Middle English Dictionary Entry
insenden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | insenden v. P. & p.ppl. insent. |
| Etymology | OE insendan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To introduce (thoughts, the divine message, into the mind); put (a song into one's mouth); --?also used absol.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.1.21 : Receyue ȝe the word insent, or ioyned [L insitum verbum], that mai saue ȝoure soules.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)39.4 : And he insent [L immisit] in mi mouth newe sange.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)33.7 : In sendes [L Immittit] the aungel of lord in vmgange of dredand him..The aungel of lord..insendis, that is, he makis insendynge of goed thoghtis.