Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēdō n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēdō n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Apostles' Creed; muchel ~, the longer form of the Nicene Creed.
Associated quotations
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)75 : Heo cunnen heore bileue, þet is pater noster and credo..þe salm þet heo [apostles] alle þus writen wes ihaten Credo efter þan formeste word.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)17 : Elch man leornede pater noster and credo.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)5b : Buhinde sumdeal duneward, seggeð Pater noste & Credo ba stille..Cusseð þe eorðe..ed te messe i þe muchele Credo ed ex maria uirgine & homo factus est.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12/2 : Alle þise articles byeþ ycontyened ine þe credo þet þe tuelf apostles made.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)6.91 : He shal haue my soule..Til I come to his acountes, as my credo me telleth.
- (1449) Will Sus.in Sus.RS 43207 : To sey v pater nosters v ave and j credo in the wurship of the v woundes.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1624 : For in my conscience ne in my credo yit couthe I neuer vele But þat oure lawe leneth þere a lite.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Hnt.HM.64 Artist.Recipes (Hnt HM 64) 279/23 : Set hit on the fyere..and lete hit sethe the space of a Credo while.
Note: New sense: ~ while = 'the amount of time needed to recite the Apostles' Creed'. Cf. similar construction in MED s.v. paster-noster n., sense 1.(d).