Middle English Dictionary Entry
distaunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | distaunt adj. Also idistaunt. Pl. distantz. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Separated; removed, remote; (b) apart; evene (iliche) ~, equidistant.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)65b/b : Bi sich suture þe distant lippez [of þe wounde] ar gadered togider.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)2/28 : On hol y-distaunte fro the towel by oon ynche.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)272 : Hate bitwixe twey persoones..moueth into..disseuering and into rombe distaunt being of euereither of hem from the other.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)39/9 : Þe siȝt iugiþ of þingis beyng distaunt from him in long space.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)50a/a : Bi þe veyne y take with a huke in 2 placz, distaunte bi 2 or 3 fingerez.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)1.17.48 : It departith..the spere in two like partyes evene distantz fro the poles of this world.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.39.29 : The longitude of a climat is a lyne ymagined fro est to west, ilike distant fro the equinoxiall.