Middle English Dictionary Entry
ajoinen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ajoinen v. Also ajoingnen, adjoinen, adjunen, ajonen. Ppl. ajoined, -et, ajoint, aiont. |
| Etymology | OF ajoin-, ajoingn-; ppl. ajoint, ajunt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enjoinen.
1.
(a) To ally or join (one person with another); connect (things); (b) ~ to name, give (sb.) a name; (c) to add (sth.); ajoint with, together with.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11484 : Go we now to þe fythe poynt: To þe þrydde hyt ys a ioynt.
- a1400 Mirror(Htrn 250) 2:151/8 : God .. is heued of al cristen men namliche and þai ben al his lemes ..; cristen men and wymmen ben aioyned to him and weded at þe fontstone, and he is hir spouse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1135 : Jason full iustly, aioynet to my-seluon..Vmset all the Citie er þe sun rise.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12782 : This Egea ajoinet to hir iust spouse..with hir due part.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)128 : Eson..Hade a son..Jason þat gentill aioynet was to name.
c
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)16/1 : At þe þridde tyme aiont wid þe 'gloria patri'.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)21 : To this he adjoyned: 'Roses spryngen on thornes [etc.].'
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.338 : In the yere a thousande thre hundreth mo, Sixty adioynt and therwith all nynetene, The thyrde pestilence reigned in Englande.
2.
(a) To be adjacent (to sth.), to border or abut (on sth.), adjoin; -- with to phrase; (b) to go near (sb.), approach.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1753 : Þat perles erber Þat was to meliors chaumber choisli a-ioyned.
- (1375) Award Blount in ORS 7204 : A Stabull..with other ij howsis therto ajoyned.
- (1425) RParl.4.289b : Governours of any fraunchised Toune next adjoynyng.
- (1441) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10133 : A feld called Lowesdenfeld and a wode adjunyng therto.
- (1442) RParl.5.44a : A grete partie of the Countees to the seid Ryver ajonyng.
- (?a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxiii : The which shires adjoynen to the said shire of Derby.
- (1464) RParl.5.567a : The same Citee next adjoynyng.
- (1475) RParl.6.123a : Londes and Tenementes..adjoignyng to the same place.
- a1500(c1445) Let.Curteys in RS 96.3 (Add 7096)275 : Þe seid hundrid of Blithyng is abuttyng and adjoyned to þe see coste by longe space.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)974 : Medea the mayden..Was Joyfull of Jason, Aioynit hym to, Kyst hym full curtesly.
3.
(a) To charge (sb. with a task or duty); to impose (an obligation); enjoin; -- with to phrase, inf. phrase, or that clause; (b) ~ lif, devote (one's) life (to a certain purpose).
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.31b : We þe comaundez ant faste a ioiniez þat anon riȝt ant bi þoute ani delay [etc.].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3302 : If þe penaunce þat es here aioynt Be noght fulfilled at þe dedes poynt.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)21/11 : Þai sal make þe cuuent at wite and a-ioingne hir þar-eftir.
- (1429) RParl.4.359b : He is adjoined and associed to make partition [etc.].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2197 : I Aioyne thee, this iorney with ioy for to take.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2328 : Yff it like your Aliegiaunce, þat I, your lefe son, Be..aioynet to þis Jorney with iuste men & sure.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4947 : Two chere men þai chese on þis choise erend..Aionet to þis iornay iustly to-gedre.
b
- (1461) RParl.5.463a : Such persones as have of approved experience adjoyned their bodyes and lyves to this recoveree of youre auncyen..Right of youre seid Reame of Englond.