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hunison (c.1185)

The form honesoun is a cross reference to the following entry:

hunison (c.1185)

hunaisoun,  huneison,  huneisun,  huneson,  hunesun,  hunisun;  honeison,  honeisoun,  honesoun,  honeyson,  honeysoun,  honison  
  FEW:  *haunjan 16,183b Gdf:  honison 4,490b GdfC: TL: honison 4,1142 DEAF:  honir (honeison) H562 DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

1shame, disgrace
( c.1185 )  Me ferreit mener cum laron, Ço serreit trop grant huneison  Proth ANTS 6962
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Pechié est grant e huneisun Chair en fornicatiun  S Clem ANTS 13587
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  E Deu lur doint grant hunisun  Mir N-D 152.65
2disadvantage, financial loss
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Li povre paisant se doutent de destruccion E pur eus e lur moebles sauver de honeison Vienent a grant air, si prient de pardon  LANGTOFT thiol2 337.1223
( 1315 )  en damage du roy [...] et en honison de son poeple  King’s Bench v.cxxvi
mettre a hunison
to humiliate, disgrace
( c.1185 )  En plorant la prie e requert, Cum cil qui tuz jorz le son ert, Que merci ait de son prison, Qu’il ne seit mis a huneison, Ne seit penduz ne desmembrez  Proth ANTS 7230
to violate, rape
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Plusurs en oscist e damnat, La mustrat que poi lur amat; Les femmes mist a hunisun, Les madles a perdiciun  S Clem ANTS 11205

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See also:

huniement  hunir1  hunissement  hunte 
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