Middle English Dictionary Entry
mediātrīce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mediātrīce n. Also -trix. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of the Virgin Mary: intercessor; also fig. [quot.: Lydg.ST]; (b) a patron saint of a city.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Monk Sees Virg.(Eg 2810)47 : Moder..Þaire aduokete I þe make And þaire mediatrice to be.
- (1415) Hoccl.Oldcastle (Hnt HM 111)256 : A variaunce..fro vice Vn-to vertu..were his hy plesaunce, And his modres, man-kyndes mediatrice [rime: vice].
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1770 : [Truth] of kyngdames..Is berer vp and conseruatrice From all Meschief, sothfast mediatrice To god aboue.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.BV(1) (Hnt HM 111)14 : Yit, our mediatrice..thow him excite Vn-to mercy, for þat is thyn office.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Mir.Virg.(Hnt HM 744)prol.8 : Betwixt god and man is shee mediatrice, For oure offenses mercy to purchace.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Quis Dabit (LdMisc 683)147 : I [Mary] wyl go be tween..For almankynde be medyatrix and mene.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)639 : Quene of aungellys..Mediatrice of thy ineffable grace..make vs glad with the And wit cryst..thyn owne son.
- c1475 To have in mynde (Antq 101)106 : Now..saint george, pray the vierge..to be good mediatrix, praying here sonne That Edward..may be..fortunat.
- a1500(c1430) Kyryeleyson Cristeleyson (Lamb 344)9 : Sancta maria, mylde medyatryce [rime: de-lyce].
- c1450 Heyl gloryous virgyne (Clg A.2)38 : Heyl mediatrice and mene for man-kynd.
b
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9418 : As Agas for Tagatence, so am y [St.Lucy] Thorgh goddys grace ordeynyd to be A medyatryce for þis cyte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chartier Dial.F.&F.(Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.43)29/26 : That dyrectryce and chaare of vertus and medyatryce of al thynges, that ys to say, prudence, abydeth vnmevable..of a Godely power wythowte whyche thyr may be no substaunce nor abydyng yn thynges humayne..yn herselfe sche remayneth hoole.
Note: Modify gloss in sense (a) to accommodate this quot. (which personifies prudence, or wisdom).--per MLL
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