Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒnnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒnnen v. P.ppl. sǒnned, sunned. |
| Etymology | From sǒnne n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To expose (sth.) to the sun; also fig.; ppl. sonning, being exposed to the sun; (b) ppl. sonning as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.140 : I [vr. In] sestris xij of aysel that sour hard is, A pound and vncis sixe yshrad be do, And xlti dayes sonnyng stond hit so.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)140/4 : Þan it is dryed, after þat beten and so made cloþe, wiche clothe is ofte waterid and sonned [vr. sunned] vnto the tyme it hath cawth whitnes.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)140/11 : God wold kepe suche clennes in hem þat he may be sonned in þe light of grace euer to be kept clene from falling.
b
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10124 : Johne Sonnyng.