Middle English Dictionary Entry
wong n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | wong n.(1) Also wonge, wang(e, (in place names) wanghe, waing, wonke. |
| Etymology | OE wang, wong, LOE (in place names) wangha, wanke- plain, field; for place names also cp. ON: cp. OI vangr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A piece or tract of land; a field, plain, meadow, etc.; ~ stede [OE wang-stede], a place, locale; corner ~; lond (mede) ~, meadow land;
(b) ?length;
(c) in surnames;
(d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.229, 245].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)67/12 : He byð acænnod on þan ungeseæligen wongstyde, þe Corozaim hatte.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1444 : Ilk of you shal haue castles ten, And…Borwes, tunes, wodes, and wonges.
- (1341) in Spelman Gloss.(1664) [OD col.] : Tres acrae terrae jacentes in lez wongs.
- (1371) Close R.Edw.III351 : [A third part of a furlong called the] Londmedewong…[a third part of a furlong called] Londwong.
- (1373) Inquis.PM Edw.III13.217 : [On the] wong [on the east of Catedyk 11 selions on the south side; on the] wong [on the east of Catebydyk 4 selions on the south side].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)532 : Wonge, of londe: Territorium.
- (1446) in Rec.B.Nottingham 2184 (1st occurrence) : Unam wong terrae arrabilis vocatum Hyngyngwong.
- (1452) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2362 : Ye Corner Wonge is ye Comons of Notyngham as men sayn.
b
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)322/628 : Affodille…Þe flowur is ȝewl [read: ȝelw], wol lytyl whyth…Þe stalke is fote and quarter longe, Þe lef is of þe same wange.
c
- (1332) Name in LuSE 7940 : Henr. Atte Estwong.
- (c1346) Name in LuSE 3517 : Del Wong.
- (1466) Paston2.557 : Willelmum Wangeford.
d
- (1113-14) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) ()128 : Wetewange; Wetewang.
- (1145-56) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) ()128 : Wetewanghe.
- (1196) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)128 : Wettewong.
- (1228) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.) ()592 : Munekeswong.
- (1238) in Ekwall Dict.EPN472 : Wangeford.
- (1260) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)348 : Bradewonge.
- (1294-5) Doc.St.James in BGAS 58 ()234 : Usque ad terram que vocatur Wonkelond.
- (1319) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)348 : Dencheburgwong.
- (1333) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)128 : Wetwang.
- (1338) EPNSoc.21 (Cum.)381 : Le Wayng.
- (1406) in Gray Eng.Field Syst.()473 : In campo orientali vocato Longwong.
- (1409) in Rec.B.Nottingham 2 ()402 : [Five acres of arable land called] Sunnylwong.
- (1435) Close R.Hen.VI359 : [Arable land…abutting upon] Querral wonge.
- (1435) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2359 : A comon lane yat lyges by ye Beke on ye est syd betux ye sayd Beke and Alleswonge and gos so thoro in to Notingham Wode.
- (1446) in Rec.B.Nottingham 2184 (2nd occurrence) : Unam wong terrae arrabilis vocatum Hyngyngwong.
- (1467) Paston (EETS)2.353 : Your husbonde…grauntid to me…v acres of lond callyd Hokewong in the same toun…and also he pardonyd me…of v d. of rent.