journe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• journee, journey, jorne, jornee, jorney, jornay, jornaye, gurnay, jurnei, jurnee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒurˈneː/, /dʒurˈnɛi̯/

Noun

journe (plural journes)

1. An endeavour or enterprise; an attempt at something:
   1. A journey; a travelling or trip.
      • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Clerkys] Tale [of Oxenford]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 184, verso, lines 783-784:

        Toward Saluces / shapyng hir iourney / ffro day to day / they ryden in hir wey […]

        Towards Saluzzo they make their journey, / From day to day they ride on their way […]

      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Luke 8:1, page 32r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

        And it was doon aftirward · ⁊ [iheſus] made iourneis bi citees ⁊ caſtelis, [pꝛe]ch[in]ge ⁊ euangelizynge þe rewme of god / ⁊ twelue wiþ h[im] ·

        After that happened, Jesus made visits to cities and fortresses, preaching about and disseminating the kingdom of God with the Twelve alongside him.

   2. A military enterprise or operation.
   3. A battle, fight or conflict.
   4. (figurative) The happenings of life.
   5. (figurative) Mortality; the final event of one's life.
2. The happenings or accomplishments of a day:
   1. A day of fighting, tilting, or jousting.
   2. The amount of work set or completed in a day.
   3. A day's worth of travel or voyaging.
   4. A unit of distance equalling a the distance covered in a day of travel (around 20 miles)
   5. (rare) The fruits or results of a day or its work.
3. A day (period of 24 hours).

Related terms

• jorneman
• jorneyen
• journeier
• journeyinge

Descendants

• English: journey
• Scots: jurney

References

• “jǒurnei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-07.