Middle English Dictionary Entry
yond adv.
Entry Info
Forms | yond adv. Also yonde, yande, yende, ȝond(e, ȝont, ȝend(e, ȝent, gund(e, (WM or early) ȝeond(e, (early SW or SWM) ȝund & (error) ðund. |
Etymology | OE geond adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. biyonde adv.
1.
(a) At a distance, over there, yonder; her and ~, here and there;
(b) ~ of, ?from (a place); ?far away from (a place);
(c) to that place, there; comen (gon, leden) ~; hider and ~, this way and that, back and forth;
(d) in comb. with another adv., used adverbially with locative function: ~ aboven, there above, in heaven; ~ adoun, down in that place, on earth; fer ~, far away; also, in comb. with an interj.: lo ~, behold over there (the sun).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Oxf.Scholar (Hrl 2277)5 : Þe child bihuld þe rode in churche…he seide, ‘what is þe man þat ȝund anhongod is?’
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1101 : Louered…gunde under dun Mot hic ben borgen in ðat tun?
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3851 : Her and gund ðor he biried lin Alle [ð]he olde deden ðor fin.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)355 : Ȝond is þe land, And here schaltow to bare.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)468 : Ȝond liþ abest vnflain Atire it as þou wold.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1099 : The fairnesse of that lady that I se Yond in the gardyn…Is cause of al my cryynge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1199 : Sklendre wyues…Beth egre as a tigre yond in Ynde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1158 : I se hire! Yond she is!
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)371 : ‘We seche the kynge Arthur, wherefore we praye yow that ye will vs shewen where he is’…‘My feire sones, lo, hym yonde.’
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)5827 : Be-hold yande that hiduous montain.
- c1500(a1449) Lydg.Aesop (Trin-C R.3.19)479 : Yende on þe oþer syde Ys myne abydyng…Lat vs go swymme ouer þe ryuere.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Wright)1 : Seint Brendan the holi man was ȝund [Corp-C: ȝend] of Irlande [Ld: here of ovre londe].
c
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/26 : Hise eiȝene…ne bien to swiðe gawrinde hider and ȝeond.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)263 : Þe child…comes to þe couherdes hows…and seide þan…‘goþ yond to a gret lord þat gayly is tyred.’
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)3065 : Lede him ȝonde [Vsp: lede him yonder]…for þare a tree sal þou finde.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.263 : Now shal lucifer l[e]yue hit thauh hym loþ þynke, For ihesus as a gyaunt with a gyn comeþ ȝeonde [vrr. ȝont, ȝende] To breken and to bete a-doun al þat ben a-gayns hym.
d
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)10 : Ðan sal him almigtin luuen, Her bi-neðen and ðund [read: gund] abuuen, And giuen him blisse.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)68/1181 : Ich eode mony a myle, wel fer ȝent by weste [Cmb: Wel feor bi ȝonde weste], to seche myne beste.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)889 : Now see…yond adoun, Wher that thou knowest any toun, Or hous.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)7 : Lo! yond the sunne, the candel of jelosye!