Middle English Dictionary Entry
yon adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | yon adv. Also (error) yn. |
| Etymology | From yon adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) At a distance, over there, yonder; don wei ~, to send (sb.) away;
(b) after in time.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)654 : Of treis of fruit here es gode wone…Bot ȝon [Vsp: yhon tre] a tre com ȝe noght to þat standis emiddes paradis.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)13049 : To king herodis said saint iohan, ‘Do wai fra þe yn [read: yon] þat wick woman.’
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)42/535 : Ȝon…lyþ a knyȝt; He schal tryȝe al oure ryȝt.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1266 : My childe es dede, be Cristis pete! Ȝone a knyght hase hym slayne.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)200/24 : Yon is a werlow woll destroy us bothe.
b
- (?1438) Let.Ferrers in WANHSM 18 (Lngl 3)12 : Yf hit like you I wyll send aftere my harnes thys wyke that cometh yon.