Middle English Dictionary Entry
lund n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lund n. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI lund. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Disposition; mental or spiritual attitude.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7038 : Gode menness clene lund & gode menness herrtess, Þeȝȝ sinndenn þatt hallȝhe gessthus Þatt Crist iss borenn inne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9385 : Swa to meokenn þeȝȝre lund & teȝȝre modess wille To takenn wiþþ þe Laferrd Crist.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9785 : Teȝȝ wærenn..All fulle off grammcundnesse, & ec all fulle off attriȝ lund & fulle off bitterr spæche.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1460 : He was faire spekand and iocunde; In haly speche he lyked his lunde.