Middle English Dictionary Entry
mon-joi(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mon-joi(e n. Also moun-joie, mount-, mont- & (surn.) monyoye. |
| Etymology | OF mon(t)joie = montem gaudia or, more probably, meum gaudium; see Loomis Adventures in the Middle Ages, pp. 229-53. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The war cry of the French; (b) the name of Charlemagne's sword; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2285 : Roland cryede an heȝ 'mountioye [F Monjoie]' wan he be-huld þay scoute.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4727 : 'Montioye!' þan Charlis gan to crye With ys voys wel an hye.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)366 : 'Monioye, lordyng!' þanne he cryde, 'Spede ous þys ylke day in ihesu cristes name, And þat oure dedes mowe turne þe sarsins to schame.'
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)10392 : He cried Moun-Ioy with all his herte.
b
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)868 : Charles..smote him on the helme With mown-Ioye, his gode bronde.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)3111 : He brayde oute Mownjoye wyth gode wille.
c
- (1327) *Lay Subs.Roll (PRO E 179/113/5, fol.24) [OD col.] : Johne monyoye.
- (1469) Paston (Gairdner)5.62 : The Lorde Montjoye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1450) ?Scrope Mirror World (Bod 283) 12460 : Be the example of Seint Poule, a goode religious man sholde..goo ever forthe froo vertu to vertu too þat he come to þe Mon[tio]ye, that is too seye, to þe hille of euerlastyng ioye, where he shalle see Godde clerely.
Note: Ed.: "Montioye: montioye, the so-called Mons Gaudii, Hill of Rama, which affords pilgrims the first sight of Jerusalem."
Note: New sense.