Middle English Dictionary Entry
for as much adverbial phr. & conj.
Entry Info
| Forms | for as much adverbial phr. & conj. Also for as mich, for as mech, for as muchel, for as mikel, for as mekel. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. for conj., & for-so-much.
1.
As adv. with as: (a) as much as, as far as; (b) even as, just as.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11381 : For as moche as þe tyme doþ amounte, For euery oure shalt þou ȝelde acounte.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)17/10 : For-as-miche as ȝe bene worþe, as muche shal ȝe bene louede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.486 : For-as-moche as it was possible Þat Nature myȝt hym graunt of kynde..He had in hym souereine excellence.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)137 : Vor asemoche ase þer is an holy prede, alzou þer is an holy coueytise.
2.
As conj.: (a) with as: inasmuch as, seeing that, by reason of the fact that, because; (b) with that or alone: inasmuch as, because; also, in order that [quots.Rule Minoresses].
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)577 : For ase muche ase a lewed Man þe o partye was.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1589 : Þe gywes he worrede inou..Vor as muche as þe luþermen vr louerd to deþe broȝte.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1223 : And for as muchel as this goode man And eek this monk..Were bothe two y-born in o village [etc.].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.272 : Bot for als moche as I suppose, It sit a prest to be wel thewed [etc.].
- (1399) RParl.3.451b : And foralsmyche as the Answers of thes Lordes nemed in the Recordes souned in her entent in excusation of hem.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)134/26 : Þe barons of þe Land Wolde haue hade Edward..for-asmiche as he was moste kyndest kynges blode.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 222 : And for as mych as y trust hoillich in ȝow..y write to ȝow.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)146/17 : And for-alsmoche as lateyn is the moste stydfaste langage..I putte lateyn in the stydde of Englyshe.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)104 : Therfore and foras mochel as þe seid Jhonet is knowen..for a comune desceyuer [etc.].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)3/14 : And for als moche [Eg: for als mykill] as it is longe tyme passed [etc.].
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)12 : And for also moche as this book is deuyded and departed in vij parties..Therfore [etc.].
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)52/26 : For-as-mech as þu art a mayden in þi sowle, I xal take þe be þe on hand in Hevyn.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick3.358 : For as mykelle as in our visitacyon late made in your place we fonde certeyn defautes [etc.].
- (1450) Will York in Sur.Soc.30176 : For alsmekyll as I garte seese Codirston lande in the lordes handes [etc.].
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)69/13 : For-asmuche as þe abbas of Godestowe..iustifieth not her vicare [etc.].
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)11/9 : For als myche as mannes blood is þe perfitist.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3857 : But foor-as-muche as thay tho trauaileden ten ȝere tenderly..ther-fore [etc.].
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1608 : But forasmuche [Lnsd: for al so muche] thow art a worthy knyght..Haue here by trouthe.
- (1411) RParl.3.650b : For as myche I am a Justice..I knowe wele that I have failled.
- (1420) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8515 : For als mykyll that William of Alne in hys tenement in Coppergate in York walles even uppe thurgh fra the grunde uppe to the panne, that yerfore the executors [etc.].
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)235/19 : Yf it wer an hows of nunnys, I wolde al redy gon; but foras-meche þei arn men, I xal not gon.
- (1461) LRed Bk.Bristol2.128 : For asmuche that diuers..of the Crafte..of Weuers daily receyven [etc.].
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)81/4 : For as moche we purchasin..þe encrese of religioun [etc.].
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)87/25 : Þey whiche been sike schullin haue proper place..For as mochel þat þe reste..be nat distourbid.