Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒne n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒne n.(3) Also (early) mune. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI munr mind. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Remembrance, memory; mind, intention; bi min ~, in my opinion, as I remember; mid god ~, with good intention; (longe) worthen in ~, to be (long) remembered.
Associated quotations
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)57/53 : Beo buhsum toward gode and wel hald þu his bode. Do þu þis mid gode mune, þenne eart þu godes sune.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)1 : Iemes þe holi Apostle guod is to habbe in mone.
- c1300 SLeg.Oxf.Scholar (Hrl 2277)35 : He hadde þe while he lyuede þulke bone in mone, Þat oure leuedi, þo he was ded, him cudde, and eke hire sone.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)816 : Also michel he bar him one So he foure, bi mine mone.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)165/36 : Nou it comþ in mone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5706 : Seint aþelwold..out of þe house he nom & ȝef him an place in barkssire þat moche is in mone [B vr. moone].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5937 : Þe king adde bi is verste wif an stalwarde sone, Þat uor is stalwardhede euere worþ in mone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6131 : Edmond yren syde..So god kniȝt of bodie was þat he worþ longe in mone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10540 : Worre was in to al þis lond, þat longe worþ in mone: Þe sone was aȝe þe fader, þe fader aȝen þe sone.