Middle English Dictionary Entry
angwisshe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | angwisshe n. Also anguis(se, angus(se, angys, angoise. |
| Etymology | OF anguisse, angoisse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Anxiety, anxiousness, worry; distress; (b) love-longing.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.678 : Thanne is Accidie the angwissh of a trouble herte..it is anoy of goodnesse and anoy of harm.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.462 : Yuele it sit Tassaye a wyf..And putten hire in angwyssh and in drede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)90b/b : Drede, angwissche & woo, & oþir harde passiouns of þe sowle.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)255b/a : Wyne bredeþ in þe soule forȝetynge of angwissh, of sorwe, and of woo.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8182 : Wher þe Grekis in meschef & distresse, In gret anguysch & passyng werines Hem silfe diffende.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.155 : Ful of angwissh and of grisly drede.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.9.121 : He hath som tyme defaute of manye necessites, and manye anguysshes [L anxietatibus] byten hym.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.290 : Encombred wiþ the vice of in[con]stance Þat turbeleth hym wiþ angwisshe and grevance.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)49/34 : They wer in grete angwysche for ham-Selfe.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)272a : That they schuld be delyuered from the anguyssches and sorowes.
b
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)64 : Grete angwysshe that he suffred for the love of Ygerne.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)607 : Merlin be-hilde hir with grete anguyssh, and thought in his herte that well were he that with soche a creature myght ly.
2.
Anguish, agony, torment; suffering; ~ and pine (tene, torment); -- also pl.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)57b : Ha schulen ham seolf grennin..for þe muchele angoise i þe pine of helle.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)63b : I þe muchele angoise aras þe muchele mede.
- a1300 Floris (Vit D.3)p.102 : Þe amirayl quakede for angys [Suth: for tene þere he stood] þe astod; Hem to quelle hit was on his mod.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)783 : Þe bodie..þat in strong Anguysche [vr. angusse] deth smeorte.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)115 : Þe eiȝt dai so is dotus..Ful of tene and angus Al þis dai so sal be.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9896 : He deide in þe worre sone in anguisse & in pine.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2799 : Now ic certis neȝ for-ȝete þe Angwys þat i hadde thre dawes for defaute of mete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)81a/a : Perafrenesis..haþ dredeful accidentis..grete greues & angwissch [L angustiam].
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)341 : Ne takist thow noon heede ne entente Of dethes angwisshes þat me tormente.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.42.21 : We seiȝen the anguysch of his soule..and we herden not; herfore this tribulacioun cometh on vs.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2240 : Omang his grete anguys [rime: enmys].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2991 : Som sal haf þar, for covatyse, Als þe dropsy to grege þair angwyse.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Judith 13.25 : Thou sparidist not thi lijf for the angwischis [L angustias] and tribulaciouns of thi kyn.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)159/30 : For þe sorwys þat my Modyr had her in erde, for þe angwischys þat sche suffryd.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.62 : Suffrede he many Angwisches smerte.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)90 : Wiþ gret anguysche and turment.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)16/31 : Conforte tho that be in anguysche, trouble, and in heuynes.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)116/11 : To praie hym..þat he delyuere hym of yuele and of his anguissches.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.22.17a : Whois peynes and anguysshes no tunge suffiseth to telle.
3.
Pain; the pangs of childbirth.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)32/525 : Hwen hit þenne þer to kimeð þet sore sorhfule angoise..þet pine ouer pine.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)399 : Aboute þe nailes þat flesch stod up..ase it al a-boute were for Anguyse to-bolle.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)519 : So vn-kinde iuel it is..For anguis swoune it me doþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)147 : Þe on leme þoleþ zuethiche [read: zuetliche] of þe oþre þet he him deþ of anguice.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.4.31 : A vois..I herde, anguysshes [L angustias] as of the child berere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.1054 : Of childe sche began travaile..in anguisse and in sorwe Sche was delivered al be nyhte.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)49a/b : Þe forehed akeþ and haþ grete angwissche.
- c1475 *Treat.Vet.(Trin-C R.14.51)48b/a : Whan he castith first hys teth, he ys in grete angwyssch.
4.
Distressing circumstances, hardship; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)183 : Many anguisse he wole hem ȝiue To suffre here..As hunger and þurst.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)80.7 : Ich deliuered þe and her þe in hid anguisses [vr. in þin anguys; L in abscondito tempestatis].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.4.91 : He is enclosed in so greet angwyssche [L angustia] of nede of thynges, that hym were levere that he were unknowe.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)35.50 : Angwisch of wedering Made vs hider to go.
5.
Ill will, hostility.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.47 : Hi were..In the more angusse [Ld: wrathþe] aȝen him, and the more his fon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9111 : Þe anguisse of is doȝter him dude..destresse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. anguish.