oon
English
References
- Thomas Darlington (1887) The Folk-speech of South Cheshire, page 225
Finnish
Synonyms
See also
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈoːn/, [ˈoːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈoːn/, [ˈo̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -oːn
- Hyphenation: oon
Middle English
10 | ||||
← 0 | 1 | 2 → [a], [b] | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: oon, oo Ordinal: first Adverbial: ene, enes, ones Multiplier: sengle Distributive: sengle |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare an, oo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔːn/, /ɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Numeral
oon
- one
- c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folios 6, verso – 7, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
- Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue […]
- Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as both three and one, while being one Might, one Wisdom, and one Love […]
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Prologe of the Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 63, verso, lines 438-440:
- And but ye do / c[er]teyn we shal yow teche / that it is fair / to han a wyf in pees / Oon of vs two / moſte bowen doutelees
- And unless you do, we'll certainly teach you / that it's fair to have a wife in peace; / one of the two of us must without doubt submit.
Descendants
References
- p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
- “ō̆n, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “ō̆n, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “ō̆n, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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