Middle English Dictionary Entry
ō̆ning(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ō̆ning(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Oneness, union, unity; also, unification; ben in-to ~, to become one, be united; (b) ~ to (in-to, with), union with (sb. or sth.), joining to; (c) the political unification of a kingdom; (d) harmony, peace; ~ of herte, agreement, conformity, or submission of the heart.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)123/21 : Charite ne is oþer þing bote dyere oninge, uor hi deþ of þe herte and of god al on.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)153/23 : Huanne þise tuo ziden of þe herte byeþ acorded and y-ordayned, þet is þe scele and þet wyl, þanne is þe man ordine wyþ-inne him-zelue. Þet byeþ þe tuo roten..of ane wel uayre uirtue þet me clepeþ riȝtuolnesse..riȝtuolnesse ne is oþer þing bote oninge, þet is, trewþe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.37.17 : And ioyne hem the toon to the tother to thee into oo tree; and thei shuln be in to oonyng [WB(2): onement; L unionem] in thin hond.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.9 : Water shulde be i-melled wiþ wyn in þe chalys, for to by tokene þe onynge and þe unite of Crist and of holy chirche.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)286 : In þe persone of vre lord Ihesu are two kyndes..god & mon, fulli oned to-geder. Be þe vertu of þis blessed onyng..þe soule of Ihesu receiued þe fulhede of wisdom.
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)774 : Heil whos sone..Regneþ wiþ-outen ende..Þe whuche of monkynde and diuyn Maade an onynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)79a/b : Reste..is heed and disposicioun of gaderinge & oneynge [L aduinationis] of parties in here owne place.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196a/a : Whenne þey [gold & silver] ben y-ioynede in a dewe manere, þe onyng is inseperable so þat þey mow nouȝt aftirward be departede atwynne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)204b/a : Poudre is y-made of spicery, and so þe Innere vertu þer of is y-knowe to smelle þe bettre and þe widder aboute by medlyng and oonyng of partyes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)326a/a : Oonyng of dyuers kyndes in oon persone..is vnite of gendrynge and birþe.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)15/14 : Hit is a iape of sich a manere onyng of þinges, to feyne a knyttyng to-gidres in dome & in knowleche of causes, þouȝ oon auctorite be ynouȝ to ȝou for al þis doyng.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.84 : Lat the unfoldynge of temporel ordenaunce, assembled and oonyd in the lokynge of the devyne thought, be cleped purveaunce; and thilke same assemblynge and oonynge, devyded and unfolden by tymes, lat that ben called destyne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)365 : Onynge to-gedyr: Unio, adunacio.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)248 : Goostly oonyng..schulde be bitwene vs and þee if we folewe þin holi lijf and passioun.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)271 : The nature of loue bitwixe persones..be a moving in to oonyng and ioynyng tho persoones to gidere.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)25 : Is helid and ȝoten in-to þe soule sich a wisdom..þoru þat wondirful medlyng and oonynge of Cristis liȝt liȝtnynge and of þe soule liȝtned.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)3/21 : The cause of þis comentynge was not to recte defaute of bokis, but for þer profitable acordynge & onynge; ffor trewe it is þat oon man mai not haue al maner bokis.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)55/10 : Here I sawe grete anynge betwyx criste and vs, for when he was in payne, we ware in payne, and alle creatures that myght suffyr payne soffyrde with hym.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)152/22 : Equite is non oþer þing but onynge, euenhed.
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)169 : Thilk ioynyng and oonyng and schap is not hard, neither neische, neither eny dede may do, wherto a wal is ordeynyd.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6660 : Men myhte se The Oonyng and the vnyte Off seyntys, the comunyoun Ordeyned for manhys refeccyoun.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.8.5b : And soþli in þis onynge, ys þe mariage mad, a twyx God and þe soule.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)22a/b : Þe soule..coueitiþ kindeliche to be in a body & be I-oned þerto; he desireþ kyndeliche þe onynge [L vnionis] wiþ þe body.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)78a/b : Bicause of bindinge & onynge þat þe soule haþ wiþ þe body, disposiciouns & passiouns þat springiþ of þe body reboundiþ in þe soule.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)132b/a : Fyre by his incorporacioun and onynge to grettere and þickere parties of erþely matiere..is Iholde byneþe by a certeyn violence of kynde.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)93 : Occasioun with outeforth..myȝte drawe the soule with ynneforth fro the onynge and knyttynge to hir spouse Jesu Criste.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)237 : Þis welwilling is to be clepid a louyng toward god, and it is a conformyng and an oonyng of vs to god.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)63/5 : There he says, 'Thowe schalle se thyselfe,' I vndyrstande the anynge of alle mankynde that schalle be sayfe into the blysfulle trinyte.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.8.5a : Bi rauischinge of lufe, þe soule is oned..to þe ymage of þe Trinite..Of þis onyng and conformyng to Oure Lord, spekeþ Seint Paul þus: 'Qui adheret Deo, vnus spiritus est cumillo.'
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)29/20 : Þe freendful goostly welwilling and loue..we han to god and to vs silf..and þerbi is þe cleeving and oonyng whiche we han to god.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.109 : Þe Danes reigned in Norþhumberlond sixe and þritty ȝere, anoon to þe oonynge of þe kyngdome of Athelstone.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)112 : And thai and he vpon this incorperacion, institucion, and onyng of hem self into a reaume, ordenyd the same reaume to be ruled and justified by suche lawes as thai all wolde assent vnto.
d
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)65/26 : Þes meyster huer-of ne is non drede..naȝt ne payþ god þet ne loueþ bote pays and onynge.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)67/2 : Aboue alle þise..paseþ þe zenne [of] ham þet be hare kueade tonge sostyeneþ and arereþ þe strifs and..miswendeþ þet pays and þe onynges.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)135/19 : Þe zoþe milde worþssipeþ god and him byt mildeliche, þet his to zigge, mid zoþe teares þet comeþ of godes grace and mid riȝtuolle oninge [F assentement] of herte.
2.
(a) Anat. & physiol. Part of the digestive process; prob. the assimilation of nutriment; oninges to, parts of the body adjacent to and affecting an organ; (b) surg. the joining together and healing of the lips of a wound, broken bones, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/b : When vertue digestif erreþ in sawyng or sedyng, þer is caused þe ethic; when in onyng [Ch.(2): levynge; L vniendo], þe Idropisy; when in likenyng, þe lepre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136a/b : Many sikenez falleþ in þe noseþrillez..Of which som ar in þe propre organe, Som in þe onyngz to [Ch.(2): þe membres þat helpen þerto; L coadiuuantibus].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)4b/b : Of þe fourme or qualitee of onyng [Ch.(2): ioynynge togedre of; L vniendi] þe lippez of woundes & of sowing woundes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)53a/a : Vnicioun,i. onyng [Ch.(2): onynge; L vnitio] in organic partiez is inpossible.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)65a/b : Cure of puncture nedeþ not vnicioun, i. onyng, ne keping of partiez oned, but for to drawe oute þingez infixed if þer be any.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186/2 : A bone is nouȝt sowded after þe firste intencioun..for onely moyste þinges ben ioynede togedre by þe firste onynge.
3.
The condition of being alone, solitude.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)74/5 : Now ȝe han forbise boþe of þe elde lawe and of þe newe how good it is to ben one. Al þis Onynge nys nouȝth elles bot fleiȝe þe compaignye of wicked Men & wicked wymmen.