Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.
From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.
Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod Man:
He went to climb yon hill.
His head... his head... his face... it wisnae there. Nae black curly hair, nae eyes - I've never seen eyes sae blue as Joe's. Irises blue as yon sky. Blown tae smithereens... his gorgeous, bonny head, no there.2012 Spring, Gerda Stevenson, “Federer versus Murray”, in Salmagundi:
"Do my eyes deceive me, or is yon object a Puddin'?" he cried.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 158:
fr celles-là (that thing, distant, but within sight) · it quello (that thing, distant, but within sight) · el εκείνος (that thing, distant, but within sight) · de jenes (that thing, distant, but within sight) · fr ceux-là (that thing, distant, but within sight) · pt aquilo (that thing, distant, but within sight) · es aquel (that thing, distant, but within sight) · it quelli (that thing, distant, but within sight) · scn chissu (that thing, distant, but within sight) · nl gene (that thing, distant, but within sight) · cs tamten (that thing, distant, but within sight) · cs onen (that thing, distant, but within sight) · it quella (that thing, distant, but within sight) · ja あれ (that thing, distant, but within sight) · ko 저것 (that thing, distant, but within sight) · fr celui-là (that thing, distant, but within sight) · pt aquela (that thing, distant, but within sight) · ja あの (that thing, distant, but within sight) · got 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (that thing, distant, but within sight) · la illud (that thing, distant, but within sight) · fr celle-là (that thing, distant, but within sight) · scn chissi (that thing, distant, but within sight) · de jene (that thing, distant, but within sight) · de jener (that thing, distant, but within sight) · es aquello (that thing, distant, but within sight) · la illa (that thing, distant, but within sight) · fi tuo (that thing, distant, but within sight) · la ille (that thing, distant, but within sight) · pt aquele (that thing, distant, but within sight) · de jene (that thing, distant, but within sight) · it quelle (that thing, distant, but within sight) · ru вон тот (that thing, distant, but within sight) · es aquella (that thing, distant, but within sight) · scn chissa (that thing, distant, but within sight)
From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.
As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 222: