Middle English Dictionary Entry
burjǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | burjǒun n. Also burion, -ioyn, burgen, -g(i)on, -gun, borioun, -gun, (error) burron. |
| Etymology | OF burjon, borjon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A new vegetable growth of any kind; shoot, sprout; branch, twig; bud, blossom, fruit; plant, herb, grass [quot.Medulla]; swelling on a tree [quot. *Trev.]; (b) a product or result; (c) fig. scion.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1711 : Miri time it is in May..Floures schewen her borioun.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5351 : Buriouns springeþ, mede greneþ.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)64.11 : Multiplie þou his buryon [L genimina].
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.185 : Þe figer ne shal nouȝt floris, and burioun [vr. burgon; L germen] ne shal nouȝt be in uines.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.187 : It shal swolwe þerþe wyþ his burron [read: burion; vr. burgunnyng; L germine].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.64.11 : Multiplie his buriounys [WB(2): fruytis].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)30a/b : Þilke buriouns [L tuberositates] takeþ lif and turneþ in to a maner kinde of brid.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10735 : Quilk o þaim þat bar burjon [Ld: blossom] Suld spus þat mai.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)31a/b : Gramen: a burion.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123a/b : With braunchez or burionez [L frondibus] of ficz.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2736 : Burions of bowes brethit full swete.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)230 : Tak burgenus of popeler.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Rhyme WA (Hrl 2251)26 : To se burgyons on a dede drye stok..it accordith nought.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.512 : And burioyn sall noght be in the vyners.
- a1500 7 Sages(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)197/460 : Ther off sprang owt of the rote A Burgon þat was feyre and swote.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)92b/b : Polipus is þe burgeoun [L germen] of grete humoures.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.513 : My lare be till ȝow as rayn on gress, that it make to be grene in ȝou the burioyns of vertus.
c
- c1390 Heil be þow Marie Moodur (Vrn)58 : Heil, Borgun brihtes[t] of alle bounte!
- c1450 Heyl gloryous virgyne (Clg A.2)15 : Heyl, blessed burioun, Heyl, blome of all beaute!