Middle English Dictionary Entry
eschaunǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | eschaunǧe n. Also exchaunge. |
| Etymology | AF eschaunge. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Exchange of one person or thing for another; reciprocal giving and receiving: (a) of prisoners of war; (b) of properties.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3136 : Þei be fayn..To haue exchaunge for hir of Exyoun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3670 : Thoas shulde to Grekis home ageyn, Only be eschaunge [vr. chaunge]..for a-noþer.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.146 : Th'eschaunge of prisoners..Hem liketh wel.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.878 : The kyng..Hath mad eschaunge of Antenor and yow.
b
- (1421) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.8 : Þis jndenture of a Eschaunge betwene sir Thomas..and William Newbond.
- (1433) RParl.4.467a : To graunte..licence of Eschaunge, undir hys grete Seale, of certeine Londes and Tenementes.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.514 : In eschaunge and satisfaccioun for ye seid maner of Mekilfeld.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)175/11 : vj acris londe..in-to an eschange of þe foreseyde crofte.
2.
(a) Exchange of one kind or denomination of money for another; conversion of one kind of money into another for profit; an act of money-changing; the trade or authority of money-changing; (b) letter of eschaunge, a letter of credit.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.278 : Wel koude he in eschaunge sheeldes selle.
- (1423) RParl.4.258a : The Maistre of the Mynte, havyng the eschaunge in his hand..myght be charged to serve the peple that commen to the eschaunge of white Money for Gold.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.249 : I haue lent lordes and ladyes my chaffare, And ben her brocour..Eschaunges and cheuesances, with suche chaffare I dele.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)412 : Whan they this money have, They wyll it profre..To Englysshe marchaundis to yeve it oute by eschaunge. To be paide.. in Englonde..At the receyvyng and sighte of a letter.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)446 : Some gayne ageyne in exchaunge makynge, Full lyke usurie as men make undertakynge.
b
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16198 : A letter off exchaunge Fro me at Venys directyd to the Factour..yn Londonne, be wheche letter off chaunge [etc.].
- (?1449) Paston2.97 : Som cownsel me to haf a letter of exschawnge.
3.
(a) Exchange of goods, merchandise, or the like, by way of barter or sale; traffic in commodities of value; maken eschaunge(s; (b) fig. a bargain or agreement.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.207 : The Lumbard made non eschange The bisschopriches forto change.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7211 : To fecche vitaille..Fro many cost of londis..Only beschaunge of oþer marchaundyse.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.394 : To marchaunden with monoye and maken her eschaunges [vr. chaunges; C: eschaunge, eschangez].
- (1433) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)26.1284 : Soche brocours aliens..maken many eschaunges bitwene marchaunt and marchaunt.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)18/133 : My moeble is insuffysaunt to countervayle the price of this jewel, or els to make th' eschange.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2330 : Tho made him [Narcissus] love an hard eschange..to beginne Thing which he mihte nevere winne.
4.
(a) ?Interchange; (b) replacement of one thing by another; substitution.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)697 : And eke of loves moo eschaunges Then ever cornes were in graunges.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.236 : Preue eek thonpreued greyne afore eschaunge.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)41 : So was the name of this ilke Albyon All sette on side..And Briteyn hight so furth by newe eschaunge, After Brutus.
5.
(a) Change, mutability; (b) transmutation.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2259 : I se the world stonde evere upon eschange, Nou wyndes loude, and nou the weder softe.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Doubl.(Frf 16)96 : These women..Muste love eschaunge and doublenesse.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)75/26 : He wold loue hir withoute any eschaunge [F sans changer].
b
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)32 : Rather than this wrecchidnes of eschaunge in to an hounde shuld fal to the, do that he askith.