Middle English Dictionary Entry
after-nọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | after-nọ̄n n. |
| Etymology | From the phrase after nọ̄n, q.v. under nọ̄n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The part of the day between the noon meal and the evening meal, afternoon; this, that ~; at (the) ~, in or during the afternoon; til or fort ~, until afternoon; from ~.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4789,91 : Fram midday fort afternone He nadde strengþe bot of one; Fram afternone to auensong So to kniȝtes he was strong.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)75 : Sche slepe til afternone, Þat vndertide was al ydone.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)48/37 : And also at after-non þe same day..to chese here maistres for þe nexte ȝeer folwynge.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.36 : It ys ordeyned þat fryday after noon þat þey shole chesen a Somnour.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)149/8 : Þai will hyde þam in þe erthe fra vndrun of þe day til efter noone.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15145 : On ye saterday..at after none mad clene oure stable.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)244 : Of tho thinges that bifelle..at after none.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)27/22 : Sche was gretly despysed..ner al a day, boþe a-for-noon & aftyr-noon.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)38/23 : Sche mygth speke wyth hym..tweyn owyrs at aftyr-none whan he had etyn.
- (1443-9) Paston2.61 : It was told us this afternon.
- (1447) Shillingford7 : That afternone y went ayen to Lambeth.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)19 : The bytyng tyme ys erly by the morow from iiij at cloke vn to viij, At aftur none from iiij vn to viij.
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)513 : By masse And matinys I sette nevere pris, No atte after none forto here Evensonge.
- (?1456) Paston (Gairdner)3.89 : Writan in my slepyng tyme at after none.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)823/17 : At aftir none dame Elayne and her maydyns cam into the gardyne to sporte them.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)196 : That same day, the aftyr non, the Duke of Yorke roode thoroughe London.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)204 : And [the] batayle..lastyd alle the aftyr none, fro one of the clocke tylle v aftyr non.
- a1486 Jousts of Peace (Mrg M 775)39 : To a pere at ix of þe belle be fore noone, and to Juste a yens all comers..un to vj of þe belle at after noon.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3715 : Till he come to the ende of his Iurnay, Whiche was atte after none.
- c1500(?a1475) St.Marg.(3) (Ashm 61)420 : The secund dey, at þe afternone, Olybryus sente fore hyre full sone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1474) in Salzman Building in Engl.63 : There to work unto iij of the clocke at after none.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: !Quot. already used under non n. (c)--JL