Middle English Dictionary Entry
indiǧent adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | indiǧent adj. Also indegent. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Poor, needy, destitute; also fig.; (b) as noun: poor person(s, the needy; (c) ?as adv.: necessarily, unavoidably.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5695 : An usurer..Shal nevere for richesse riche be, But evermore pore and indigent.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4324 : Thouh his chestis happid be with gold..His indigent herte so streihtli is enosid To Herebus heir.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1059 : Þou were y-fall in indigent pouert.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5134 : They..for lak off good entent, Wer also ful indygent, And voyde ek off al gostly foode.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6388 : He ys so feble & indygent ffor lak off knowyng (in sothnesse).
b
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)507 : Ther is no wight þat to the indigent Puttith his helply hand.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4129 : Yif in mesure vn-to þe indigent And the worthi, and þat is wel dispent.
c
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)8212 : He that wynneth the turnement, Ye [Melior] must haue hym Indegent [Add: by Iugement].