Middle English Dictionary Entry
commū̆n(e yēr phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | commū̆n(e yēr phr. Also comoun ~, comine ~. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A year of 12 lunations; (b) the tropical or sidereal year; (c) the civil (Julian) year.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122b/a : Þe cours of þe mone is ful endid þe whiche cicle ande cours conteyneþ twelue comoun ȝeres..þe þridde ȝere is embolismalis & þe sixþe also And þe eiȝtþe, enleuenþe, fourtenþe, seuentenþe and nyntenþe and oþir be I clepid comoun ȝeres.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122a/a : Þe ȝere of þe sonne is þe comoun ȝere and biginnyth in januare and endiþ in decembre.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122b/a : Þe ȝere þat is I clepid vsual and comyne and legalis..it happiþ ofte þat þe myddil of þe ȝere þat hatte legalis is þe biginnynge of þe ȝere þat hatte Emergens.