Middle English Dictionary Entry
graunt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | graunt n. Also grawunte. |
| Etymology | OF grant, var. of crëant. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Allowance, consent, permission; (b) an official grant, authoritative approval; at his ~, in his power; (c) agreement, assent; vote; (d) promise, assurance, guarantee.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)15a : In toward ower weoued ne beode ȝe namon for te behalden; Ah ȝef his deuociun bit hit & haueð grant, draheð ow wel inward.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64b : Þeo fehteð treoweliche þe..hwuch se eauer þe lust beo..wiðseggeð þe grant þrof wið anewile heorte.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2657 : Pray Antour..Þe milke he ȝiue to þi childe; & ȝif he þer of ȝiue graunt..þi child worþ þe noblest man Of al þis world.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1592 : Þei had told trewli to here lord..þe gracious graunt þei gaten of here herande.
- c1390 NHom.Theoph.(Vrn)531 : Ur ladi..seide heo hedde igete him graunt þat he mihte beo hire sone seruaunt.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1505 : With that Constance..Spak to hir lord that he abyde..And thus after hire lordes graunt..Forth with a fewe rod this qweene.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)317 : Me þynk þe burde fyrst aske leue, And ȝet of graunt þou myȝtez fayle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.393 : And with full graunt of his peticioun He is retourned home to Troye toun.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)399 : Þenne schale þe husbonde..Teche..That heo a-vow no maner þynge..But heo haue grawunte of hyre husbonde.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)55 : So j wole take it with oute taryinge sithe j haue graunte of yow.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)104 : Þeos þreo Bischopes..heore churchene and heore oþer guod clanliche heom binome, And bi-setten as on guode men þoruȝ þe popes graunt of rome.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.119 : By graunt [Higd.(2): graunte; L largiente] of Kingislus, kyng of West Saxon, þe firste Birinus ordeyned a cee at Dorchestre.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.969 : Eolus He hihte, and of his fader grant He hield be weie of covenant The governance of every yle.
- (1473) RParl.6.78a : All th'appurtenaunces, which the seid Abbesse and Covent have of oure Graunte, by oure Letters Patentes.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)25/45 : Byrynus..by graunt of Kyng Elf..made his see atte [a] poore toun clepid Dorgester.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)451 : [Philip] hathe all Greece at his graunte.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)241 : King henri..Þoruȝ þe Erchebischopes graunt, he makede him chaunceler.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.39 : He hath oblisshed him-self, bi his avow and his owen graunt, to payen to þe light ii lib. of wax.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1449 : And sche..began to rede..That sche schal him to dethe winne Al only of his oghne grant, Thurgh strengthe of verray covenant.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8380 : Þou giue it to quam-sum þou will, For mi grant [Frf: consaile] sal þou haf þer-till.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3658 : And þus þe trewe confermed was be graunt.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)328/10 : Þorw grant of þe cristindom pope I-made he was.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8915 : Ne, þi self may not say..Þat any dede has be don..But..by agrement of the gret, & þe graunt hoole.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)778/35 : A..seyde sir Trystram, I requyre you, as ye be a trewe knyght..play you wyth me this nyght. Than sir Trystram had a graunte of sir Launcelot.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)133 : Yet he dothe it maugre the peple, wich God defende þat the kynge..shulde do vppon is peple, with owt thair grauntes or assent.
d
- ?c1400 Cursor (Arms 57)17956 : Whenne fyue þousonde ȝeer are past..þenne shal god his grante [Göt: hight] fulfille.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.59 : Of many had he grante to ask for him mercy.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)192/27 : And þe Scottes truste ful miche oppon þe Frensshe-men; but of þat þing þai hade no maner graunt.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.84 : Þei hadden graunt of Crist þat he wolde algatis have mercy.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4488 : And the tent yere truly, tell hem for sothe Þere worship to wyn..All the Cite to sese..Achilles..was glad of þe graunt.
- a1500 Eglam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)170 : The knyght kepte no more blys, when he had geton graunt of thys.
2.
(a) Something conceded, a favor, an allowance; an allowance of time; ded of ~, lettre of ~; (b) something officially or authoritatively granted, a privilege; (c) what is decreed or decided; a command.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)71b/a : And spousiþ hire wiþ a ring..and makeþ to hire chartres and dedes of graunt & of ȝiftis.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 222 : All my goods and catell specified..in a roll vnto forsaide lettre of ȝift and graunt attached.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2402 : Ȝour owne man listeth recomforte Þe whiche..Þat neuer a-forn no merit gat hem [read: him] graunt, Ne no decert.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.369 : Þe graunt & liberte Ȝoven to hym tabide in þe cyte.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3074 : To touche the roser..he yaf me leve; This graunt ne myght but lytel greve.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Deut.(Cld E.2)17.15 : Thou schalt ordeyne him, that is, in to the king; this is not a comaundement, but a simple graunt, which is of yuel; if this were an heest, the puple hadde not synned in axinge a king.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.2917 : For a sesoun thouh tirauntis be puissant, Fortune to them yeueth no lenger graunt.
- a1450 Rich.(Cai 175/96)4422 : Pes off hym tydes vs no graunt, But..we oure God Mahoun forsake.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9941 : Sex monethes, and no more, þe mighty dessyret..Hit was grauntid agayn..And sum lacked the lede for þe long graunt.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)440 : Lord, yt ys youre owyn graunte, Therefore i am full glade.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.451 : Of alle þe autentike grauntes [Higd.(2): privilege; L concessa] þat ȝoure cherche haþ..we wil noþing wiþdraw.
- c1405 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Heng)A.252b : He..yaf a certeyn ferme for the graunt, Noon of his bretheren cam ther in his haunt.
- (1423) RParl.4.201a : The which grauntes of subsidies be made by the said Commens, on the conditions that folwith.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)348 : But ȝif þei han oþir title þan ben bullis of þe pope, or graunt of him, þei shulen be dampned.
- (1450) RParl.5.173a : And that the graunte of the seid Subsidie, extende to charge aswell all persones Spirituelx as Temporelx..eny exemptions, privileges..franchises, grauntes..notwithstondyng.
- (1450) RParl.5.185b : Provided also, that this Acte extende not to ony manner Graunte of murage, made by you to eny Maier and Commynaltee.
- (1473) RParl.6.87a : Neither this Acte, nor any other Acte..be prejudiciall unto..Piers Curteys, nor to any..Graunte or Grauntes, by us..to hym made.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)8 : For it folowiþ not, if a bedel or criare schewe þe fre graunt of his lord, þan þat þis seruaunt..grauntiþ swilke maner of fredam.
c
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1306 : O cruel goddes that gouerne This world..And writen in the table atthamaunt..youre eterne graunt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2596 : I wil be founde ȝoure owne trew man..For to parforme ȝour hestis and ȝour graunt.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.552 : I sholde han also blame..My fadres graunt if that I so withstoode.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1797 : A place to pleye, ordeyned Brutus, Cornineus was wel of þat graunt, ffor to wrastle wyþ þat geaunt.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)87 : Þei han demed me or deþ..Of erþe to be emperour..I have grace of þat graunt grimmest to worþe.
3.
(a) Gift, present, donation; of hir ~, of her giving; (b) admission, confession.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.793 : He hath put al his assay To wynne thing which he ne may Gete of hire graunt in no manere.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)851 : From she was twelve yeer of age, She of hir love graunt hym made.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)24/32 : He maketh him sum promys & graunt of þat the sowdan asketh resonabely.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)457 : On schuld not make a graunt, lytele nor more, But þe request were ryght wele acordynge.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)208 : Grawnte [vr. or grawntyng]: confessio [vr. concessio].