Middle English Dictionary Entry
apartī(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | apartī(e adv. |
| Etymology | From OF phrase a parti(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Apart, separately; (b) particularly, in particular; especially.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.54 : Pacience and ich..by ous selue at a syd-table..bytynde apartie.
b
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)818 : Þe Ieues be gon Iesu to wreie And, a partie, for to leie.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)835 : Pilat seid aparti loude To þe Ieues kene and proude [etc.].
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Job (Dc 369(1))671 : The Ebrues sermoun a parti wee han lerned.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)112 : With shryfte of mouþe & wyl of herte, And a party with penaunce smerte.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.157 : Ich take wittnesse..at holy writ a partie: Pacientes uincunt.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1804 : Dede es noght elles, to telle shortly, Bot a partyng of þe saul and body, Als I byfor aparty sayde.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2334 : Bot I wille shew yhow aparty, Why þai er swa foul and grisly.
2.
In part, partly, to some extent; somewhat.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Cor.13.9 : For a parti [WB(1): of party; L ex parte] we knowun, and a parti [WB(1): of party; L ex parte] we prophecien.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3580 : Als þas þat passed..Til purgatory er pyned þare..mare and lesse, Aparty..Right swa thurgh help þai may aparty Be relesed þar.
- ?a1425 LChart.Chr.A (RwlPoet 175)38/199 : Aparty men þan gan knaw me, Þat I was man of gret pouste.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.247 : Alfike is maad with barly half mature, A party [L partim] grene.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11749 : When þei were stilled a party, ffirst spak sire Ohel.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)2/27 : A man may know aparty the horobylyte þat schall be yn þe dome.
3.
Aside [cp. apart].
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)12391 : His heued a party glent, Þat som of þe strok hit hent.