Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧenetī̆f adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧenetī̆f adj. & n. Also genitif. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Gram. The genitive case; ~ case; (b) with punning reference to 'procreation' or 'genealogy'.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233a/b : Lens..a litel hed worme..is y-write wiþ d in þe genityf case.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)294b/a : Þe genetif case in cis or in gis, as fex, [fe]cis, lex, legis.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)81/90 : With a genytif, vt: Rex est dignus laudis.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)105 : How many case hastowe? Sixe: the nominatyf, genitif, datyf, accusatyf, vocatyf, & ablatyf..How knoweste the genityf case by my signes?
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)122 : The genityf case is gouerned in sixe maners of a noun': by strengthe of owyng', as the lord of thys place is atte London', dominus istius loci est Londonijs [etc.].
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)123 : In how many maners schal the genityf case be gouernyd of the verbe? By tweyne, on by strengthe of transicion, ego obliuiscor tui [etc.].
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)221/22 : Þe genetijf case may be in ful many dyuerse maners gouernyd of þe nominatijf case.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1019 : Wit qwat case wele þe superlatyf degre construe? Wit þe genityf case..as dignissima creaturarum.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1021 : Qwerby knowyst þe furst declension of nown? ffor þe genityf case singuler endyth in -e.
b
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)416 : The seconde case is genetif case, for some are prowde, that they come of noble kynne, and sayne they are Gentilmen.
- c1500 PFulham (Rwl C.86)366 : They haue their iȝen vocatif That folke that by name genetyf.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)95/107 : For these ij verbys 'desino' and 'abstenio' will constrw whit the genetyffe case ex vi transicionis personalis.
Note: Need date for sense (a)