Middle English Dictionary Entry
finishment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | finishment n. Also finisment. |
| Etymology | OF finissement. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) End, outcome; death; (b) completion.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)499 : Þe forme to þe fynisment foldez ful selden.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)23 : The fynyshment [OF finissement] of Ioseph and of alle other.
b
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1353 : The finisshement of the edificacions of oon of the same Colleges.