Middle English Dictionary Entry
asǒndrī adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | asǒndrī adj. & adv. Also asundry. |
| Etymology | A blend of sǒndrī & asǒnder. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Separate, distinct; (b) wenden ~, to part; breken ~, to shatter (sth.); smiten ~, to sever (sth.); (c) knouen (dividen) ~, to distinguish between (distinct things); varien ~, to be different.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.164 : Thre þinges bilongeth in owre lorde of heuene, And aren serelepes by hem-self, asondry were neure.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)309 : Þenk on me, sir Amiloun; Now we asondri schal wende.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5786 : He dryues into þe heþene hoost..He brak asundry þe scheltrome.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)115.7 (v.2:p.199) : I me delyte The life to translate, yf me wil respyte Attropos a while, and nat to hastily my fatal threde asundry [Arun: asundyr] smyte.
c
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.93vb (3.7) : Thre thinges schewe hem in vryn þat ar somdel like to sight: 'ypostasis,' 'humor,' & 'sanies.' Whiche 3 þus shalt þou knowe a-sondry: [etc.].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4477 : Whanne heest and deede a sundry varie, They doon a gret contrarie.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1765 : Whyche iii tymes, a sondry deuydyd, Mayst thow here see.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)98b/a : Puscules beþ I-clepid gadringes of postemes and superfluyte in þe vttir partye of þe body and beþ I-bredde litil & litil & a sondry.
Note: Sense?