Middle English Dictionary Entry
damāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | damāǧe n. Also dammage, damege, dampnage & domage. |
| Etymology | OF damage & domage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Injury, harm, or loss (to a person, his well-being, or his reputation); also, an injury or loss; don ~, to inflict injury or loss; haven ~, be harmed or hurt; lacchen, taken ~, suffer injury; casten in ~, get (sb.) into trouble; (b) a debility or disadvantage.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4182 : A damisel..Was þo comen to king Arthour, To..don omage, Þat sche no hadde afterward damage.
- c1330 St.Marg.(2) (Auch)208 : Damage no hadde sche non.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2202 : To vs sirurgiens aperteneth that..to oure pacientz..we do no damage.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.457 : As muche to oure damage as to oure profit.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.645 : Vnnethe may he restore the damage.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)280a/a : For he dredeþ damage and harme by heuynesse of body.
- a1400 Cato(3) (Frf 14)29 : Loke þou make sum blis and laike a-monge trauails, þat þou mai in corage wiþ-out grete damage suffre þat þe ailis.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2964 : Lete bileuen þine outrage, Oiþer þou shalt lacche dedly damage.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3267 : He was enoynt with an oignement..þat kepte hym fro damage Of þilke fire.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4895 : Ofte it [youthe] doth shame or damage To hym or to his lynage.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.5.67 : Thow hast wepen for the damage of thi renoun that is apayred.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)44b/a : Þat grete coniunccioun signified a meruelous mortalitee..for it was in mannes signe, it directed harme or dampnage vpon mannes nature.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)598 : This ilke senatour..of his deth it was ful gret damage.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)179 : It wolde folewe þat, in þat þou lovist hym, þou doost to hym damage, and losse or harme.
- (1447-8) Shillingford79 : The violence..yet remayneth unpunysshed, to theire grete hurte, hyndryng, and damagis.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2146 : Kepe thyselfe frome domage.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)7202 : Crystene-men..ȝeden þe way..to alle oþere pylgrymage Wiþoute harme or damage.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.265 : What sikenesse may þi soule do domage But vnþrift, lo, and cursednesse of vice?
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)125/12 : Allas! What damege! What pitee!
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)74/10 : How by a foolysshe woman cometh many euyllis & domages.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)29/2 : They wolde be revenged of the damage that they had takyn that day.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.28.71b : If thu had do thi due seruice..þu had not be..cast so sor in damage.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)16 : Truly it is grete damage and pite, that youre fayre body shalbe brent for so foule a creature.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)84 : The kynge ne may a-mende this damage, but yef he take hir to his wif.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)568 : Ther shull some be deed, and that were grete damage and pite.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)696 : Pyte..schuld by profytable..schewyng no domage.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)67b/a : This age haþ wiþ hym mony damages & also propirtees, boþe goode & yuel.
2.
Impairment, detriment, damage (as to property or welfare); loss, destruction; also, a damage or loss; don, wirchen ~, to inflict damage or loss; redressen, restoren ~; taken ~, suffer a loss; putten in ~, get (a country) into trouble, expose to destruction.
Associated quotations
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)p.25 : De ceux qe monee countrefete..en despit et damage de nous et de noster people. ]
- c1330(?a1300) Rich.(Auch)119/159 : Þai wald wende þe schip to aseyl, & so þai dede to our damage.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2213 : By resoun of the grete damages that in tyme comynge been possible to fallen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.419 : To gret damage of the forseyde pouere folk.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.870 : Damages that beestes don in the feeld, that breketh the hegge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)106b/b : Þat þe neþir worlde schulde nouȝt take damage of þe brennynge of heuen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)145b/a : Whanne þe briddes beþ I bore a way, sche [the culver] forȝetiþ hire harm and damage.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5794 : Y rede þou bye A man to do þy marchaundye..To restore weyl þyn dammage.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)957 : Þe descounfyt and þe damage Fel vpon hem of Cartage.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7114 : Alle lyggen..Yslawȝe..Þe kyng ne þoled so gret damage Neuere er in al his viage.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)35/5 : Þat schuld afterward be harme & damage to þe comynte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3467 : Of his tresour he was dispoiled..To his damage and confusioun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1148 : Þe grete damagis and oppressioun Whiche þat Grekis han vp-on vs wrouȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4602 : A fynal pes..So he wolde restore ageyn Eleyn Wiþ amendis..Of damages wrouȝt at Cytheroun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.171 : Thanne scheweth it wel how gret destruccioun and how gret damages ther folwen of thingis of mankynde.
- (1429) RParl.4.346b : The seide Suppliauntz doubten hem of damage and prejudice that myght be engendred ayeins the possessions of the Chapelle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)113 : Damage or harme: Dampnum.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4552 : To comen ageyn he gaf hem fre..& restored þeym of here damage.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4917 : To..redresse vs the domage þat he don has.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)31/6 : Kynge Lotte made grete dole for his damagis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)51/14 : Knyght, holde thy honde; for and thou sle that knyght, thou puttyst thys realme in the gretteste damage that evir was realme.
3.
Law (a) Compensation for losses or injuries sustained, as claimed or adjudged; recoveren ~, to recover or collect damages through legal action; yeven ~, grant compensation; -- usu. pl.; (b) restoren to ~, to reimburse (sb.) for damages paid by him.
Associated quotations
a
- (1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.33 : Al the damagez that be recouered be the same assis.
- (1423) RParl.4.257b : Opon the peine of double dammage to the partie.
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4250 : John and Anne shall noght..be vexed..by statut merchaunt..annuitees, oþer dette or damages recouered.
- (c1426) Paston2.13 : The damages of the seyd William for the seyd trespas were taxed to cxx li.
- (1436) RParl.4.501a : That every persone..vexed be the said Writte, for mater determinable be ye comyn lawe..recovere his Damages.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)49 : That the pleyntyff..recure his damages, and the defendaunt in the mercy.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)155 : Thanne have he deliveraunce with oute taxacioun of damages.
- (1440) Paston2.47 : An esquyer of Suffolk..recoveryd..vijc marc in damages ayenst Sir Robert Wyngfeld.
- (a1450) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10136 : To restore him of his seid godes and to yeue him sufficient dammages and amendis for the seid trespas to him done.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3532 : Our lawis..Is to pay damagis.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)4.20 : In this appell is no damages to be recovered, but only an execucion.
b
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 778 : Þat..Richard May myght be delivered out of prison and..restored to his losses, costes, and damages.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1466) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1322 : Every person…that is…emprisonet in Chester…have his accion of trespas…befor the Mayre…and to have recowre of ther gode and damach agaynes them.
Note: New spelling: Also..damach.
Note: Probably belongs to sense 3.(a).--per MLL