dawnynge

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably a modification of dawynge after Old Norse *dagning (compare Old Danish and Old Swedish daghning). By surface analysis, dawnen +‎ ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdau̯(ə)ninɡ(ə)/, /ˈdæi̯(ə)ninɡ(ə)/

Verb

dawnynge

  1. present participle of dawnen

Descendants

  • English: dawning

Noun

dawnynge (uncountable)

  1. dawn, daybreak
    Synonym: dawynge
    • 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.

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