Middle English Dictionary Entry
distenden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | distenden v. Also des-. Ppl. distended, distent(ed. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To distend, swell up; distend (sth.); (b) to extend; ~ fro, ~ toward; (c) to spread (sth.); (d) to distract or distress (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21b/a : Superfluiteez..bene eked vnto þe membre be repleted And distented or strecched.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)57/19 : Veynez..when þai ar..filled of melancolious blode..distende i. strecheþ.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)23a/a : An aposteme is a swellynge wiþ-oute kynde in þe whiche some fillyng & destendyng [*Ch.(1): strecchyng] mater is gadred to gedre.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9a/a : Rounde ligamentez destenden [*Ch.(2): goþ downe; L descendunt] fro it.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)14b/b : Some [muscles]..distenden fro a bone in passyng vnder þe pitte of þe bones of þe temples.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.49 : The see mediterranye, begynnenge by diuerse armes, is distendede [L distenditur] towarde londes.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)134/2 : Make a plastre..and distende it vpon a clooþ.
d
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)125/25 : Man is..streyned wiþ many dredes, distente wiþ many cures.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.41va (2.3) : Þan þe parties of þe matrice þat ar so distent, when þai neihen & tochen perauenture oþer parties of oþer membres þat ar more hote and more warme, þer more hete is, þer comunly it draweþ raþeste.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.28v (2.4) : By cause of emptihede in parties in þe body, gadrith & gendrith eyre & wynde in þe voyde places. & þan þat ilke wynd distendiþ..þe places & aggreueþ al þe body.
Note: Additional quots., prob. sense 1.(a). New spelling (ppl.): distent.