Middle English Dictionary Entry
infǒunden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | infǒunden v. Also enfounden, infunden. |
| Etymology | From L infundere and F (cp. OF fondre & F (16th cent.) infondre). Also cp. founden v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. founden v.(3).
1.
(a) To pour (sth.) in, infuse; ~ in (into, til, to), pour (sth.) into (sth.); ~ on (into, unto), pour (sth.) onto (sth.); also fig. ; (b) to soak (sth.), infuse.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11a/a : Of pia mater is infunded [*Ch.(2): ȝit; L infunditur] nutriment to þe brayne.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.28/12 : By the merites of the most glorious Apostle, hete of lyf was ynfowndid to seyr and drye membrys.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.759 : Of wynes olde hit is to take dregges..&..Infounde [L affundantur] hem on threes [read: thi trees] feet and legges.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.510 : Mynge aske of vyne & donge, & hem infounde [L infundantur] Vnto [vr. Into] the roote.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.140 : To x sester old wyn..x pounde Hony the xxxth day is forto enfounde [L temperare].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.250 : Now til a strike a litel salt infounde [L miscere curabis] As hit is grounde.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.111 : Wyndreggis old in water let infounde [L infundi].
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)41.9 (v.1:p.268) : Commounly .. the fourtith day aftir the concepcion the soule is infoundid in [L (Graesse, p.158): infusa; GL: putt into] the bodie as into his temple.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)55.59 (v.1:p.341) : So moche was he infoundid with grace from God abouen that many of his felaus and condisciplis in scole .. seid that thei seyen often tyme a snowe-white dove .. lighten vpon his shuldir.
- a1475 Imit.Chr.(Cmb Gg.1.16)92/1 : Above alle gladnes..above all yiftes þat þou maiste yiffe or infounde.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)159/19 : Let vs make redy the vessels of oure hertes for he is redy to infunde and put in the grace of his ȝiftis.
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)420 : In þe name of þe almyȝty fader..of Ihesu Criste..[of þe] holy gost þat was infounded into þe.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)127/27 : Þou felist þe desire of euerlasting blisse to be infounded in to þe from aboue.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)131/5 : If þou yeue pes, if þou infounde holy ioy, þe soule of þy seruaunt shal be ful of modulacion.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)31b/b : Þe first is a newe sponge infunded [*Ch.(2): dippede; L infusa] in conia, i. sope, or hote lyȝe.