Middle English Dictionary Entry
sō̆jǒurnen v.
Entry Info
Forms | sō̆jǒurnen v. Also sojourn(e, sojourni, sojournei, sojorn(e(n, sojorn(n)i, sojurne(n, sujorn, suǧǧourne, suǧǧeourne(n, suǧjorne, suǧ(ǧ)urnen, suǧerne(n, soyiorn & sorjourni, sorǧeron & sejourne & (errors) soiormij, sogeourur. Forms: p. sojǒurned, etc. & sojorneid, soǧeorn, soǧarende, soyarned, sorjornede; pl. sojǒurned, etc. & sojornet, ? sojournud; ppl. sojǒurned, etc. & sojonerd, sorjorned. |
Etymology | OF sejorner, sojorner, sojourneir, sojurner, sejourner, sorjo(u)rner, (chiefly) AF sojurner, sujurner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To stay temporarily in a place, reside for a time; visit; also, reside permanently, dwell; (b) ~ a, refl. to stay in (a place); ~ at, live in (a place); spend time at (a place); ~ from, stay apart from (sb.); ~ in, stay in (a place), reside in; -- also without obj.; remain among (an army); ~ with, stay or live with (sb.); visit (sb.); -- also refl.; also, dwell with (God in heaven); (c) of a heavenly body: to reside (in a sign or house); of the sun: remain (on the horizon); of Fortune, life: remain or be present (in sb.); of mercy, evil: reside, be present; (d) ben sojourned, to be lodged; -- also used of rain; (e) to delay, tarry, stay longer, pause; ~ in, continue in (a subject); (f) to quarter (a horse), rest; (g) of an animal: to remain inactive, rest; (h) to remain in sin; ~ in, remain in (a state or condition); ~ with, adhere to (an authority).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1435 : To þe..Abbeie..forto soriourni þere, he sende þis holi Man.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)60 : To þe Abbeie of seint Amaunt bi-ȝeonde se he drouȝ, And soriornede [Corp-C: soiornede] þare longue.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)400 : To þe Abbeye of stanle he wende..and suiournede þare.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9610 : Þe king wende to normandie to soiorni þere.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4193 : Þere þai soiournud euerichon, Til þat lenten were half agon.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5566 : Arthour and his feren wiȝt Soiournde þer seuen niȝt.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8656 : Baroun, kniȝt & ek souder..to Leodegan þe king Were comen to his fiȝt And soiournd a fewe niȝt.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2768 : To his cite he ladde hir..Þer hii wold soiormij [read: soiornij].
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)146 : Hende haþeolf þat was so fre, Bot ix moneþ soiournd he.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4191 : Þei..come to a cite þere soiourned þe quene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3771 : Sco send him son in-til aran..þar-to suiorn for hir sake.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5019 : Ne had þai soiurnd [Göt: soiurnid] bot a stond, Iacob þam said, 'time es to fund.'
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2653 : Þe lady prayed him..Þat he hame with þam wald wende, Forto sojorn þare a stownd.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7526 : Late me pryvely som-where sorgeron, Where no man shall se me morne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11382 : Þis Nabod þat I of tell soiornd als A neghtbour nere be syd.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12640 : Sant Elysew..and oþer..Toyȝt fayre forto be nere þe flud to soyiorn [vr. soiourn] in þat somer tyd.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)245/8 : There they suggeourned that seson tyll aftir the tyme.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)572 : Lenger ther he thought not to sogeourur [read: sogeourne].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)300/237 : In my pryson for thare prow here haue they soriornyd.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)20/123b : Prohedmo [?read: Perhendino]: sugerne.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)344 : To þe valey aȝein þo þei torned, And fiue daies þere þei soiourned.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13755 : To melapsa þat menye mevyt to-gedur..þere soiornet þai long.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(Hrl 2277)477/26 : Þe kyng hadde in þulke wode noble court & heȝ, To soiourny in [Ld: þer] & hunti.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4936 : To þe king þai wold hem aqueynti, & gode þrowe wiþ him soiornni.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3805 : He schal sone þer-after to his sone wende, to soiorne in þe cite þat he haþ seged ȝore.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.148 : Soiourned han thise marchauntz in that toun A certein tyme.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.740 : The dowhter of Ligurgius..Was sojournende in that Cite.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.1286 : To his In, Wher he whilom sojourned in, He goth him straght.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5044 : Þai soght and son þe stiward fand At a garner soiurnand [Frf: soiournande].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12646 : In nazareth þai soiurnd mast.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)53/666 : Menelaye Soiournyd [vrr. Soiornede, Soyarned, Soo-iorneyd] boþ nyȝt and daye In þat same contree.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.3 : The Englis kynges turned, þei mot do nomore, Bot soiorned þam a while in rest a Bangore.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1484 : How sholde I longe, allas, fro yow sojourne?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1350 : Ye seyden..But dayes ten ye nolde in oost sojourne, But in two monthes yet ye nat retourne.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)23776 : Þan and mikel of þe yier bifor Sogeorn forsoȝ þe quene gainor In þe cite of eborwik.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)23 : Thou schalt do no serueabul werkes..neþer þi strangur in þi hows, þat is, he þat sugurneth in þin hows.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)655 : There cho maye suggourne hire selfe wyth semlyche berynes.
- c1440(?a1400) St.John (Thrn)141 : Whils þou suggeourned in þat suyle, Domycyane..was slayne.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)28/28 : He..fande his Modir Olympias wele couerd of hir sekenes and suggournede þare wit her a while.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)71/53 : Sithen haue they soionerd here in Jessen Foure houndereth ȝere.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)332/15 : As longe as hit lykyth you ye shall suggeourne with me.
- (c1470) Stonor1.110 : I undyrstonde My lorde Morlay dissyrres to sugiorne with yow.
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)1320 : If ye list vnto his lawe turne..He shal yow make with hym to soiourne, This blissid lord, this glorious trinyte, Wher ioie is evir & al ffelicite.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)634 : Thus dide he soiourney with his love longe tyme.
- a1500 Orfeo (Hrl 3810)6/47 : Orpheo sugerneþ in Crassens.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2822 : Monolay..Purpost vnto Pyle..To solas hym a season & soiourne with the Duke.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2831 : Pollux the pert kyng & his pere Castor..soiournet the same tyme at the Cite Emscor.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3224 : O Phebus..in the Signe of Capricorn, The hous appropred to Satorne, I preie that thou wolt sojorne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1173 : The tenthe Signe..is Capricornus told..Withinne hise houses to sojorne It liketh wel unto Satorne.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1796 : Parfourned hath the sonne his ark diurne; No lenger may the body of hym soiurne On thorisonte.
- a1400 Alle wandreths (Roy 17.B.17)70 : Mony men where Dame Fortune suggurnes, with hir whele of treuthe a-boute sho turnes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4275 : Fortune..can euery day so varie Allas þe while! & selde in oon soiourne.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)324 : Myn herte shal nat change ffro þat, whil my lyf shal soiourne in me.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)63/23 : Governe thou thi tonge aftir Saturne; Lete noon yvill ther-in long soiourne.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Look TM (Hrl 2255)3 : Watry Phelous had his purpoos take, For a sesoun to sojourne in Aquarye.
- c1450(c1370) Chaucer ABC (Benson-Robinson)160 : Ladi, unto that court thou me ajourne..Ther as that merci evere shal sojourne [vrr. Suggourne, seiourne].
- a1475 VPhilibert (Brog 2.1)p.30 : I may not torne aȝeyne To have mercy, for ryȝt hath clossyd the gate There mercy sojornit.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1180 : Whan thei weren thus sojorned..Nero..The men lete come in his presence.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.294 : The grete schour..mai be so sojorned In sondri places up alofte, That into hail it torneth ofte.
e
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.987 : But hom he gooth, he myghte nat soiourne, The day was come that homward moste he torne.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.83 : Whan I seyȝ þis, I soiourned nouȝte, but shope me to renne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.89 : I wil no longer make digressioun, Nor in fables no more as now soiourne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.850 : Hire [Fortune's] whiel by no way may sojourne.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)381 : The tyme..may not soiourne, But goth and may never Retourne.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.1751 : In this mateer Bochas doth nat soiourne Be non attendaunce nor no long dilligence.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)2294 : He sogarende not nyghte ne daye, But in to Poyle he toke the waye.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)411 : Y ne schall neuer-more, Tyll Y come Artour be-fore, Soiourne day ne nyȝt.
f
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2048 : Thenne watz Gryngolet grayþe..& hade ben soiourned sauerly & in a siker wyse.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)153 : Forþi sall þow lenge here..This seuenyghte in solace, to suggourne ȝour horses.
g
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)54 : The beest that men may do with houndis þat þei lese not her clees is þat þei soiourne not to moche.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)5b : Þus þu shalt norichyn hors..And on no maner þat þou late hem so-journe mor þan þre dayis or foure.
h
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5180 : Ful lyght þan art þou for to turne Aȝen to synne and to soiurne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.326 : Al feyneth he in lust that he sojorneth.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.213 : To bedde he goth and walweth ther and torneth In furie..And in this wise he neigh til day sojorneth.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.2324 : Now wil thei leue it and to crist hem turne, With Aristotil or plato wil thei no more soiurne.
- c1450 My ladyes (Frf 16)44 : Your shap and your womanly gouernaunce Constraynyn menne of grace yow to pray, That day fro day sojornyn in penaunce Tille that yow lyst hem sendyn alegaunce.