Middle English Dictionary Entry
hē̆ven-rī̆che n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hē̆ven-rī̆che n. Also heveriche, heoveriche, heoverige. |
| Etymology | OE heofon-rīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. heven n.
1.
(a) The kingdom of heaven; (b) under ~, under heaven, on earth; (c) ~ blisse, ~ mirthe, ~ win, the joy of heaven.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Gif hwa hit hælt S. Petre mid heofne keie undo him heofenrice.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Þa wurðe he efre wuniende mid God Ælmihti on heuenrice.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)20/56 : Ða-þa se ængel hire brohte gretinge fram heofone-rice.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/30 : Festen..is heofonlic weorc, & heofene rices duræ.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)54/16 : Wæstmæs ðe of þare weccæn cumæð ahebbæð to heofenæn riche ðene þe heom lufiæð.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7794 : Whase wile cumenn inn Till heofennrichess kirrke, Himm birrþ all ummbeshorenn beon & clennsedd all off sinne.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)42 : Þe [the rich man] deð his echte on sikere stude; he hit sent to heueneriche [vrr. heueriche, heoue-riche].
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)65 : Ech mon mid þet he hauet mei buggen houene riche.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29632 : Þu scalt irædliche in to hefneriche.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)32083 : Þu scalt..faren to heofne-richen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)77/25 : Þe gaueleres ne cumen neure into heueriche.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)151/12 : Þu miht mid godes felste..heuneriches merchþe mid þese halie mihtes sikerliche iwinnen.
- a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)44 : Þat heo ure sawle to heouerige bringe.
- ?c1250 Ar ne kuthe (Gldh)6 : Help, god, for thin swete name, kyng of heuene-riche!
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)216/76 : Þet we mowe habbe þo blisce of heueriche.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)18 : Welle heg is tat hil ðat is heuen riche.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)133 : No wolde me neuere iuele like Ne þou ich were in heuene-riche!
- a1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)178 : Ȝef vs leue..to faren..to þe blisse of heueneryke.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.656 : He..betauȝte him god in heuen riche.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3150 : Envie..is..forthest fro the heveneriche.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3034 : The god he yifth the heveneriche, The world yifth only bot a name.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18862 : Þe tane es to þe toþer like, Stad in þe blis of heuen rike [Frf: heyuen-rike].
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)14 : Hores is þe heuen-ryche to holde for euer.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)719 : Let chylder vnto me tyȝt; To suche is heuenryche arayed.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)9/30 : Þat ye may fle þe fir of helle and cum til heuin-rike.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)96/101 : Þis lady is to þe lilly lyke..And hir sonne kyng in heuen-ryke.
- c1450 Kynge of grace (Trin-C B.11.24)30 : In erthe and in heuynryche The hye son..shalle be swarte as any pyche.
b
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)3 : Þer nis lond vnder heuen riche Of wel, of godnis hit iliche.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2424 : Of alle þyse oþer vnder heuen-ryche þat mused.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1898 : Here lyves nan, under hevenryke Þat can telle til what þe ded es lyke.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)312 : Þe cite he closede wiþ a dych -- Non deopper vndur heouene riche.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)126/7 : Þær ȝe beoð mid me wuniende on heofene rice murhþe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/20 : Þenchen of helle-wa & of heoueriche [vr. heouenriches] wunne.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)107/30 : Þench ec of helle wo & of heoueriche [Corp-C: heoueriches] wunnen.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)414 : Of him þat is vs alle abuue in heueryche blysse.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)352 : To bygge godes lawe and heuene-riche blis.
- a1350(c1307) Death Edw.I (Hrl 2253)40 : Oure kyng hede take on honde..to wenden in-to þe holy londe to wynnen vs heuenriche blisse.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)188/16 : Jchill make þe quene in heuene riche blis.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.27 : Al for loue of oure lord lyuede wel streite In hope to haue heueneriche blisse.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3531 : I holde þe best In heuene-ryche blys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/17 : Heofene rice is ihaten on ðissere stowe Godes aȝene laðung, þæt is al Godes folc, ðe rihtlice ilefæð on ðone lifiȝende God.
Note: extra sense: = the Church--per JR