Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆nāǧe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆nāǧe n.(1) Also meinage, manage, maniage, mainage, maingnage. |
| Etymology | OF manage, menage & maisnage, mainage, maignage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A group of household retainers; also, troops, army; (b) domestic establishment, household; also, home.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3799 : Al þe bachelerie Þat aȝt was in þe lond he nom in is compaynie & of is mayngnage [vr. maynage; B: manyage] vp is coust.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.78 : Gospatrik com tille hand & left of his manage [F menage].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2087 : Darrie com after..Wiþ his children and his wyue, And wiþ his syster and his meynage -- An hundreþ þousande kniȝttes sauage.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4809 : Babio..hadde a love at his menage..hihte Viola be name.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.153 : Helianore forth hir dight to Rouhan, hir menage.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3311 : Alisaunder..Haþ me dryuen out of my londe, My suster and my moder ytake, And Floriaundre, my gentil make, Myne children, and my menage.
- (1450) Paston2.197 : The moste part of the comyners have litill or nought to meynteyn their menage and housold.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)68 : The saide countre, cite, towne, village, or menage so provided..shalle mow withe gret ease endure the..derthe.