Middle English Dictionary Entry
fermetẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fermetẹ̄ n. Also firmite. |
| Etymology | OF, & L firmitās. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Firmness; strength, fortitude; (b) permanence, security.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.849 : In wynter ther is..sumdel hard, to sette at firmyte Their hornys on their feet.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)83/10 : The whiche were to long to compte the tenthe party of her fermete, for they ouercome the deuell.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)231 : The lymys stronge, That thei be sette to force & firmytee.
b
- (1480) Will Bury in Camd.4959 : And for the more fermete and stedfastenes therof..I, the seyd John Smyth, by this my present testament..approue, ratifie, and conferme.