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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1617
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Sojourne, -jorn(e, Sujorn(e, Sudjorn(e, n. Also: sojurne, sogeorn, sugeorne, sudgeourn(e, -georgne, sejorne, surjoure. [ME and e.m.E. surgerun (c1250), soiour(n (both 14th c.), soioure (Manning), soiourne (c1410), sojorne (1549), OF su(r)jurn, sojur.] a. A (usu. brief) stay at a place; a halt.Usu. to mak sojourne.(1) 1375 Barb. vii 392.
That he to Carlele vald ga, And a quhill tharin soiourn [C. soiorn] ma 1375 Barb. ix 369.
He na will had agane to turne, Na besyde thame to mak soiorne 1375 Barb. xx 366 (E).
A weill gret soiourne [C. sudiorne] thar he mad ?1438 Alex. ii 348.
We mak to lang soiorne and rest 1460 Hay Alex. 3709.
Quhan he it hard … quhat he was wa And Son to cum na sudiorne wauld he may … Bot alsa fast as hors micht bere his fete 15.. Clariodus iii 862.
Unto Estur toune Thir twa ar past or that thay maid sojorne 15.. Dunb. App. xi 31.
The superne eternall regioun Quhair noxiall skyis may mak no sogeorn a1568 Bannatyne MS 23a/12.
Latt no evill spreit ws within Mak soiorne(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints l 4.
He … to the cite Was cumyne, … & suiorne mad(c) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 162.
Rychtso … Saturne … Abufe the erth than maid he no sudgeourne, Bot suddandlye did lose his borrowit lycht(d) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix 721.
In the sammyne toure, Quhare his wif mad surioure(2) 1617 Melrose P. 299.
Yiour majesties jornay and sejorne in Scotland
b. But (withoutine) (more, ony) sojourne, without delay.c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1690.
The Grekes had tone vpone hand In thare awne cuntre for to torne Frome Troye, withoutin more sudiorne c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2901.
Thelagonyus to the way Bowned to pas on but sudgeourn a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1294.
The king … bad thaim tak the child agane And se but sudiorn he ware slane 1528 Lynd. Dreme 359.
Upwart we went … In tyll ane volt … Unto the quhilk, but sudgeorne, we ascendit 1535 Stewart 12472.
Vpone the Romanis for to follow rycht, But ony sujeorne other da or nycht c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2085.
Syne efter that, withoute sudiorne, Tyll our purpose we sall returne
c. A (period of) rest, inactivity or leisure.?1438 Alex. ii 7398.
Ȝong … and michty, In soiurne [F. a sejour] nurist nobilly ?1438 Alex. ii 8988.
All hes thare handis full of fecht That sugeorne [F. a sejour] haue thay nane a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 903.
The knycht … That was with wo and hewynes opprest, So noyith hyme his suiorne and his rest c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 176.
His lume is waxit larbar … Wes never sugeorne wer set na one that snaill tyrit For eftir sevin oulkis rest it will nought rap anys 1535 Stewart 767.
Furth tha fuir … And tuke na sugeorne outher da or nycht
