Middle English Dictionary Entry
abōd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abōd n. Also abad, habad, obad. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE bād waiting, expectation; & abīdan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of waiting, delay; ~ of, waiting for, awaiting; (b) non ~, no delay, no hesitation; withouten (buten) ~, without delay, immediately; no leng ~, no longer delay.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.854 : Tomorwe? allas, that were a fair..Nay, swiche abodes ben nought worth an hawe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1307 : Hire abod the best is for yow twaye.
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.223 : Dyvers of your greete citees..yolde hem withoute resistence or abode of socours.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)65/697 : Astalewurðe men doð hire biliue to deað, buten abade.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)145 : Þai..maked hem boun..Nas þer no leng abade.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.520 : To an hille he ran wiþouten obade.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1378 : Ded he fel wiþ-outen abod [Cai: bode].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.965 : And right anoon with outen moore abood, His baner he desplayeth.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)687 : He made non abode, Bot wyȝtly went hys way.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)525 : The kyng, without abood, Ceriously tolde how it stood.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3107 : And þei enhast hem, makyng non abood.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5600 : What-euer he saide, as longeth to Echcho, Withoute abod she seide the same also.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)4574 : Ismael..to him rode, And he to him, without any aboode.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)57/13 : Withowte more abode sche disapered.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1021 : Þan with owtten any more habade, Theis two kynges to-gedir rade.
- (1472) Paston (Gairdner)5.162 : I wolle with owte any abode, iff I heer from yow, come home.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)129 : Wyth þe knytht was non abad.
2.
The act of staying in a place, sojourn; fig. of long ~, of long sojourn in the world, long-lived.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)3083 : Þis abraham was of longe abode [Vsp: mikel bade; Göt: mekil bode] And also of ful clene liflode. Oure lord..made him patriarke.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2028 : But she..had so souereyn excellence, Þat myn abood to me was noon offence.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)40 : I, for thy sake, Wole the shorter abood there make.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3159 : I durst no more there make abod.
- (1439) Proc.Privy C.5.395 : Rasonable costes for þe tyme of his aboode here.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1963 : Of reste, of labour, of viages, Of abood, of deeth, of lyf.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)5.21 : After that thei make than her a-bood Euene vndir tho same swete reed floures.