dawnynge

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • daweninge

Etymology

dawnen + -ing.

Noun

dawnynge (plural dawnynges)

  1. dawn
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book Two Capitulum ix
      Anone after cam the knyght with the two swerdes and balan his broder / and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym / & soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day
      Anon after came the knight with the two swords and Balan his brother / and brought with them King Ryons of North Wales and there delivered him to the porters and charged them with him / and so the two of them returned again in the dawning of the day.

Descendants

  • English: dawning
  • Yola: dauneen

References

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