Middle English Dictionary Entry
hā̆stī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hā̆stī(e adj. Also haisti & hā̆stẹ̄̆. |
| Etymology | From hā̆st(e n. or from hā̆stī̆f adj., with substitution of -ī suf. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Speedy, swift, quick; of help, remedy, medicine, etc.: supplied quickly; ~ wit, a quick mind; (b) imminent, fast approaching; (c) sudden; unexpected, unforeseen; (d) early; in ~ time (houre), at ~ dai, soon, in a short time; (e) early-maturing; ~ bere, ~ bir, a kind of early-ripening barley; (f) premature; ~ beringe (whelpinge), abortion, miscarriage; (g) demanding haste, urgent.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)279a/a : And þerfore it nedeþ þat kynde be hasty [L festina] and spedful in suche bestes.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)5324 : Þe kyng lete write lettres ȝare To gider alle wiþ hasty fare.
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Cl.(Lnsd 851)E.349 : It schal be done in hastie wise.
- (1418) Proc.Privy C.2.244 : We have charged yow..þat good and hasty reparacion and restitucion were ordeined.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1764 : Þis rounde worlde..Schal be dissoluid..By sodeyn chawnge, hasty as a thouȝt.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)559 : And on his way anon he haþ hym hyed by hasty Iourne.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)160/32 : And þus Anon hath he hasty tydynges..be his corrours.
- (1425) RParl.4.276b : Ye defaute yrof shall be laid uppon the Kyng, olasse yanne haste remedie be provided yrfor.
- (1432) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3163 : We myght have no tyme because of the hasty goyng of the brynger of thys lettyr.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)154/5 : I renne wyth hasty cowrs wher-þat-euyr þu wylte.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)304 : Iulyane comandid a fende to wend to þe owttireste syde of þe werlde to bryng hym hasty tydynges how it was þare.
- (1448-9) in Willis & C.Cambridge 211 : This to be done in as hasty wise as thei may goodly after the walles of the seid howses be redy.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)1 : Who so euere had hir lyf and passion in mynde & called vnto hir in eny neede, he schold fynde & fele hasty help.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)54 : Þere y am slow, she biddis be haste [rime: faste, chaste, waste].
- a1456(?1417) Lydg.DTChaucer (Add 16165)19 : And God I prey..To sende him helthe and prosparytee, Hasty repayre hoome to his cuntree.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1083/18 : God you blysse and sende you hasty recoveryng!
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)61a : Hasty: Accelerosus, Acceleratus [Monson: Accelerans]..citatus..festinus..properus.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)221/28 : Slowe mewynge tokenyth a dulle and slowe vndyrstondynge, and quyke mevynge and delyuere tokenyth good vndyrstondynge and hasty witte.
- a1500(a1449) Lydg.Compl.LM (Cmb Ff.1.6)18 : Recure of sykenesse is hasty medecyne.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.411 : Þe devel..spak..of þe kynges paleys [read: maleys] and of his hasty deeþ [L morte festina].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1548 : Þai may takens be Of gret hasty myscheves..Þat tyll þe world er nere command.
c
- (1448) Shillingford47 : The Mayer seide this was hasty processe, and conceved right well that hit was do for to take hym yn a defaute.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)150/18 : 'I may nat, madame,' seyde Morgan le Fay, 'for I have suche hasty tydynges.'
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)61a : Hasty:..repentinus, jnprouisus.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)269b : Ther came amonge vs an hasty heete of the sonne.
d
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)42/208 : A liue ne mai ic longe dwelle; Ic deie attan haste dai.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.204 : Heron he museth..As he þat dradde to sen an hasty pryme Folowen a chaunge, as it is wont to done, Sodeynly after a newe moone.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2531 : How may ȝe sustene To..stonde stille, pensif in ȝoure tent, Vp-on þe point ȝoure silfe to be shent In hasty hour, ȝif ȝe here abide.
- (a1440) Let.Coventry in EHR 55643 : The whiche mees for defaute of reparacion is full ruynus..in ffull short tyme but iff hit be repareld & amendud in hasty tyme.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)358/30 : A faire ȝonge man..was sodeynly ouercome with dethe in hasty tyme forto dye.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)123/10 : He shulde be all hole in hasti tyme.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.153 : I pray your masterchippe to lete me have word in as hasty tyme as ye may.
e
- (1338) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.13 : [Of barley or] hastybere [half a quarter]..hastyber.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.190ra : Farrago is grene barly, þe greyn not ȝet ripe or it may be hastibere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)228 : Hastybere [Win: Hastybyr], corne: Trimensis.
f
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)230a/b : Gith..procureþ hasty berynge of childe [L aborsum] if þe womman is y-smoked þerwiþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)301b/b : He gendreþ þe þrittiþe day, & þerof comeþ hasty [L precipitata] whelpynge and yuel y-schape.
g
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2729 : I may noght bere it bi þis day, And hasty thinges I haue to do, So þat I may noght tent þare-to.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1051 : A heȝe ernde & a hasty me hade fro þo wonez.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mil.(Hrl 7334)A.3545 : And of an hasty þing Men may nought..make taryyng.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3691 : And hasty cas..Redresse requereth by ful short avys.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)119/19 : On þe same wyse es it of þe emperour curroures when þer es any hasty tythings for to make.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)53a : For aȝenst alle oþere mischappis þere may be made som remedie or help, bot aȝenst lak of vitailes in hasty nede is noon help.
2.
(a) Eager, impetuous; eager (to do sth.), ~ after, eager to get (sth.); (b) acting, or done, with undue haste; rash, imprudent; ~ errour, an error committed through haste; -- also in prov. [see also over ~]; (c) quick-tempered, angry, fierce; also, stern, harsh; (d) violent; of a fire: hot.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.269 : As Galli beþ wel hasty þan strong in þe firste rees, soo afterward þey beeþ in fiȝtynge more feble þan wommen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)194a/a : Gascoignes ben liȝt and plyant of body, hardy and bolde of hert, fers and hasty [L precipitem] to bataylle.
- c1405 Chaucer CT.Mch.(Heng)E.1805 : This hasty [vr. lusty] Ianuarie Wol go to bedde; he wol no lenger tarie.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)98/4 : Som crien & whinen in þeire þrote, so ben þei gredy & hasty [vr. haste] to sey þat þei þink.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3194 : What sholde folwen..He was desirous and hasti for to see.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)161/3 : The vjd good poynte ys, when þe fyche byteth, þat ȝe be not to hasty to smyt hym, nor to late.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)409/17 : There was never seyne of two knyghtes that fought more ferselyer, for sir Blamour was so hasty he wolde have no reste.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1053/21 : The more ye suffyr hym, the hastyer woll he be to batayle.
- (1474) Stonor1.150 : The seid Syr Ric. desyryng to know the weys and days how he shalbe content of his C li., beyng verray hasty therafter.
- c1500(a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(Cld A.8)157 : If such an ordre be kept, men wil nat be so hasty to aske rewardis, but if thei be of right goode merites.
- a1500(a1449) Lydg.Haste (Cmb Kk.1.6)36 : The ffyrste of them..Was of kynde hasty to scheede bloode.
- c1450 Ipotis (Clg A.2)206 : Who of þe sonne hath most plente, hote & haste he shall be, Also stalleworþ mon & mykyll of myȝth.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)475 : Þan has my hasty hert holly þe wrong.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)70a/a : Þey ben merciable &.. gileful & abil to lerne & hasty & likinge of venus.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mel.(Hrl 7334)B.2551 : Who ben þay..þat consentid..to do hasty vengeaunces.
- a1413 Chaucer TC (Mrg M 817)4.1567 : Beth nought to hasty in þis hote fare, For hasty man ne wanteth neuere care.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1018 : He gan chaunge cher, And kepte hym cloos, with sobre contenaunce, And was nat hasty for Ire nor greuaunce.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1899 : And late Priam alwey ȝour merour ben, Hasty errour be tymes to correcte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3190 : Ȝif Thoas..Shal nowe be ded þoruȝ hasty Iugement.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.139 : Whos tonge was..So restreyned þat no necligence Of hasti speche, [etc.].
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)7/16 : Hir confessowr was a lytyl to hastye & gan scharply to vndyrnemyn hir er þan sche had fully seyd hir entent.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)188/22 : Þat he ne be not to hasty in his vndertakynges.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.238 : Therfore be ware whereuer þou go, ffor an hasty man wanteth neuer woo.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.316 : An hasty Iuge, I haue herde said, Is not gretly forto preise.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.117 : A hasty man lackyth neuer owye.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)61a : Hasty:..preproperus..temerarius.
- c1450 I see a Rybane (Clg A.2)15,18 : Hasty mene often tymes harmes hent..I haue harde sungone wyth a harpe That haste mene sholde wante no woo.
c
- a1350 SMChron.(RwlPoet 145)409 : Þe kyng was hasty & sterte vp And hent þe þefe by þe toppe.
- c1375(?c1280) SLeg.Advent,etc.(Eg 1993)978 : Eroudes..Defoulede þe schipes of thars wiþ wel hasti rede.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.269 : Galli beeþ wel hasty [L Gallorum animi ferox].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2826 : Þou art he Þat whilom ȝaf to Priamus þi kyng A fel conseil, hasty and bityng, Me for to haue slaw be sodein violence.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2561 : Hasti Pirrus gan his swerd oute drawe.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2087 : Myn hasti answere, I pray you nat disdeyne.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.290 : Seraphe to him was ful hasty, & there so him hitte vppon the hed That his body he toclaf.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)3 : Thou maist sone make hym wrothe, for he is right hasty.
d
- c1375(?c1280) SLeg.Advent,etc.(Eg 1993)975 : And deol foliche þe schipes of thars wiþ wel hasti breþe [cp. Ps. 47.8: in spiritu vehementi].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1390 : He ne myȝt tempre nor apese Þe hasty fir þat gan his hert sese.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : Be þai swed with comon suture, or of skynnerez when þe flux is impetuous i. hasty [*Ch.(2): when þer is strong bledynge].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)228 : Hasty [Win: Haysty]:..preceps.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)87 : When yt begynnythe to boille tak out the pot stik..and let not the fyere be to hasty.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)61a : Hasty:..preceps.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1475 Com.Proph.M.(PennSt-U PS V-3)198 : Tho seide the King with a hasty spirit, 'I comavnde þe water to torne a geyn.'
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