Middle English Dictionary Entry
nornen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | nornen v. Also nournen, nurnen. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON; cp. Swed. dial. norna, nyrna inform secretly. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To state (sth.), declare; -- also without obj.; ~ ayenes, ?refuse (sb.), ?rebuke; (b) to urge (sb.), entreat; ~ after, entreat (sb.) in (the name of sb.); (c) to offer (sth. to sb.); (d) ~ on the same note, ?to continue in the same fashion, ?propose the same conditions.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)65 : Anoþer nayed also, and nurned þis cawse.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)669 : 'Now innoghe, hit is not so,' þenne nurned þe Dryȝtyn.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1661 : Bot he nolde not for his nurture nurne hir aȝaynez, Bot dalt with hir al in daynte.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2443 : Now norne ȝe yowre ryȝt nome?
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)101 : Bot þat ilke note wos noght, for nourne none couthe.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)152 : No lede..may..his nome ne his note nourne of one speche.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)803 : I norne yow bot for on nyȝt neȝe me to lenge.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1771 : For þat prynce[s] of pris depresed hym so þikke, Nurned hym so neȝe þe þred, þat nede hym bihoued Oþer lach þer hir luf, oþer lodly refuse.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)195 : Þe name þat þou nevenyd has and nournet me after, Al heven and helle heldes to.
c
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1823 : I wil no giftez for Gode, my gay, at þis tyme; I haf none yow to norne, ne noȝt wyl I take.
d
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1669 : Þay dronken & dalten & demed eft nwe To norne on þe same note on nweȝerez euen.