Middle English Dictionary Entry
fulthe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fulthe n. |
| Etymology | From adj. ful. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Plenty, abundance; fulthe of time [L plenitudo temporis], the end of time allotted.
Associated quotations
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)7 : Ar the fulthe of tim was comen, Satenas al folk aued nomen.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2171 : Þare his forrayouris fand þe fulth of vitaill.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5414 : Þat no wegh suld want..Ne no fode for to faile, but the fulthe haue.