- (numeral, pronoun):
- on, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne
- an, ane, auen, aune (Northern)
- auen, aune (north Midland)
- enne, onen, onenen (Kent)
- en, an, ane (Early Middle English)
- won, von, wone (Late Middle English)
- (adverb): on, one; an (Northern); an, ane (Early Middle English)
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.
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.
