Middle English Dictionary Entry
ē̆nding dai n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ē̆nding dai n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ende-dai.
1.
The day of death, dying day; death.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1672 : Her loue miȝt no man tvin Til her endingday.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.507 : That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe..vnto myn endyng day.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17097 : Þat we mai at vr ending da[i] cum in til heuen light.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)11848 : Alle þai fledd fra him a-way And praid efter his ending day [Vsp: enddai].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2644 : For to perseuere to myn endyng day.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)4321 : Þus was þe ladies ending day.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2659 : Thynk on þi endyng day.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)5827 : Now is comen thin endyng-day.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4170 : Siche honoure neuer aughte none erthely kyng At theire endyng daye, bot Arthure hym seluen!
- a1450 Þis word lordlinggis (Sln 2593)p.245 : God..Helpe vs at our ending day.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)31/8 : And kept hym clene mayden tyll his endyng-day.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6491 : He lay, Seke and febyll, full nye his endyng day.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)370 : Touart hel fast him draut Ayeins har ending-daus.
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