Middle English Dictionary Entry
as(s)ẹ̄th adv. & adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | as(s)ẹ̄th adv. & adj. |
| Etymology | OF (see assẹ̄th n.); it is possible to take asseth, a seeth as a noun meaning 'sufficiency'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Enough.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Eccl.5.19 : Forsothe not a seeth [WB(2): miche, L satis] he shal recorde of the daȝes of his lif.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5600 : And though on hepis it lye hym by, Yit never shal make his Richesse Asseth [F asses] unto his gredynesse.