Middle English Dictionary Entry
effūsiǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | effūsiǒun n. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Emission or flow (of blood); effusioun of blood, the spilling of blood, bloodshed.
Associated quotations
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)422 : Martir Margarete, Of thy blood dreddist noon effusioun.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)88 : V tymes Cryst in his manhode Sched his blode by effusyon, And fyrst of all when he dyd blede Upon the day of his cyrcunsysyon.
- (1429) RParl.4.360a : Ye effusion of alle ye roial bloode, and ye greete goode yat hath ben spent upon ye conquest of ye saide toune.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.3025 : The grete slauhtre, theffusioun of blood That was that day vpon outher side.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3232 : Ther nys no þing..Makyth a knyght so schynynge in renoun..As rew on hym þat throwen is a-doun, And of his blode eschue effusioun.
- (1461) RParl.5.464a : Unrest, inward werre and trouble..shedyng and effusion of innocent blode.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3280 : The Kynge shall mowe acheve thentent of his conquest, without grete effusion of Christen blode.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.219 : Grauntenge lyfe to..peple takenge sanctuary, so that he myȝhte take his prey withowte effusion [Trev.: schedynge] of blode.
- c1480(1462) Let.Edw.IV to James III (Add 48031)145 : Thise meanes [i.e., surrender of the Lancastrian exiles by their Scottish hosts to Edward IV] .. mew avoide the unaturell werre that therby may in your defaulte be moved in our rightwis quarell bitwene the said reaulmes, and th'effusion of blood that by the same werre nay [read: may] falle.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)164 : Effucion of bloode is not elles but trespas in synnyng, or effucion bi cause of synne.
2.
Dispersal, waste (of property).
Associated quotations
- (1449) RParl.5.148a : Well nygh infinite cost and effusion bothe of Good and Blood, that this land hath borne and suffered.
3.
Med. The pouring on (of a liquid), bathing (a wound, etc.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)29a/b : Auicen..praisseþ hereto effusion .i. ȝetting on [*Ch.(2): powrynge; L effusionem] of colde water.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)79a/a : It bihoueþ þat þer be ministered effusioun [*Ch.(2): the ȝettynge; L effusio] of olei anetini..vpon þe puncture.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. effusion of blood.