south-est riȝth.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1489 : Þus went þai furth on þer aorneye Ouer hilles & dales fully dayes thre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3601 : Þou [Medea] wer to slowe wysly for to caste What schulde falle, whan þou þi Iourne toke!
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)559 : And on his way anon he haþ hym hyed, by hasty Iourne so his hors constreyned Day be day til he haþ atteyned Vnta castel Pylotes ycalled.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4438 : Al this Iourne they went on foote bare, lik as they hadde gon on pylgrymage.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1122 : On þe morn furth gan þai pas; to þaire iorne [vrr. Iourne, iourney] þai ta.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)574 : Hy þe smertly unto me, For I most make a jorne.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)128/48 : When he was þus cumen hame ogayn, Of his iorne he was ful fayne.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)101/6 : Hir felaschep wolde takyn her jurne in-to-Inglond-ward on þe Sunday.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)51.289 : Vppon the Morwe thei token here Iorne.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1779 : He that hath a longe jorney to do And laboured hath x or xx myle, It is expedient, ferther or he go, To pause and stynt and rest hym there a whyle.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)970 : Bot to Wynchester he thoȝt to go..And toke his Jerney and forth con past.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)16/5 : Monicha..took þe se..þe schipmen..sche coumforted..saying on-to hem..'I had a vision fro heuene þat we schul skape þis iornay ful weel.'
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)116/20 : Now in þis jurny god mote us spede.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)22.9 : This psalme is songen in the office of ded men; for thurgh the graces here neuend, as bi iournes, rightwismen comes til endles lyf.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)18 : Knyȝt ne squyer wold he non But hym self and a grome, To wende on þat iorney.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1107 : Nowe Gothe quene Sereyn fourth on hir Iurnaye..So to the Reme of ynd they went full right.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.203/15 : Þe[s] þynges weer i-do at Oxonforde In þe laste Jorney of Gylbert Preston.
c
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.57.14 : And Y schal seie, 'Make ȝe weie, ȝyue ȝe iurney [WB(1): ȝyueth goyng; L præbete iter].
6b.
Man's journey through life, life's pilgrimage; also, man's final journey, death.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)180/14 : Þe pilegrim i þe wordes wei, þah he ga forðward toward te ham of heouene..moni þing mei letten him of his Iurnee [Nero: iurneie].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)253/36 : Alle þe guode men ine þise wordle byeþ..pilgrims..Hi ne byeþ þenchinde bote uor to uoluelle hire iornayes.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)4322 : Þus was þe ladies ending day, And þus was sho quit her iornay.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4993 : If Deth in youthe thee not sloo, Of this journey thou maist not faile.
- (1425) EEWills65/3 : Þis here-vnder writen ys my last will, what þat euer god ordene for me in my Iorneye.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)174/96 : When þat Bewnew he was dede..anon heo prayud, He schul pas on his chornay.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)273 : O thou, lorde god, this is an harde Journe, To whiche a-forne I toke but litel hede.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)186 : No man myȝte fulfille his goostly jorneie of vertuose livyng..wiþout þi gracis.
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)110/9 : Sum fallen in doute wheþer þei shullen traueile or nouȝt..but many bi grace kepen her iourney.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)461/155 : Nowe is my jornay brought till ende..To my Fadir nowe vppe I wende.
- c1450 Treat.Perf.(Add 37790)242/20 : Thus in þere jurney they rist, nouȝt pleynerly dyynge for the gettynge of the heye felicite.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)45/52 : God mote ȝow kepe in ȝour jornay.
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)420 : All þe..mynystres of sathanas be not so hardy to lett þi iornaye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)383/7 : Þe King…commaunded þe Erle of the March to be chyff Capteyne and…to go to the see, þat non enmyes defouled his Nauye ne entred his londe…for to destrowble his viage ne corneye.
Note: New spelling
Note: priv. Kingsford reads iorney, which makes much more sense
Note: priv. Kingsford ed. is from Galba MS - collated with 3 others. If used, give from Kingsford's ed., with Bill's corneye as error.--per REL
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)315 : For to ryde Rome abowte…Hyt were a grete yurne.
Note: New spelling