Middle English Dictionary Entry
entendaunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | entendaunt adj. Also in-. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. attendaunt.
1.
Diligent (in a task), careful.
Associated quotations
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.93 : For to be entendaunt hem for to helpen.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)123/21 : With-out ony defaute be ye intendaunte, in full payment makyng.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)103/37 : Þat he [a good Conseiller]..be entendant to enquere tidynges of all þinges þat mowe comforte subgitz.
2.
In attendance (as a servant or helper), looking after or taking care of (someone).
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1352 : Thei ben al redi obeissant As damoiselles entendant To the goddesses.
- (1395) EEWills6/18 : Alle my seruantz..that ben entendant for Thomas my sone, as for me.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)83 : If it be in a parke, þe parkers to be entendaunt to hym bisily.
- (1423) RParl.4.256a : Clerkes and Ministres..that be suffisant, trewe and entendant to that that longeth to hem.
- (1446) Proc.Privy C.6.55 : To be intendant and of conseil with the said appellant.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)155/9 : This good lady was euermore entendaunt aboute hym, and serued him.
- (1469) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.650b : Diligently I shall be Intendaunt unto the Kynges Nedes.
3.
Obedient; subject (to a ruler).
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.425 : And but þou be entendaunt and buxum to myn commaundements and hestes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1623 : The betre knyht..To whom the lond was entendant.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)43 : That noon off hem ffrom this tyme fforth to the fforseyd Richard as kyng..neyther obeye, ne in no manere wyse be entendaunt.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)561/4 : They shold be entendaunte to the forsaid ser Iohn.
- c1475(a1400) Brut-1333 (Dc 323)1/10 : Almoste all þe kynges of þe world to hym were entendaunt.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)1023 : [Menilaus] comoundeth that eueri man To be entendaunt to agamynon.
- a1500 GRom.(Add 9066)52 : All shuld be intendaunte to kyng leyre.
4.
Attentive, heeding; present (as a pupil or disciple), in attendance.
Associated quotations
- c1330 St.Kath.(2) (Auch)244/114 : Ȝif þou were lered on our lore & to our scole entendaunt.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)19034 : Þre hundride men & wyues Þat bisily ful ofte þere Entendaunt [Vsp: tentand; Göt: tendant] to þe apostles were.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)2542 : Abraham his benysoun gaf he and bad alle til him entendaunt [Vsp: tentand; Göt: tendand] be.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)302 : We pray hyme [God] þat he be Entendant to vs.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Hnt HM 148)107/11 : Lord, turne now fro þe werld and fro all þat may me lett, þat holy I may loue þe with all my pore hert and all my wyttes, þat þai be endendant to þe werke after þi will.
Note: New form: Also..endendant.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 4.
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. Provisional revised form section: Also endendant, intendaunte.--notes per MLL