Middle English Dictionary Entry
entermēnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | entermēnen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. mēnen mediate; ?cp. OF entre-moien intermediate. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To become mixed or confused (with something), to encroach upon; (b) entermenen yeres, to overlap in time.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)50 : As thouȝ therfore sporiorie and cutellerie entermeeneden and enterfereden with goldsmyth craft.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)49 : Grammer and dyuynyte ben ij dyuerse facultees..and ech of hem hath his propre to him boundis..not to entirmete neither entermeene with eny other facultees boundis.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)433 : Þese now bifore named persoones hadden lyued so long and hadden entermeened her ȝeeris to gidere.