Middle English Dictionary Entry
discō̆rden v.
Entry Info
Forms | discō̆rden v. Also descorden. |
Etymology | L discordāre & OF descorder. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To differ in will or opinion, argue, disagree; quarrel, be at odds; oppose (sb.); ~ with, quarrel with (sb.); (b) ~ fro (from, til, to), to disagree with (sb. or sth.), dissent from (a judgment, an authority, etc.); ~ in (of), disagree about (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.441 : But to speke of his tyme, olde men discordeþ.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2024 : I wolde rede To lete al other love aweie, Bot..As love and reson wolde acorde. For elles, if that thou descorde..Thi love mai noght ben honeste.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23640 : Wit alkin thing sal þire [the good] acorde; Wit alkin scaf þai [the wicked] sal discord [Phys-E: descorde].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.265 : Was neuer in þam both [Wales and Scotland] terme set ne stounde, þat þei discorded wroth.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.356 : Schrewes discorden of hemself by hir vices, the whiche vices al toreenden her consciences.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/b : For als mych was oure doctourez so varying & discordyng [L varii & discordes] in differencez of hem [skin infections].
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)89/34 : Þis warld..has..discordynge frenschyp & snaw blaknes.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)320 : Ful ofte thei seemen among hem to discorde.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3826 : He discorded wyþ hem alle.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)119/8 : Nowder of þaim mott nor cuthe discorde with oþer.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)126/9 : Men discordynge no sacrifyce of gud dede offre[n] to god.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)173 : Yef if be so that we discorde, than be we vtterly distroyed.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Eccl.(Dc 369(1))3.53 : The Seuenti Remenoures..not myche fro Ebrues..discordeden.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.35 : Seventy olde men..descordede not in wordes, in menynge, noþer in settynge of wordes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.61 : Of þe place and manere of his deyenge auctours discordeth.
- a1400 Cato(3) (Frf 14)362 : Catoun..in alle..accordis, and na-þing discordis tille goddis hali writte.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)72/4 : Þer ben manye men þat discorden of dietynge of men þat ben woundid.
- (?c1400) Wycl.7 Heresies (Dc 274)444 : But if he discorde from juggement of his God, he assoyles not.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3656 : Sethen ȝe alle assenten and accorde, Fro ȝoure sentence I wil nat discorde, In no wyse to be variaunt.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.275 : Men myghten discorden in this.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.2332 : Fro myn auctour me list nat discorde.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)222 : We discorden of dede in many done þinguus.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)132/32 : Þi felawe hath seyde to me þe verray truthe..ȝif þou dyscorde fro hym, þou schalt be deed.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)61/26 : It folewith not þat Aristotil and y in þe þing in it silf..discorden.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)21186 : To thy wordys I may accorde In party, and nat dyscorde.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)119.6 : With thaim that discordis fra the charite of halikyrke i held anhede.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)2015 : Sensualyte & Reson..in that poynt accorde..And in all other they clerely dyscorde.
2.
(a) To be different; ~ fro (from, til), differ from (sb. or sth.); (b) ~ asunder, ?to fall into separate parts; (c) of books, statements, stories, ideas, etc.: to be inconsistent; differ, disagree; ~ fro (to), be inconsistent with (sth.); (d) to be incongruous; ~ fro (to), be inappropriate to (sth.), be incompatible with; ppl. discording, incongruous, unsuitable; (e) gram. to lack concord (e.g., of person or number).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.229 : Þe Scottes and þe Pictes discordeþ in maneres, but þey acordeth in cloþinge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.5.15 : Thei alle discorden by diverse foormes.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)11 : Þe land of Grece es þe next cuntre þat variez and es discordand [Tit: discordant; F descordant] in faith and lettres fra vs and oure faith.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)273 : Al þe dedes þat ȝe don discorden til oure.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)249/4 : Man, ȝif þou faste, in þat þou dyscordyst noȝt fro þe feend; þe feend fastyth, he eete neuere mete.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)45/10 : A clerk of the chirche of Rome..ne was noȝt myche discordyng throuȝ euel lyf fro the clerk above-seide.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)108/9 : Many preche with þe mouþe, but in livynge þei discorde fer þerfro.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)338/28 : Jerome is even in blisse with hem, while he was not discording from hem in holynesse.
b
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)230/11 : Ydel thouȝtes, woordys, & dedys arn..bareyne as sande wyth-oute profyȝt, & varying, discordeng asundre, departyd in-to dyuerse dysirte, none hangynge wyth oþer as kyrnellys of grauel.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(NYPubLib 67)4.299 : He [Paul] wolde shewen the newe to not discorden fro the olde testament.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.443 : Hit semeþ þat stories discordeþ [L dissonare] þat telleþ of þis Brute his fader.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1893 : Ypocrasie, Whos word descordeth to his thoght.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2926 : His herte and tunge moste acorde; For if so be that thei discorde, Thanne is he fals.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1555 : For whan the word to the conceipte Descordeth in so double a wise, Such Rethorique is to despise.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Josh.(Corp-O 4)1.555 : It may not be sooth that discordith.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.142 : Men han diverse sentences and discordynge, algates men accorden alle in lovynge the eende of good.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.133 : Full dyuersly Descordeth lo þe sentence of thei[re] [my]nde, [Yit] alle thise consenten at one ende.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.41 : Thire two last preceptes semes to discorde in nothing.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4230 : Falshode..descordeth to manhode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)138a/a : Ȝif rayne is euel and distemporat in his qualitees and discordinge to place and tyme it is greuous.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.245 : [The Muses'] suetnesse & lusti fressh syngyng Ful ferr discordith fro materis compleynyng.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)298 : As myche of here ordre is euele as discordiþ fro goddis lawe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)36b : Dyscordyng:..incongruus, inconueniens, ineptus, disconueniens.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : If þe nominatif case & þe verbe discordiþ in persone & in noumbre, þanne þe resoun is in congrue.
3.
To make (things) discordant; ~ fro, cause (one thing) to be in conflict with (another).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.37 : The same diversite of here natures, that so discorden the ton fro that other, most departen and unjoynen the thinges that ben conjoynid.
4.
(a) To be discordant or dissonant in sound; (b) to be disagreeable or unpleasant; (c) to have a divided nature, conflicting passions, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)48b/a : On discordinge voys & vnordinat schendiþ þe acoord of many voys.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/a : If many discordeþ þe voice pleseþ nouȝt for of suche discorde comeþ nouȝt songe but howlynge ouþer ȝollynge..Simphonia is temperate modulacioun acording in sownes hiȝ and lowȝ and by þis armony hiȝe vois acordeþ so þat if oon discordeþ it grieueþ þe hieryng.
- a1416(c1340) *Rolle Psalter (Bod 953)p.450 : Þan holy men schal haue þeir seruice acordyng, nouȝt discordyng [vr. discordand]. Acorde, as of diuerse voyces nouȝt discordyng [vr. discordand], is a swete songe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)122 : Dyscordyn yn sownde, or syngynge: Dissono, deliro.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.30 : The harpe discordethe for the pynnes are gone.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)36b : Dyscordyng:..dissonus.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)70 : These ben thinges gretliche vnliknynge and discordinge [F dessemblables..et descordables].
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)42/20 : He perceyuyþ it as þing plesaunt and accordyng to him or as a þing displesaunt and discording or hurtyng to him.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.398 : God..Of man..Hath so devided the nature That non til other wel acordeth: And be the cause it so discordeth, The lif which fieleth the seknesse Mai stonde upon no sekernesse.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22336 : Folkes whiche that be not glade, But discorded and mallade, And hurte with perturbacyoun.