Middle English Dictionary Entry
aqueintẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
Forms | aqueintẹ̄ n. |
Etymology | OF ppl. acoint(i)é |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An acquaintance or friend.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)8/12 : And souȝtten þe childe amonge her aqueyntes.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)26/12 : Her frendes & her aqueyntes.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Sum.(Hrl 7334)D.1991 : Be þou no-lyoun To þy subiects..Ne make þyn acqueyntis [vr. aqueyntance] fro þe fle.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.396 : His aqueintis..weren come to ete wiþ him.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)3 : J seygh oother folk of auctoritee that holpen her aqueyntees and bi sleyghtes putten hem in..eche that was his aqueyntee ran up.