yon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yon	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yon adv at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham Synonym(s): yonder, yon adj distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" Synonym(s): yonder, yon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yon \Yon\ (y[ocr]n), a. [OE. yon, [yogh]on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jen[emac]r, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. [root]188. Cf. {Beyond}, {Yond}, {Yonder}.] At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic] Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. --Milton. Though fast yon shower be fleeting. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yon \Yon\, adv. Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic] But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing. --Milton.