Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūtūr(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fūtūr(e adj. Also futire. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Later than a specified time; esp., later than the present, future; ~ time, ~ temps; (b) gram. referring to the future; ~ tens.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.875 : That futur temps hath maad men to disseuere..from al that euere they hadde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.360 : Cassandra..in eche art had experience, Of þingis future fully prescience.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.748 : On tyme ypassed wel remembred me, And present tyme ek koud ich wel ise, But future tyme, er I was in the snare, Koude I nat sen.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.120 : The science of hym..considereth alle the infynit spaces of tymes preteritz and futures.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)193 : Thilke thing that is futur, whan it is referred to the devyne knowynge, than is it necesserie.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1707 : And futire thingis oon and alle..how hyt shal falle.
- a1500(a1449) Lydg.Haste (Cmb Kk.1.6)21 : Of tyme passed, ffutur & presence.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)118 : There is nothing preterit ne passed, there is nothing future ne comming.
b
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)115 : How knowyst whenne thu schalt haue a participle of the future tens?
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1024-6 : Qwerby knowyst þe future tens? ffor it spekyth of tyme þat is to come & hath þis Englysch wurd schal, as amabo, I schal louyn. Qwerby knowyst a participyl of þe futur tens?
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(2) (Pen 356B)13/220 : How know ȝe þe futur tens? For hit betokeneth tyme þat is to come wt þes synes 'shall' or 'shyll', as 'y shall loue'.
- a1500 Add.37075 Accedence (Add 37075)48/199 : How know ye a participill of þe first future? For his Englissh begynnyth wt 'to' wtowt 'be', as 'to love', and his Laten shall ende in -rus, as amaturus.
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