Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōn(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | lōn(e n.(1) Also lān(e, laine. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI lān. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. len.
1.
(a) That which is lent or owing; to (bi, in) ~, on loan; (b) making a loan, lending; at ~, engaged in moneylending; maken ~; (c) a reward, payment; (d) ?a gift.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/20 : Næfde þe ðeȝen nane mihte to þam þæt he ðam laforde his lane forȝylde.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)127/3 : Þe ancre þe wearnde an oþer a cwaer to lane [Tit: leane; Nero: lenen].
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.20 : Selden comeþ lone lauinde homward.
- (1371) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.102 : I, Thomas Gylys..sesydde Robart atte Wanstalle ij acres of land ij ȝer, as vor lone of ij mark.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.15.8 : Þou shalt not..wiþdrawe þe hoond, bote opene hit to þe pore, & þou shalt ȝeue hym lone [pr. man.: þe borwed þyng: L mutuum] þat þou seyst hym to nede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14036 : Tua men com..And asked him penis to lan.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)291/5 : If..he..resceyueþ it for a prys aboue þe loone þat he hath lent hym, it is vsure.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.51 : Seldun comyth lone lauȝyng home.
- (1458) Diary Corp.Reading1.47 : Payd to the Kofferrers in lon xiij s. iiij d. for the sleyng hows.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57220 : Delyveryd to the sayd Straton, by lone, xij d.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17738 : The moneth..I selle for ix or x shyllyng..Affter the somme..That my loone kometh to.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)105/19 : Oker, festschipe, prinschipe of ȝeoue oðer of lane [Nero: lone].
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(LdMisc 108)136 : Þis corn..bitauȝt it is us..Þat we it leden þe Aumperour, ne dorre we make no lone.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)35/22 : Anoþer lenere corteys..leneþ wyþ-oute chapfare..alneway in heȝinge..oþer ine coupes of gold..oueral to gauel huanne me hit nimþ by þe skele of þe lone.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1485 : Thise hundred frankes..he took hem to daun Iohn No wight in al this world wiste of this lone.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)5.194 : Lumbardes of lukes þat lyuen by lone.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)29 : Ocur is on diuerse maneres. As if þou take outh for þe lone. Or sellest derre for þe lone.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)312 : Lone, or lendynge: Mut[u]acio, accommodacio.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)439 : They borowed at..Caleys..ther woll that was hem lente; For yere and yere they schulde make paymente..This was fayre lone.
- a1500 Form Excom.(3) (Dc 60)22/707 : Vsureres..lene her catall..tyl a certen day for a mor pris þen hit miȝt haue be sold in tyme of lone.
- a1525(?1466) Cov.Leet Bk.334 : They woll that no retaylers in the Cete take no hyr for the lone of strykis, half-strykis nor hopus lande to the salters.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)716 : Þey may kachen..Money..And bene at lone & at bode as burgeses vsithe.
c
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)64 : Me scal..ȝeuen us ure swinkes lan efter ure erninge.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)805 : Lure ow is to leosen ower swinkes lan.
d
- a1450(?1400) In blossemed buske (Dgb 102)63 : Gloser hath brought faytour lane To halle and chambre, to lordes for mede.
2.
A spiritual or material gift of God, God's help or grace; lent ~, a temporary gift of God, e.g., life, wealth, etc.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)24/217 : Wjit..þonkeð god ȝeorne..of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)87/143 : For ahte nis non eldere stren ac is godes lone.
- a1275 Ful feir flour (Trin-C B.14.39)34 : Mon, have rouþe of þe one, for þi lif nis boten a lone.
- c1330 Þe siker soþe (Auch)30 : Y tel it bot a lent lan, Whan al þe welþ of our wan Þus oway wites.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)636 : God graunt vs grace..We may be worþi to his bord, Vr lord leue vs þat lon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7506 : I had na help bot me allan And drightin þat me lent his lan.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1530 : Þus all þa sayntes thanked him right þat slike lane [vr. grace] wald þam len.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)333 : Thorowe Goddis helpe..þe geant loste his lyfe -- He loues Gode of his lane.
- a1450(1412) Glade in god þis (Dgb 102)110 : Thow nost how sone be after sent To ȝelde rekenyng of goddis lon.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)186/48 : We love God lowde and stille, þat vs þis layne has lente.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.42 : Gud his butte a lante lone; Sum tyme men [haue] hit, sum tyme none.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)131 : Thanke God of hys lone Of all þat He hath sent.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)13/117 : All the good thou has in wone Of godis grace is bot a lone.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4371 : And so oure richesse haue we noght Of oure-self, but of Goddis loone.
3.
A contribution to public finances; sometimes repaid, sometimes not; often ostensibly voluntary.
Associated quotations
- (1422) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.124/103 : They peyet neither to lone, neither to taillage, ne to lotte ne scotte, ne to no wacche.
- (1424-5) Doc.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.6224 : Alle taxis, taliagis, fiftenes, loones, reparaciouns, amending of housis, wallis, briggis, fletis, dichis.
- (1432-3) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)162 : Men..sworn to be perceners and intending to alle manere wacches, wardes, taxes, tallages, loones, and alle oþer charges.
- (1439) RParl.5.8b : Ye gret loones and presttes ye which yei have..made unto our said Soverain Lord.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.387 : Euery man that payeth to such a yefte or lone aboue specificied.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)80 : How that gret hurt and inconvenientis have fallen to the roiaume because the creditours have not been duelie paide of here lonys and prestis made to highe sovereins..youre pore comyns, not paied holy theire duteis for theire lones.
- a1525(?1435) Cov.Leet Bk.174 : [It] was Grauntede that our seid soueren lorde shulde haue C li. be wey of lone.