Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōrning(e n.
Entry Info
Forms | mōrning(e n. Also morne-, moren-, morun-, morwen-, morewen-, morowen-, morown-, morewn-, morwn- & moruening, moreweningue, mourninge, morwgning, moreȝeninge, (error) moreȝennge & morneninge, mornininge. |
Etymology | From mōrn n. & -ing(e suf.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Morning; dawn, break of day; the hours of night before dawn; also fig.; (b) in (on) a ~, on a certain morning; in that (this) ~, on that (this) morning; in (the) ~, in the morning; at break of day; before dawn; in (on) morninges, in the mornings; in morninges and evenes, in undermeles and in morninges, continuously; frequently; on (the) ~, in the morning [see also amorning]; (c) that ~, on that morning; the ~, in the morning; ~ evening mid dai and non; (d) ~ kepinge, the last of the watches by which the Romans and Jews divided the night; ~ song, an aubade; (e) in the greeting: god ~ [see god adj. 7. (e)].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.22.41 : Morwenynge forsoþe doon, he ladde hym to hyȝe þyngys of baal & he byheld þe otemost parte of þe peple.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.397 : It made al hir hertes for to lighte, What for the seson and the morwenynge [vrr. mowrnynge, morneynge] And for the fowles that she herde synge.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.262 : For ar I haue bred of mele, ofte mote I swete, And ar þe comune haue corne ynough, many a colde mornynge.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)15/31 : Tay may haue þe morning in þe begining of þe lyth to þair labur.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.266 : A nyȝt is partid in foure houres, as evenynge and mydnyȝt, cockis crowinge and morewnynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)86a/b : Be þer made a colature of which euery day in þe mornyng [Ch.(2): by þe morwynge; L in aurora] be ministred a copful.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)382/32 : Þou art a gray morunyng, which ledist wiþ þee liȝt of dyuyn grace.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1483 : The morwenynge attempre was and fayr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)344 : Mornynge or morwenynge: Mane, aurora, diluculum.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)25 : I rose anon..When that the mysty vapour was agoon, And clere and feyre was the morownyng.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)48b/a : Dai natural..bigynneþ in þe morownynge of þe day and lastiþ vnto þe morownynge of þe day next folowynge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)273 : It was a feire morownynge [F matinee] and softe wedir.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)24 : Hit semyd the dawnyng of a morninge in his springing first.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1718 : Þe wranne, for heo cuþe singe, Þar com in þare more ȝennge [read: more ȝeninge; Jes-O: moreweninge] To helpe þare niȝtegale.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)257/39 : Þo cam hire louerd hom In þe moreweningue [Corp-C: morunynge] sone.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)517 : Wakeþ þanne, ffor ȝe nuteþ whanne þe lord comeþ, ywis; At eue oþer at mydniȝt..Oþer erlich in þe morwnyng.
- a1350 Iesu crist heouene kyng (Hrl 2253)10 : Þis ender day in o morewenyng, wiþ dreri herte ant gret mournyng, on mi folie y þohte.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)151 : On morewe, whan hit was dailiȝt, He aros vp in þe moreweninge [Suth: on þe morownyng].
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)212 : Riȝt in þe morning, sone after þe first stounde, a litel maidenchild ich founde.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.202 : Ich am rote of þe kynde of Dauid clere sterre in þe mornyng shynande.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.203 : He is..þe morewe sterre þorouȝ þe resureccioun þat was don in þe mornyng [vrr. morwgnyng, morwnynge, moruening, morewnyng].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4492 : Saue ye I herde neuere man so synge, As dide youre fader in the morwenynge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.875 : Ther walketh now the lymytour hymself In vndermeles and in morwenynges And seith his matyns and his holy thynges.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)916 : Many ben jolyf in þe morowenyng And þolen deþ in þe euenyng.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.5 : On a may morwenyng vpon maluerne hilles, Me befel a ferly.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.147 : Maules drowen hem to maules on morwenynge [vrr. on mornyng; on morwnynges; in morewnynges; on morows] by hem-self, And femeles to femeles.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.132 : Crist roos a Sunday in þe morewenynge.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)91b/a : In þe mornynge þe pacient schal take doubel so muche as he schal at euen.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.37/1 : He roos therfore erly yn the mornnynge, this gylfull mane..and leyid wacche.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)71/19 : In þe mornenynge arely þare come many fewlis.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)93/7 : He had a custome to rise in þe morneyng and to go to þe forest.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)14a : Noȝt onliche in mornyng, bot also aftir þe hete of the day aȝenst eue, þey schulde ben vsed to fiȝte wiþ palus and stakus.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)26 : Synge..the compleynt..That woful Mars made..in a morwenynge.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)151 : In this lusty morwenynge [vrr. morwnynge, morowenyng, morenyng, mornynge, morownynge, morowning; morowynge], As I best can, I wol hit seyn and synge.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)157 : Þe wikkid spiritis..hurt þe puple in morownyngis and euenes with meruelous maledies.
- (1455) RParl.5.282a : The said Letters..were to us presented at Watford..the xxii day of May aforesaid, aboute 11 of the clocke in the mornyng.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)56 : Hyt befell in a mornyng of may.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)38/498 : Thai ar so long taryyng, the fowles that we Cast out in the mornyng.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)564 : Þey were come to justynge Amonge þe knyghtys in þat mornynge.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)200/31 : Tak þe dew in þe morwenyng þat is vp-on the ruwe..and a-noynte þyne eyȝen þer-with.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11676 : Þe tiwesday to euesham he wende þe morweninge.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1062 : Bright was the sonne and cleer that morwenynge [vrr. mornyng, morownyng, morwenyng, Morneynge] And Palamon..Was risen and romed in a chambre an heigh.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)37/72 : I pray to god..that he me kepe in such A plyght, mornynge, hevenynge, mydday and none.
d
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)129.6 : Hope þe folk of Israel in our Lord fram þe mornynge kepinge [L custodia matutina] vn-to þe niȝt.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)10/21 : And suche a soule þat haþ þese seuene ȝiftes of þe Holy Gost..may wel synge a mornyng song [vr. mornynge song] of louelikynge.
2.
The morrow, the next morning; in (the) ~, on the ~, on the next morning; tomorrow morning; til the ~, until the next morning; the nexte ~, on the next morning.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)588 : In þe morweninge [Ld: moreweningue] as þe sonne aros, out of þis wordle he gan wende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7181 : Þai vmbisett þat tun abute, Þat if sampson went oþer vte, On nighter-tale, or in morning, To derfly ded þai suld him bring.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.17 : Right in þe mornyng [F Al matin], in aldermost nede, Com þe kynge's sonnes tuo.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)804 : I norne yow bot for on nyȝt neȝe me to lenge, And in þe myry mornyng ȝe may yor waye take.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4026 : My counseil is, in þe morwenyng, To-forne or we discured ben be day, Þat we vs arme in al haste.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2744 : Eueryche of hem..toke her reste til þe morwnynge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3564 : Til on þe morwnynge..Phebus gan his briȝt bemys shewe.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3437 : This ilk man þe nexte morownyng Taketh his leue.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)116/28 : In þe morownyng þe archbischop roos heyl and sound.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)52 : In the morowning, whanne thei that hired hire asked her mony ageyn, sche answerd that hir covinaunt was to ovircom a man and not a blok.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)92/6 : We wole..a ladder..be lefte vp & vnder a chayne of yrin, & schet wiþ a keye; & in þe mornyninge whan it is day, bi þe chayne avale bifore iii of þe sustris.