Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆nd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆nd(e n. Also mendes. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of amē̆nde(s; form and meaning affected by mē̆nden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Recompense, reparations; damages; to ~, as recompense; maken mendes, to make restitution; also, pay a fine; maken mi mendes, recompense me; geten mendes; (b) remedy, cure.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6723 : If he sla animans thain, Thritti schiling o siluer again Sal man giue þe lord to mend [Frf: amende; Göt: mendes; Trin-C: mende].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23152 : Couaitise..Has mani sauls broght to hell..Vnnethes sal man find an..þat wel will scriue þam o þis sake, Ne for na consail mendes mak.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.90 : Mede haþ mad my mendis [vrr. amendys, amende], I may no more axen.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)351 : Deme Dryȝtyn, euer hym adyte..Þy mendez mountez not a myte.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.269 : Ȝef they..for here gultes no mendys wol make, Thenne most they nede the craft forsake.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)220 : He talde hym onone, What mendis he hym sent.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)55/3 : In gret trespace lyeth mendes.
- a1450(1419) Loke how Flaundres (Dgb 102)78 : He þat pleyneþ, y holde hym nys Þat get no mendys, but dowble grame.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)182/12 : Sho said at sho had delyverd þaim vnto hym full of gold; Bod sho cuthe neuer gett no mendis on hym becauce sho had no witnes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)8250 : His ryght þai confermed and ȝemyd; Wha so þaim brake, to mendys þai demyd.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.34 : Men shulde drede To axe ony mendis for her mys-dedis.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)134/567 : Mak, freyndys will we be..Mak. we! now I hald for me, for mendys gett I none.
b
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.302 : Our kyng sent messengers..þe pape to schew þat cas..who was most culpable, In þe pape leues alle þis, to mak mende & mak alle stable.
- a1500 7 Sages(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)196/310 : 'May ther any amendys bee?' 'Nay,' they seyde..'Of mendys knowe we no thyng, But þat we schall be hangyd to morowe.'
- c1500 NPass.(Ashm 61)84/846 : May no oþyr mendys be [Cmb Ii: Þere Ageyn mayste þou noughte be].
2.
Theol. (a) Satisfaction, penance; to mendes, as satisfaction; don mendes, perform the penance; mendes making, penance; (b) atonement; maken ~ of, to make atonement for.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28652 : Repentand agh to mak him bun..to do þe mendes..þat to þat plight a pentes.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)28617 : Schrift aw to be thrinfalde, With rewth in hert and schewin to preste And mendes making [Vsp: Betyng of sin] þat folows neste.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)161/4800 : 'Yow pardone..what nedith þis?' quod she; 'Yowre mendis is as passyng light to make; But how lede ye yowre lijf good lete vs se.'
- ?c1450 PPl.A(1) (Mrg M 818)2.83 : Mendes [Trin-C: mede is molere of frendis engendrit].
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5396 : His godes he þaim offerd, to mendys for his synnes.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)83/128 : He þoled þane deþ, Leuedy, for oure mende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21763 : Ferlili puruaid he..Mak cros o tre and noght o stan..to mak þe mend O þe tre þat was defend.