▪ I. † yong, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 Northumb. (hin)iong, ᵹeong, 3 ȝeong(e, (ȝoing?, ȝeonc-), 3–4 ȝong(e.
[OE. (Northumb.) ᵹeong, and in comp. hiniong departure, inᵹeong entrance, {uacu}tᵹeong exit, ymbᵹeong ‘decursus, ambitus’: of obscure origin; cf. next.]
Going; gait; travelling, journey; course.
ȝongdawes, Rogation Days; cf. gang-days.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark i. 3 Rectas facite semitas eius, rehta doeð vel wyrcas stiᵹ vel ᵹeongas his. Ibid. Luke ii. 44 Uenerunt iter diei, cuomon ᵹeong dæᵹes. c 1205 Lay. 1298 Þeonene he ferden forð wel feole dawen ȝong. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 500 Earen buten herunge, honden buten felunge, fet buten ȝonge. Ibid. 569 Ich..wule..wið kinewurðe ȝeoues ȝelden ow hehliche ower ȝong hider. a 1225 Ancr. R. 412 Uridawes and umbridawes and ȝoing dawes [v.rr. ȝong dahes, ȝeoncdaȝes]. a 1300 Sayings of Bernard 184 (MS. Laud 108) in Herrig Archiv LII. 33 Ȝis ridingue and þis proute ȝong. a 1327 in Rel. Ant. I. 124 Nou nabbe y nout that ȝong, That speche, ne that song. |
{astm} Illustration of compounds (see etym. above).
| a 900 Bede's Death-song in O.E. Texts 149 Aer his hinionge. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark Introd. 4 Of uneaðalice wlonga innᵹeonges in ric godes. Ibid. Matt. xxii. 9 Ᵹeongas forðon to utᵹeong ðære weᵹana [Rushw. utgengum]. c 1205 Lay. 28370 Þa burhweren..warnden him inȝeong. a 1225 Ancr. R. 62 Þurh eie þurles deað haueð hire inȝong into þe soule. Ibid. 206 To openen þet inȝong & leten in sunne. a 1240 Sawles Ward in O.E. Hom. I. 247 Forte sechen in ȝong abute þe wahes. c 1320 Cast. Love 878 Þorw þe faste ȝat he con in teo, And at þe out-ȝong he lette faste beo. |
▪ II. † yong, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 Northumb. ᵹeonga, 3 ȝunge, ȝeonge, -ȝenge, -yenge [see misyenge, to go astray], 3–4 ȝonge, 4–5 yonge, 5 ȝynge; pa. pple. 3 -ȝeong, -e(n, -ed.
[OE. (Northumb.) ᵹeonga, and in comp. foreᵹeonga to go forward, inᵹeonga to enter, {uacu}tᵹeonga to go out, *ymbᵹeonga to surround (pa. tense ymbéade): cf. prec.]
intr. To go.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xiv. 42 Surgite eamus, arisað gæ we vel wutun ᵹeonga. c 1205 Lay. 8436 Euelin i-seh enne gume ȝungen him bi-halfues. c 1275 Ibid. 9061 Nas hit noht longe þat he ne com ȝonge. 13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 216 Now Kyng Hobbe in the mures ȝongeth. a 1375 Joseph Arim. 313 Þenne þei wenden heore wei and to þe court ȝongen. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 641 And wrie hem fest, lest wynd therynto yonge. a 1450 Myrc Par. Pr. 1851 Make þy clerk before þe ȝynge, To bere lyȝt, and belle rynge. |
{astm} Illustration of compounds (see etym. above; also ME. pa. pples. aȝeong(en) passed, biȝeonge surrounded).
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xix. 23 Wlonc uneaðe innᵹeongas in ric heofna. c 1205 Lay. 9364 Þe sæ wes iȝeonged [MS. -eð], þe scipen stoden a londe. Ibid. 23557 Þa feouwer wiken weoren aȝonged [c 1275 agon]. Ibid. 23702 In þan æitlonde þe mid watere is biȝeonge. Ibid. 28893 Þe alde king deȝede, his daȝes weoren aȝeongen. Ibid. 30552 Þa niȝen dæȝes weoren aȝeong. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 214 Vp they goth vche as her seed is, And letuce in their leues vmbiyonge. Ibid. iv. 437 With seefroth other haue hem vmbiyonge. |
▪ III. yong(e, ȝong(e etc.,
obs. ff. young, etc.