The faculty of memory; celles of ~ [see celle 6.]; hurting in the ~, impairment or loss of (one's) memory; in wills: being in god ~, in god minde and sauf ~, haven gode knouinge and ~.

(a) Memory or recollection (of sb. or sth.); awareness or consciousness (of sb. or sth.); state of mind [quot.: Orch.Syon]; also, attention (to sb. or sth.); preoccupation (with sb. or sth.); mid gode ~, with respect, deferentially; (b) ben in ~, to be conscious; comen to ~, regain consciousness; bringen into ~, attract notice (to sb.); drauen to (into) ~ [see drauen 2c. (b)]; make ~, take heed, think; setten..~, fix (one's) mind (on sth.); taken in)to ~, consider (sth.), keep (sth.) in mind, contemplate (sth.); worthi (to) ~, memorable, noteworthy; (c) haven ~, to remember (sth.); intend (to do sth.); haven in ~, be mindful (of sb. or sth.); consider or suppose (the likelihood of sth.); haven no ~, forget (sth.), be defiant (toward God).

Fame, renown, or reputation; of blessed (god, noble) ~.

(a) A memorial; deed, edifice, etc., in commemoration of somebody or something; also, keepsake, commemorative gift or token [quot.: ?a1439]; reminder [quot.: ?c1425]; for (a, the) ~, in ~, into the ~, as a memorial (to sb. or sth.), in memory or commemoration (of sb. or sth.); maken ~ of, to commemorate (sb. or sth.); (b) a commemorative prayer, usually for the souls of the dead; also fig.

A written record; chronical, biographical, or historical account; also fig. the events in a person's recorded life [quot.: Higd.(2)]; enacten in ~, to transcribe (a speech); kithen (setten) in ~, record (sth.) in writing; maken ~, record (sth.), write (of sb.), record (for sb.); putten in ~, set down (details) in a story; of old ~, of a book: written long ago.

= memorandum.