Middle English Dictionary Entry
except ppl. (and conj.)
Entry Info
| Forms | except ppl. (and conj.) Also excep, excepped. |
| Etymology | L exceptus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. excepten v.
1.
Excepted, reserved, not included; except. -- Used in various constructions: (a) after a noun; (b) before a noun or a noun phrase; (c) before a clause; (d) before a participial phrase: except afore except, except as heretofore reserved.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1120 : His sones wern..present, Ector except.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2228 : Echon as thei han deserued, Saue on excepte.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4780 : That hih and low..No wiht except..Sholde vnto Aman obeie.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30155 : Al the maners and landez.., the maners of Wyldethorp..only except.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.309 : Eny clerke scholde not leve eny office in the churche for malice or hate, masse excepte.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4895 : Excepte Ector, þer was nat swiche anoþer.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5622 : For it in soth wil nat remeved be, Excepte of hym to whom of duete It aparteneth.
- (1422) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.2382 : This same wee forbede the said prioresse under the same payne, oute except honest wommen for servyse.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.53 : It were aȝeynes kynde..þat any creature shulde kunne al, excepte cryste one.
- (1436) RParl.4.500a : To shippe and carye all maner of Cornes..into what place hym shall leke, excepte only to the Kynges Enemyes.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.516 : My stuf longyng to myn houshold..except myn armure.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2575 : Hurre body was..as bryȝt in ble As hit was alyue..Excepte þe organus.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)261/32 : Power to yeve and selle the forsaid tenement to who-so-ever they wold, except to religious houses and to the Iurye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)311/8 : The moste man of worshyp of the worlde, excepte kyng Arthure.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)198 : Al the women of the house, Exsepte oon damesel.
c
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.9 : Þer were suche eremites, Solitarie by hem-self and in here selles lyueden..Excepte that..an hynde oþer-while To hus selle selde cam and suffrede to be melked.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.307 : Virgile..was in party trewe of his writyng, Exsepte only that hym lyst som whyle The tracys folwe of Omeris stile.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1112 : I can nat seyn what lif þat þei ladde, Except þat she by hym a douȝter hadde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2871 : Except myn auctor..Here Impeth in a litel incident.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)5/16 : Þe secunde cifre shuld token neuer þe more, excep he schuld kepe þe order of þe place.
- (1444) RParl.5.113a : The Kyng wille that it be as it is desired, except onely the saide Covenaunt..to be made in the presence of the Conestables.
- (a1500) Doc.in Sur.Soc.85299 : Ye fore sayd Burgese schall make bott ij suttes by ye ȝer..exceppyd thay haffe prisoners for to delyver.
- a1525(?1457) Cov.Leet Bk.299 : Which..owe to be so, except here [the Queen's] displeser wold be eschewed.
d
- (1437) RParl.4.503a : Yat one half yerof, except afore except, at the Fest of Seint Martyn..and the oyer half yerof, except afore except, at the Fest of Seint Martyn in Wynter then next folowyng.
- (1449) RParl.5.142a : That one moite of the saide half Quinsime, and half Disme, except byfore except, to be paied to yow Soveraigne Lord.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.74/32 : All my other Manoiers, Landis and tenementis in the shire of Oxford, except afore except.
- (1459) Will Fastolf in Nrf.Archaeol.2233 : The said maners, lands, and tenements, excepte before excepte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.44 Artist.Recipes (Trin-C R.14.44) 291/36 : Werk with your ploppe and make as ys aforsayde in eueryche maner accepte the flockys &c.
Note: Additional quote, sense (b). New spelling = (?error) accepte.