Middle English Dictionary Entry
abīding ger.
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| Forms | abīding ger. |
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Tarrying, delay, hesitation; withouten ~, without delay, immediately.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)173 : Ne abyd naȝt þe to wende to god..uor þe abidinge is wel perilous.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12b/a : Þey doþ al þing withoute abidinge and tariynge [L sine more dilatione].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2222 : Quyte hem curteisly anoon Without abidyng.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.576 : Sire Nasciens..lefte vpe his swerd..In Nasciens Nas non Abydyng.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)16.270 : Allas..þat is a longe abydynge.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)98 : J sette me up on my wey, foorth to go with oute abidinge.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)32 : To willyn O certeyn þynge &, withowtyn ony grete abydynge or taryinge, þat wille forsakyn.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)86 : All abowtt the rede blode can gon With owt abydyng.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)256 : Thei made no lenger abidinge but mette togeder fiercely.
2.
(a) Remaining in a place, staying with someone; dwelling, living, sojourn; standing still, motionlessness; (b) dwelling place, home, residence; maken ~, to take up one's residence; (c) ?refuge; (d) a lying in wait, ambush.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.183 : Þese men..dradde also þat longe abidynge from home in werre..schulde make hem childrenlese.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)112a/b : Meovinge bacward is in þe neþir partye, & stacio, stentinge & abidinge oþir houynge, is in þe myddil.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)138b/a : Haile is smal and rounde..and þe cause of his smalnesse and his roundenesse is his abidinge [L mora] in þe eyre longe tyme.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1147 : Be no þing in wer Of our abidyng, but be riȝt wel certeyn..We schal depart.
- (1425) RParl.4.290a : With grett rayne, and longe abydyng upon the water.
- (1433) RParl.4.423a : Fewe Englissh men abode..yere for ye greet perile yat yai sawe in abidyng yere.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)234/30 : Sche thankyd God þat ȝaf hym occasyon of abydyng, þow it wer a-geyns hys wille.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6203 : His abidyng and conuersacioun Was in placis that were solitarie.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick359 : Dame Margarete Tylney, by whose abydyng, as we truste, no greve but rathere avayle is procured to your place.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)315 : Ȝitt byhoued þame wende by helle and þare make lang habyddynge, some a thowsand wynter.
- (1461) Paston3.288 : I am put en fere dayly for myn abydyng here.
- (1465) Paston4.140 : I pray you that ye be not dysplesyd for his abydyng with me.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)131 : The wordis that she sayde Of his abideng ther.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))3 Esd.9.37 : The sonus of Irael weren in ther abidingus [L commorationibus].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167a/b : And þer was þe þritteþ mansioun and abidyng [L mansio], in þe whiche þe children of Israel dwelleden.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)206/23 : To-morow I muste make myn abidinge [DSPhilos.: dwellinge] in a hous fulle ferre hens.
- (1466) Paston4.246 : Our said Knight intendeth to make his abideing in Castor.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)78/176 : Ȝour Abydynge xal be with ȝour maydenys ffyve.
- a1475 Against Lollards (Vsp B.16)245 : That castel is not for a kynge..And yut wel wors abidynge Whan the captayn away is flowe.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4199 : He toke the..way To his palys ther as his abideng was.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)72.4 : For abideing [L respectus] nis nouȝt and [read: in] her deþ, and fastenyng nys nouȝt in her pines.
d
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)56.170 : They wele londen ful Sekerly..As thowgh nothing that they wyste Of Owre Abydyng.
3.
(a) Expectation of good, hope; (b) something hoped for; (c) expectation of evil, apprehension.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)38.11 : And which is nou myn abydyng [L expectatio]?
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)118.116 : Ne confounde me nouȝt fram myn abidyng [L expectatione mea].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 17.15 : Wher is thanne now myn abiding [L præstolatio]?
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)118.116 : And noghte schende þou me fra abidinge mine.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.3.65 : Thow..fulfildest the abydynge [L expectationem] of the multitude.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)517 : Where ys myn abydyng nowe And all my pacience therto?
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)118.116 : And fra myn abidynge shame me noght.
b
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.49.10 : He shal be the abidynge [L expectatio] of folk of kynde.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.10.27 : Sum abyding [L expectatio] of doom is dredful.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.10.27 : Þer is left agastful abydyng of dome.
4.
Continued existence, remaining in existence; duration; kepen ~, to remain in place, persist.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.7.112 : Yif ther were makyd comparysoun of the abydynge [L mora] of a moment to ten thowsand wynter.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1426 : Alle thynge that is brouht foorth bi Nature, Bi long abidyng thei may hem nat assure.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)73.133 (v.2:p.50) : Heretikes .., sharp in fraudelent eloquencie [L acuti fraudulenta eloquentia] and ful of the devels kunnyng, kepten her residence and her moste abidyng [L residerent].
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)153/12 : No þing abidiþ as for þe abiding of anoþer þing, but if þe oþire þing be it fully or a party of it.
5.
(a) Patience, endurance, forbearance; long ~, long suffering, forbearance; (b) firmness, steadfastness; (c) that which one endures, one's lot or destiny.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.2.4 : Thou dispisist the richessis of his goodnesse and pacience and longe abidyng [L longanimitatis].
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)419 : Wel knew I þi cortaysye, þy quoynt soffraunce..Þy longe abydyng wyth lur.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)86/14 : The whech grace he partuþe yn þre wayes..in way of gracyous abydyng..gracyous demyng..gracyous amendys makyng.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)22.294 : Þat he ne was mury in soule And bold of abydyng, busemares to suffren.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)363 : With Noe, ye have expert prudence..Stabylnesse with hardy Iosue, Tretable abydyng.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)90b : Ȝif þe duke or þe ledere of þe oost abitt, his studefast and his bolde abidinge may resounably chalange þe victorie.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)215/34 : Ouer al thynge, to haue victorie, moche worth is stablenys and abydynge.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.502 : Hir [the Soul's] abydinge is conjoint Forth with the bodi forto duelle.