Middle English Dictionary Entry
mẹ̄den v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mẹ̄den v. Also med(e, medi, miden; p.ppl. meded, (early) imeaded. |
| Etymology | From mẹ̄de n.(4). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To reward (sb. or sth.), requite; of God, the Virgin Mary: bless (sb.); ~ with hondes, ?win (a city) with blows, gain by fighting; (b) to endow (sb.); pay (sb.); bribe (sb.); ~ with, traffic with (sb.), deal with.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)217 : God wile..þat we hine lufie..naht him to mede ac hus to freme and to fultume.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)243 : We scule bien..imeaded mid heahere mede.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)414 : He bihet to medin ham mid swiðe heh mede ant makien ham hehest in his halle.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)146/1 : Alle he..ssel deme communliche and alle medi largeliche.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.291 : Þe emperour byseged Rome, and mede [vrr. medede, meded, mydede; L corrupit] þe citeseyns.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)23920 : Þat i þe can noght serue in dede, Mi wil i hope þu will me mede [Phys-E: med; Vsp: spede].
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)200 : Aman ouȝte not, aftir eny riȝt or resoun, be meedid or punyschid..saue for his owne dedis and suffryngis al oone.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)29b : Proude desire of worschippe haþ ben medid and rewardid wiþ þe rewarde of vertu.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)455 : Stelthe is medid with a chekelew bane.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5124 : I..dissyre..to come Þat I may..mede the after mesure of þi meke wille.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)9 : For riȝtfulnesse, þat sum merijt of hem schulde be þat riȝtfuly myȝte be meded..if þei..myȝte not synne..þe merijt of hem were not þat riȝtfully schulde be meeded.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)3.1783 : Blisset mayde, whose mercy euere medyth All tho that levyn in thy seruyce.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)387/9 : And þai saide he toke hem non to kepe, ne non he schulde haue þere but yf it were ryȝt dere bouȝt and medid with hir handez.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)50/229 : Al-myghty god þus þe wyll mede For þat good wyll þat þou ast done.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)103 : Þis bidding he brekiþ þat doþ..ani þing for wilk he is not to be medid in blisses for euer.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)107/3 : It fallys þat þou mede his werkys aftyr his seruyce þat he doos to þe.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/478 : Tu wult..makien him poisun..oðer, hwa se nule don, medi wið wicchen & forsaken..crist..& rihte bileaue.
- ?c1350 Why werre (Peterh 104)p.9 : He medeth [vr. medeth wid] the clerkes And sustyneth the wench.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4646 : He..meded hem so moche..þat þei him bi-hiȝt..Þat þei priueli wold enpoysoun þe king.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.421 : Alisaundre medede [L subornabat] þe bisshoppes and warned hem what answere he wolde have.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)3.203 : The pope wiþ his prelatis presentis vndirfongiþ And mediþ men hymself to mayntene her lawis.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)195 : Judas..proferede to take hym to hem..so that they wolde mede hym.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)331 : Medyn, or rewardyn: Munero, remunero.