Middle English Dictionary Entry
ishēd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ishēd n. Also iscead, ȝescead, gescead & ȝescōd, ȝesceod. |
| Etymology | OE gescēad, gescād. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The faculty of reason, power of discrimination; (b) the use of reason, reasonableness, discretion; (c) a distinction, difference; (d) yelden ~, to give account.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)86/33 : Mon ane hæfæð ȝescead & ræd & andȝit.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)88/6 : Gescead is iȝefan þare sawle to wissiȝenne & to steorene hire aȝene lif & alle hire dæda.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)92/18 : Hyre nomæ is anima, þet is, sawul..Heo is ratio, þet is, ȝescead, þonne heo tosceat.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)97 : Summe Men he ȝif wisdom and speche..Summe iscead godra gast and ufele.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Wið-ute þeser lage nis man þe ȝescod habbe.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/18 : Heofene rice is ilic ane kynge, he ðe hæfde mot wið his men hwilon & wolde mid ȝesceade settan his spæce.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/26 : Nu beoð sume gultæs..ðe mon diȝollice sceal mid ȝesceade betan, & sume openlice þæt oðre beon isteoredæ.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Nutenu etað swa er swa hi hit habbeð, ac þa iscead-wise mon scal kepan his meles, and þenne mid isceade his isetnesse halden.
c
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)5/6 : Þis ȝescead ys hæfter þam feorwer heorren heofenes and eorðan and þara lyfte and þara dupnesse.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)49/20 : Þis ys þæt ȝescead þara lacnunge.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)231 : Þis ȝesceod he hadde isett bitweone frend and fend.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)54/14 : Bi ælc ydele wordum þe men specæð, heo sculen ȝylden ȝescead on domes dæȝe.