journe

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒurˈneː/, /dʒurˈnɛi̯/

Noun

journe (plural journes)

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.)‎, 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.
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.
A day (period of 24 hours).

Related terms

Descendants

English: journey
Scots: jurney

References

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

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