Middle English Dictionary Entry
maundẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | maundẹ̄ n.(2) Also maundai, maundie, mande & (error) monde. |
Etymology | OF mandé |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Last Supper (including the institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist and the washing of the feet of the apostles by Christ); the paschal meal; the last meal shared by Christ and the apostles before the Crucifixion; also, the washing of the apostles' feet by Christ; (b) maken..~, to celebrate or take part in the Last Supper; ?also, of Christ: institute the sacrament of the Eucharist; (c) the rites of Maundy Thursday; ceremony of the washing of feet; ~ thursdai, the ~ of our lord, the dai of the ~, Maundy Thursday, the feast commemorating the Last Supper; (d) the washing of hands and feet.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(2) (Vrn)955 : At euensong-tyme, of his Maunde Þenk..hou..He wuȝsch his owne apostles feete, And of his Bodi alle þei ete.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)415 : Freris casten out oþer blynde resouns, þat Crist beggit a house to eete inne his maundye.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)12/9 : On the scherethorsday make þei here therf bred in tokene of the mawndee.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)131/35 : Þan seide he to his disciples vpon þe nyȝt of his maunde: 'Wiþ grete desire I haue desired þis Eestren.'
- c1450 Crist þat breed (Nwnh)60 : God, that his brede brake at his maw[n]de whanne he sate Amonge his postyllis.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4613 : He brak & partyd yt to ech on, Wher as they setyn..The Grete Thursday at hys maunde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)10/314 : In þe xxiiijti pagent..cryst and his apostelys..the mawnde of god þer xal they play.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)243/338 : Lord, where wolte þou kepe þi maunde?
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)102/13 : And þe v fery, whiche is namyd Cena Domini, scilicet, Schere þorsday, when Crist made his sopper and maunde.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.136 : In token..Of the brotherhede of Christes souper & maundie Afore his death.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)68/127 : With bread and wyne him worship we, and on Sherthursday in his maundye was his Comaundment.
b
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)286 : Wan þei had ysouped alle And maked her maunde in þe halle, Iesu cneled and woisse her fet.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)306 : Þe Table..Þat crist made on his maunde [Clg: monde; SR(2): maunday] On scherþorsday, whon he brak bred.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581) : Þe þorsday..þere he made his maundee [vr. maunde], Sittyng atte sopere, he seide..'I am solde þorw one of ȝow.'
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)111/3 : Þe deciples..assembleden hem in a soleer, þere Jesus hadde made his maunde.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)10/5 : Oure Lord made it [the sacrament of the altar] of leuaynd breed when he made his maundee.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)45/21 : Þe burde on þe whilk Criste made his maundee [F cena]..and gafe þam his body in fourme of breed and wyne.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)72/15 : A lityl þerfro [Mount Zion] he mad hys Mawnde wyth hys disciplys.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)406/57 : Þe þoresday..god made his maunde among his desiplis..he hem fedde in body & ek in soule..for his flesch & his blode to hem he ȝaf.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1365 : For quen he hade made mavnde with his disciples euerychone, Into a ȝerde þen went he.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8714 : And in that ilk large halle that God made in his maunde [L pascha].
c
- a1325 SLeg.Brendan (Corp-C 145)360-1 : Þis procuratour..sette hom..to þe soper..And suþþe he woiss hore alre vet hore mande to do; Al hore mande hy hulde þere, and þere hi gonne bileue A Gode Friday alday.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21611 : Ilk paskes..þe emperur wit his barnage, Apon þe dai o þe mande [Frf: mandee; Göt: mondee], þis cros was..wont to se.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3186 : The Lent went fast, Maunde þursday is come, Whan of that sacrament a commemoracioun We maken.
- (1461-2) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum8 : Maundy cum aliis:..pro xxiiijor lagenis bone seruicie emptis..pro le Maundy in die Cene domini.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)71 : He ordeyned that every ȝere, on Schere or Maunde Thursday, the Pope schuld consecrate crisme.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)55/4 : In the tyme of the Mawndie of oure lord they ben reseyued in a-yene.
d
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)26/8,11 : Þa þat ere out of þaire wuke, sal opo þe setirday ma þe maunde, and waisse þe tuailis þat tay sal wipe þaire hend opon and taire fete. Þa þat ga ut of þe wuke..sal waisse þe oþir fete at te maunde.