Middle English Dictionary Entry
ender adj. or n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ender adj. or n. Also enders-, inders-. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI endr of old, formerly (= OE end, OHG enti earlier, formerly). The orig. adv. ender is here used adnominally and was later taken as an attrib. noun, whence the genetival enders-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Only in set phrases: this ender(s) dai, recently, the other day; this ender(s) night, one night not long ago; this ender(s) yer, formerly, in recent times.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)365 : Þis enderdai com a clarc me to.
- c1305 Als i me rod (LinI 135)4 : Als i me rode this endre dai.
- a1350 Iesu crist heouene kyng (Hrl 2253)10 : Þis enderday in o morewenyng.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)917 : So I slepe þis ender niȝt, Bi me lay a selcouþe wiȝt.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)474 : As þe cri was þis ender dai.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7400 : This ender day, as I gan fare To hunte unto the grete hert.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4561 : Me thoght in drem, þis ender [Trin-C: ȝonder] night, þat i com in a medu slight.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5672 : Wil þou sla me als þou has slain þis endir dai [Göt: oder day] þe egypcian?
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)19122 : Of him..þat we dud deme þis endur day.
- a1400 Floris (Eg 2862)81/405 : Þer sate þer þis sender [Auch: ender; Cmb: oþer] day, Blauncheflour, þat swete may.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)1689 : Þis ender ȝere Was a king of grete powere.
- a1450 Now is þe twelþe day (Sln 2593)p.82 : Of a chyld so fayr in syght, A maydyn hym bar this ender nyght, So stylle.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)3216 : Thus endyrs-daye he hyght it me.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1017 : Thinke ye not on this endris day.
- a1500(?a1425) Ipom.(2) (Hrl 2252)815/850 : I am..þe strange squyere, That servyd my lady þis endris yere.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)2828 : He slewe my lordys sone þe emperowre Thys endurs day in a stowre.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)434 : An appull þat we fownde This endir day vppon the grounde.
- a1500 Als i lay vp-on (StJ-C S.54)3 : As I me lay yis endyres nyth All on my loue lokyng, Me thouth I saw a semyly syth.
- a1500 Thys indrys day (BodPoet e.1)p.274 : Thys indrys day befel a stryfe Totwex an old man and hys wyfe.
- a1500 This louely lady (BodPoet e.1)p.107 : Thys endris nyghth I saw a syghth, A stare as bryght as day.
- 1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.ST (Croo:Craig)31/1 : As I out rode this enderes night, Of thre ioli sheppardes I saw a sight.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Þis endyr day (StJ-C S.54)p.308 : Þis enther day I mete a clerke.
Note: New form: Also enther.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL