Middle English Dictionary Entry
abǒve(n-said ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | abǒve(n-said ppl. |
| Etymology | From phrase. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mentioned or stated higher on the page or earlier in a book; above-mentioned, previously stated.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10 : Þe difference of þise heste mid þe zixte aboue yzed.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)48/35,42 : In the chirche of seint Botulf aboue-seid..vpon þe oth aboueseid.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)274/14 : The Kyng..made þe forsaide Sir Edward ben delyuerede..in the maner aboue-saide.
- (1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.35 : The reseauntz of the forsaide sir Roger aboof said.
- (1417) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120183 : A noble to be payd in the manere obouen sayd.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.757 : To ye warke abownsaid.
- (1423) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)268 : As hit is abofe seide.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)204/17 : Men returnen from þo yles aboueseyd be oþer yles.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.853 : And John Bron, smyth, abouensayd.
- (1430-1) RParl.4.372b : Ther to have onswered in the matere abovesaide.
- (1435) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2359 : For ye ferme abawvyn sayd.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1386 : Yoven the day and the yere abouesaid.
- (1451-2) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 77.mem.6b : In the maner and fourme abouesaid.
- (1461) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29app.246 : Ye priour and convent obovesaid.
- c1475(a1400) Brut-1333 (Dc 323)4/34 : And þere þis Brut conqueryd & scomfyted these geauntez aboueseyd.