Middle English Dictionary Entry
longanimitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | longanimitẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Patience, forbearance; also, perseverance; (b) longevity.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Col.1.11 : Y-comforted þoroȝ þe power of his clernesse, in eferich pacyence & longanymyte [L longanimitate] wiþ ioye.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)2 Tim.3.10 : Þou hast folewed my techynge, myn ordeynynge, & my purpos, feiþ, longanymyte [Corp-C adds: þat is longabydynge].
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)2 Cor.6.6 : In longanimitate, in suauitate, in spiritu sancto..In longanymyte of abydyng, in suauyte, in þe holy goist.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)361 : With Noe ye haue expert prudence..And with Iacob longanymyte.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)14/25 : Thou shalt ouercome hem [temptations] better litel & litel by pacience & longanimyte.
b
- c1613(1464) Plumpton Let.12 : Desiring him dayly for your honor, prosperity, ioy, and longanimity.