Middle English Dictionary Entry
ē̆nder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ē̆nder n. |
| Etymology | From ē̆nden . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who (or that which) puts an end (to something); (b) one who carries out (the divine plan) or exemplifies or perfects (goodness, etc.), consummator.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph.(Manly-Rickert)C.218 : O deere doghter, endere of my lyf..O doghter, which that art my laste wo, And in my lyf my laste ioye also!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.501 : O deth, that endere art of sorwes alle.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.12.2 : The maker of feith and ender [L consummatorem], Jhesu.
- c1400 Wycl.CGosp.John (Yk-M 14.D.2:Hudson)76/109 : A curat oweþ to be a parfit ender, hauynge in himsilf alle nedeful þingis and couenable to alle hise sugetis.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)133/19 : Caym was þe bigynnyng of Babiloyn and anticrist schal be þe endar. And Abel was þe bigynner of Ierusalem, & Crist þe endar.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.12.8 : In iesu þe eendere [L consummatorem] of alle þyngus.
- c1425 Contempl.DLGod (Mdst Mus.6)4 (intro.45) : Þonkinge be to almiȝti God.., bigynner and ender of alle goodnesse.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)103b : Of him the fadir as of the begynner, of him the sone as be the werker, and in him the holi gost as ender & fulfiller.