Middle English Dictionary Entry
ever-lasting ppl. (also as n. & adv.)
Entry Info
| Forms | ever-lasting ppl. (also as n. & adv.) Also ever-lestind. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Eternal; eternally; eternity; of the everlasting, from eternity; (b) enduring, continuing, or obtaining through all future time, perpetual; (c) constant, incessant.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 St.Marg.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)53/34 : Margarete..wende..to blissen buten wa, euer-lestinde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)104 : He is eurelestinde, wyþoute beginnynge and wyþ-oute ende.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)95 : He þet eth my uless and dringþ my blod, he heþ lyf euerelestinde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.8.23 : Of the euere lastende [L ab æterno] I am ordeyned.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.29 : Euere lastynge lif þat schal be after þe day of dome.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)121b/a : Tyme..schal cese, whanne noþing schal be but eternitas, euerlastinge.
- c1400 Wycl.CGosp.John (Yk-M 14.D.2:Hudson)74/17 : As he þat owiþ to susteyne bodili liif wiþ bodili mete and wiþdrawiþ is gilti of a mannus deþ..treuli he [the unfaithful curate] is gilti more þan of mansleyng, and he is worþi euerelastinge deþ, siþen traitourli he doiþ awei euerlastynge liif.
- ?c1430(a1400) Wycl.Wedded Men (Corp-C 296)200 : To lese everelastynge blisse, and to gete everelastynge peyne in helle.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)112.242 (v.2:p.186) : Thou wrecche shalt deyen evirlestyng, for as moche as thou hast vnrightfully slayn Goddys seruauntis.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)14/26 : Forto lyue in body and soule to gedir euerlastyng.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)4 : The everlasting hillis that dwelle above.
- a1500 GLitany (Dc 42)132 : By thy glory..helpe vs, gouerne vs, nowe and euerlestynge.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)299b/b : The Wonte..is dampned in euerlastyng blyndenesse.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1520 : Þat he haue euer lastyng shame.
- a1422 Gild St.Geo.Nrw.(Rwl D.913)444 : To ben a perpetuale communite fro this time forthward, euerlastyng with-outen ende.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)370/18 : To everlastyng mynde of the thynge.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)136 : To make thair rewardes euerlastynge in their heyres, to thair perpetuall memorie and honour.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)283a/b : Bitwen elephantes and dragouns is euerlastynge [L perpetua] fightynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)186b/a : Þere is neuer passynge colde noþer passyng hete, but euere lastynge fayre wedir.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE 29 (Hrl 874)p.119 : Þat he seiþ out of þe Cite bitokeneþ þat it is nouȝth peyne of purgatory ac it is euere lastande.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)77 : Lyve rightfully and þow shalt come to ever lestyng ioy.
Note: Quots. needed for date.
Note: Quots. belongs to sense (a).
- a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE 29 (Pep 2498)p.22 : Her names ne schullen nouȝth be putt out of þe book of lyf, þat is, her loos of good and mede euere lastande.
- a1500 Ihesu þt was borne (Adv)96 : Brynge hus all to þat bygyng bryȝth, Þer Ioy and blys ys euer-lastonde.
Note: Additional quots.
Note: Quots. belongs to sense (a).
Note: The a1500 quot. has been taken back to books.
Note: This entry needs an etymology.
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.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham1569 : Some of hem contynued in euyll vnto her dethe..and now they be euerlasting dampde.
Note: Glossary: euerlasting adv. 'for ever, throughout eternity'."
Note: Additional quote, sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1410) Love Mirror (CmbAdd 6578:Sargent2005) 61/17 : He..came to teche vertues & shewe þe trewe wey of euery lastyng life.
Note: Treated by Sargent as a legitimate variant spelling; similarly (on the suppletive folium), 10/13 (though there perhaps caused by the proximity of several instances of everi adj.): "Boþe men & women & euery Age & euery dignite of this worlde is stirid to hope of euery lastyng lyfe."
Note: New spelling: everi-lasting.