Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēve(n-tīde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēve(n-tīde n. Also aven-. |
| Etymology | OE ǣfen-tīd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Evening, time of evening; dusk; also fig.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)109a : I þe ende of his lif, þet wes as i þe euentid, hwen me ʒelt wercmen hare deies hure.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)218 : Þe maiden tok þe chil[d] here mide, Stille awai in auen tide.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)146 : Þe maide toke þe child hir mide, & stale oway in an euentide.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)126b/b : In þe euentyde vnneþe beþ houndis I knowe fro wolfes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17671 : On a fridai, At euen-tide.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2518 : He did þam bide Til again a neuentide.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)782 : His sondes..watz sende..In þat ilk eventyde by aungels tweyne.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)485 : On ark on an eventyde hovez þe dowve.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1641 : Now ar we euen..in þis euentide Of alle þe couenauntes þat we knyt..bi lawe.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.119 : In þe even-tid, whanne Jesus was wont to preie.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)18b/a : Crepisculum: an euetyde.
- c1440-a1500 Eglam.(Schleich)361 : It felle agayne an evyn-tyde [Cmb: none-tyde].
- 1448 Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58)484 : In whiche enetid appered in the West ii sterres of fuyry colour.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1601 : Þy pater noster say ʒerne, In morowe & mydday & euentyde.
2.
eve-tide sterre, evening star.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 38.32 : Whether..the euetid sterre [L Vesperum] vp on the sones of the erthe thou makist to rise?
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25858 : Scho sulde..cum..Bi þe ælde temple..Þar sulde he..Her comyng þar for to abide Hie her to him in þe heuen tide.
Note: New form: Also..heven tide.
Note: [L Ipse aduentum eius in crepidinibus loci expectaret.]
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 1.
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)51/281a : Vespero, sero, crepusculum: an euyntyde
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)92/325a : Crepuscula: euyntyde
Note: Postdate word.
Note: Quots. belong to sense 1.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section are incomplete and need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. (Note, for example, the forms enetid and (with misplaced juncture) neventide found in sense 1.)--notes per MLL