Middle English Dictionary Entry
at ōn(e phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | at ōn(e phr. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ben at on, to be of one mind, be in full or friendly accord or agreement; be friends; also, to be reconciled; al at on; (b) bringen ~, maken ~, to bring or restore to agreement or accord; to reconcile.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)131 : Hi chepeþ & hi bedeþ, sone hi beþ at on.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)925 : Aton he was wiþ þe king Of þat ilke wedding.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)127 : Ȝif he wold be wiþ him at on.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)865 : Alle þre þei were at on, & leten clarel on liue gon.
- c1330 Pennyw.Wit(1) (Auch)322 : Þei we be kist..Ȝete no be we nouȝt al at on; Icham wroþ wiþ þe, & wele y may.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)492-3 : Þer ne ouȝte no dom forþ gon Er þen þe foure ben aton; At on heo moten at-stonden alle.
- a1400 Floris (Eg 2862)74/193 : Rath and soone þey were at oone.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.201 : Þer moder þam bisouht for to be at one.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)378 : Quen we departed, we wern at on.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1176 : Sir, þan er we at ane.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5817 : Sir..we ben at on, Bi evene accord of everichon, Out-take Richesse al oonly.
- a1425 4 Daughters God (CotApp 7)p.194 : Till my sisters be all at one.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)451 : Þou hase oure gude men slane. I rede ȝe be at ane Or þar dy any ma.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2338 : Þouȝe I wold be a-toon, now it is to late.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)87/1705 : The King of France dude his miȝte, that hi were at one [Ld: to a-cord] ibrouȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.93 : Þe Romayns..made þe kyng and hem aton.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.437 : If gentil men..Were wrothe, she wolde bryngen hem aton; So wise and rype wordes hadde she.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1756 : Kyng Menelay & he wer made at oon.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)1103 : The Barons made hem at one With grete prayer and instaunce.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.SPuer(1) (LdMisc 683)84 : Wratthe of children sone is overgoon; Withe an appell partyes be maad at oon.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)1193 : My lorde and ye..Schull be made bothe at oon, Goode frendys for to bee.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Story Alex.(Dub 213)283/127 : For þe outragez hight of housez, loue & Iustice can nott be long a towne emong þe people.
Note: Per REL: This was in tǒun n. 5.(b) glossed as at ~. at has no vrr. in a in form section (though note, e.g., vr. to quot. c1300 in 1a.(a)). But Madden seems to say in Glossary that this = on/of. The only a preps. are = o preps (1) and (2). So it's poss. that a is just reduced version of at before t-. But sense is strange if = tǒun n., and perh. this = at-on(e phr. There is a spelling oune in ō̆n num., from which at-on(e is taken. So perh. = this phrase? That seems a little better than tǒun n.