Middle English Dictionary Entry
conjuncciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | conjuncciǒun n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)328a/b : Al þat is y made is y schape by resoun of nombres..þe elementes beþ y festned by vertu and science of noumbres and..alle þinges vseþ coniunccioun of nombres, boþe spiritual and corporal, boþe of heuene and of erþe.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)314/21 : If þe chekeboon aboue meuede, þere nolde be noon strong coniunccioun bitwene hem.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Col.2.19 : Of whom alle þe body is bildid in to one þurgh coniunccions.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5221 : The ton dar all his thought Seyn to his freend..glad is that conjunccioun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.72 : The body of a wyght, while it duelleth in oo fourme be conjunccion of membris.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.5 : Whan I loste my memorie be the contagious conjunccioun of the body with the soule.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.151 : Wiltow that we joynen togidres thilke same resouns, for paraventure of swiche conjunccioun may sterten up som fair sparcle of soth?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.3.3 : What discordable cause hath torent..the conjunccions of God and of man?
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)520 : Of maryage spousyd..To holy Joseph, but nat carnally..The coniunccion was verrey heuynly.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)62/40 : Conjunccion of his lyfe and of his soule.
b
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)63/35 : Hit sempte vnto hym in his slepe þat he medled fleschely with his owne moder..þe fleschely coniunccion he had with his modir.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)104/13 : Lawe of kynde is commen to every nation, as conjunccion of man and woman in love, succession of children in heritance.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)110/4 : Þe schap of þe coniunccioun of þe v boonis.
2.
Phys. & physiol. The blending or combining of 'elements' or 'humors'.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)9/17 : He mai not knowe science of coniouncions, þat is to seie medlyngis & complexiouns, þat ben nessessarie to his craft.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)50a : In our coniunctione four elementes muste be aggregate.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)1641 : Nowe to coniunccion let vs resorte..conIoine your elementes grammattycallye.
3.
Astron. & astrol. The (apparent) proximity of two or more planets or other heavenly bodies; the position of these when they are in the same or two adjoining signs of the zodiac. [Such 'conjunctions' were regarded as causes of events and human destiny.]
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1961 : He loketh..the constellacions..the conjunccions..the recepcions.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)109b/a : Coniuctioun and apposicioun beþ nouȝt aspesctis but somtyme þey beþ yclepid aspectis be misvsinge of þat name..whan a planete comeþ wiþ a planete in þe same signe ascendent..þan hit is I clepid coniunccioun. And þis coniunctioun may be good ȝif þe planetis be goode, and a ȝenward iuel ȝif þe planetis beþ euel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)115b/a : Þis defaute may neuer falle by kynde but in coniunccioun of þe sonne & mone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)116a/a : Ast[r]onomeris of Egipt tauȝte þat by conyunccioun of þe body of þe mone wiþ sterris fortunat comeþ dredeful sikenes to good ende.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122a/b : Somtyme þe ȝere of þe mone is I clepid þe space of tyme þe mone meueþ round aboute from coniuncioun to coniunccioun, þat is fro chaunginge to chaunge.
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[2.32] 93a : To knowe in which party of the firmament is the coniunccioun. Considere the tyme of the coniunccion by thi kalender [etc.].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)44b/a : Þe more coniunccionz..signifieþ wonderful þingez stronge and ferdful, & mutacionz of kyngdomez, comyngz of prophetez, & grete mortaliteez. And þai ar disposed after nature of þe signez & aspectez of hem in which þai ar done..þat grete coniunccioun [of Saturnus, Iubiter & Mars] signified a meruelous mortalitee & a ferdful.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)10/24 : In the coniunccion and comperuccion of planettis.
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)150/9 : In a coniuncion off the sunne and the mone he schuld skape yt [illness].
4.
Gram. A class of words: the conjunction; a connective or conjunction.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1397) WBible(2) GProl.(Cmb Mm.2.15)p.57 : A coniunccioun copulatif, as..and.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)116 : How many spyces hath the power of coniunccion? ffyue by the Donet: copulatyf, disiunctyf, expeltyf, racionel, & causell.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)117 : In coniunccion buth tweyne ffigures, the simple as nam, the compoun as namque et cetera.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1019 : How many partes ben þere of reson? viij. Qwech viij? Nown, pronown, verbe..coniunccyon [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)116b/a : When þe brekinge is wiþ ane open brisure, þen auicen & oþere autours seine þat it maie not be rectifyed, but þe coniuncioun & þe brekinge of þe bones moste be drawen oute.
Note: Modify gloss in sense 1.(a).
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)97/213 : When ij verbis comyn togedur wtout a relatyue or a coniunction betwene, the lattyr schall be the infenetyue mode.
Note: Needed for date in sense 4.
Note: In sense 1.(a), in ?a1425(c1380)Chaucer Bo.3.pr.12.151, the translation of the Latin conflictione is "?conflict, clashing."--per SMK