Middle English Dictionary Entry
abǒve-writen ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | abǒve-writen ppl. |
| Etymology | From phrase. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Written higher on the page or earlier in a book or document; above-mentioned, aforesaid.
Associated quotations
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 218 : Ouersee my executours aboue written.
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 220 : I haue sette to my seell þe day & þe ȝer aboue written.
- (1423) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)268 : To prey for my soule, my moder saule, and þe soules abofe write..þe day and þe yere abofe write.
- (1431) EEWills89/7 : That they trewly..fulfille all my wille and myn entent abouewriten.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30114 : Sir Giles Daubeney..maad this said testament..as it is abovewriten.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Eliz.Spalb.(Dc 114)112/21 : Sche smitith hirself liggynge in þe maner abouewriten.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15162 : Summa resceyued..with the goodes aboue wrytten.
- (1457) LRed Bk.Bristol2.185 : And what maistur that doth nott dwely call the ffeleship of the seid craft as it is above wreten.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.106/7 : That þese above-write þynges opteyne strenghe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 220 : I wolle and ordeine þt non of myn executours medle or minister any þyng of my godes withoute auis and consent of my surveours aboue written.
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