Middle English Dictionary Entry
yō̆ngen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | yō̆ngen v.(2) Also yonge, ȝonge, (WM) ȝinge, (early SWM) ȝeonge(n, ȝungen; p.ppl. (?error) iȝeongeð. |
| Etymology | OE geongan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. aȝonge(n ppl., biyongen v. (Suppl.), gangen v., inyongen v., umbiyongen v.
1.
(a) Of a person: to travel on foot, walk, go; comen ~, arrive; also, come (to sb.);
(b) of water, wind: to circulate rapidly, swirl around; ben iȝeongeð, of the sea: ebb.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4207 : Euelin i-seh enne gume ȝungen him bi-halfues.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13858 : Walwain gon ȝeonge ȝeond þat wæl muchele.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15370 : Galarne þat maiden com hire ȝeongen.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)205 : About Babiloyne beþ to ȝonge…Sixti longe mile & tene.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)124 : Hoe sulen among moncun ȝonge [vr. yonge] Forto hauen alle hem Þat hem ne willeþ stonden aȝein.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)4519 : Nas hit noht longe þat he ne com ȝonge, and Bruttus him onfenge and makede hine to kinge.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)73 : Nou kyng hobbe in þe mures ȝongeþ [rime: longeþ].
- (a1333) Herebert What ys he (Add 46919)4 : Þys lordling þat cometh vrom þe vyht Wyth blod-rede wede…So styflyche ȝongeþ.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)313 : Þei wenden heore wei and to þe court ȝongen.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)1851 : Make þy clerk be-fore þe ȝynge To bere lyȝt and belle rynge.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)3972 : Þai herde þe apostles by hem ȝonge Al maner of langage speke with tonge.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4671 : Þe sæ wes iȝeongeð, þe scipen stoden a londe.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)779/9 : Of þe water wawes þat vnder vrþe ȝongeþ, Swiþe grete wyndes þe holewe erþe fongeþ.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.641 : Yf the tre be yonge The clouen stook to graffe is not amys, And wrie hem fest lest wynd therynto yonge.