Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunnen
Literary usage of Gunnen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1837)
"gunnen, gonnen, to be acceptable to, to please, to suit the wishes. Die, dies,
dien, this, what is here before us. JOHNSON thinks the term a travesty of ..."
2. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"Summe heo gunnen ... Summe heo gunnen urnen, Summe heo gunnen Icpen, Summe heo
gunnen ... kunnes gomen Ther heo gunnen driuen. ..."
3. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"Summ heo gunnen lepen,' Summ heo gunnen s ... And the king, for his gomene, Gaf
him geven gode. heo gunnen ... heo gunnen urnen, 5 After 1297. ..."