Middle English Dictionary Entry
whọ̄n adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | whọ̄n adj. Also whone, (N) quon(e & (?errors) thone, chone, (error) quom. |
| Etymology | OE hwōn adj. & n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Few;
(b) as noun: a small number of persons or things, a few.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22740 : Iesus…quen he come first…þat com was bath dern and hidd And nobot quon [Phys-E: thone] men to kidd.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23922 : For mede ic ask a littel bone þat i besek wit wordes quone [Göt: fone].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14597 : Ga yee to fest…Haf i na tome þider to fare, For quom [Göt: quone] me luuand haue i þar.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17285 : Þaa quon þat heild wit þe þair-witt, Wel sene it was þaim wanted wijt.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19495 : O quoner [Frf: lese; Trin-C: fewere] þan o thre Mai na biscop sacrid be.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)19782 : He bad þa men be all vte-done, þat in þat hus left bot a quone [Phys-E: a chone; Vsp: a fon].
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)195 : That is nat well done, Ye haue lefft hym bot whone.