Middle English Dictionary Entry
ardaunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ardaunt adj. Also ardent, ordaunt. |
| Etymology | OF arda(u)nt, L ardēnt-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Burning with desire or passion; fervent, ardent, passionate ; (b) ?also, ?controlled, ?ordinate [?error for, or aberrant form of, ordeined ppl.]
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.12.15 : The moste ardaunt love of his wif brende the entrayles of his breest.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.3.115 : If he be ardaunt in avaryce.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)22 : Contynuele prayer, ardaunt desire, [etc.].
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)371/20 : With most ardaunte affecciouns..þou schalte arraye aȝens hym the geste-chaumbre of thy herte.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)274/27 : Mans witt..is mor ardent vnto hevynlie matyrs.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)918/14 : Than she refused hym..for cause he sholde be the more ardente on hir.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)13/418 : Pylat sendyth iiij knytys þat be ryth hardaunt to kepe þe blody body in his dede conclaue.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)102/163 : He love nedyth to be ful Ardent, that for man to helle wolde gon.
b
- a1425 Benj.Minor (Arun 286)16/6 : Ardaunt…vnardaunt [Hrl 674: Þe sons of Jacob of Lya ben nouȝt elles to bemene bot ordeynde affecciouns or felynges in a mans soule, for ȝif þei weren vnordeynd, þan weren þei not his sones].
- a1425 Benj.Minor (Arun 286)38/3 : Ardaunt…vnardaunte [Hrl 674: It is now seyde of þe seuen children of Lya, by þe whiche ben vnderstonden seven maners of affecciouns in a mans soule, þe whiche mowen be now ordeynde & now vnordeynde].
2.
(a) Burning, fiery; brilliant; (b) eue ~, water ~, an alcoholic distillate, such as brandy; (c) goute ~, inflamed gout.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)193 : Seyn come þer sewes sere..& ardant þem semyde.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1087 : Erne had he full huge..With eghne full horreble and ardauunt.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)456/16 : Thow ordaunt lyght..The trust and hoppe of all that christien be.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)8/223 : Ewe ardaunt, Þat neþ no wateris wyse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)139b/b : Ewe ardent i. aqua vite [*Ch.(2): water ardant].
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)590 : With his ewe ardaunt and arsneke pouders.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)302/990 : To make water ardaunt that is clepid brennynge water.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.682 : Who so wol mak water ardaunt, nym good wyne.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)64a : Waters corosive and waters ardent, Withe which I wrought in divers wise.
c
- a1500 Sln.521 Recipes (Sln 521)145/1 : Of þe gout erraunt, or of þe gout ardaunt, or of þe gout festred.