Middle English Dictionary Entry
trōnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trōnen v. Also (?error) treonen; p.ppl. troned, trouned, throned. |
| Etymology | From trōne n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)90 : Þer weore..Turtils troned [vr. trouned] on trene By sixti I sayȝ.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.131 : Her soule shal wende to heuene Þer treuthe is in Trinitee and troneth [A: & tronen; vr. to treonen] hem alle.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)152/14 : The firste feste of the ydole is whan he is first put in to hire temple & throned.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)35/6 : Þis kyng in his paleys eendelesly is troned.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)223/86 : Oure tempill is þe toure Of his troned sire.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)255 : Þai coronyd me þe kidde kynge of kene iustises Þer euer wos tronyd in Troye, oþir trowid euer shulde.
- a1500 St.Kath.(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)278 : Aungels..ther soulys to heuyn bere; Before god tronyd they were.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)11/94 : I lefte it for no tene til he [Caesar] was troned in my blisse for his service.