dawnynge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dawenyng, dawenynge, dawnyng
• daiening, daigening, daining (Early Middle English)

Etymology

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

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.

Descendants

• English: dawning
• Yola: dauneen, daneen

References

• “dauninge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.