Middle English Dictionary Entry
messen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | messen v.(1) Also massen, massi, (early) meassen; p. ppl. imassed. |
| Etymology | OE (WS) mæssian & ON (cp. OI messa) & OF messiier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To celebrate mass; ppl. imassed, of mass: celebrated or sung; -- impers.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)138/23 : Al þe deofles strengðe mealteð þurh þe grace of þet hali sacrement..þet ȝe seoð as ofte as þe preost measseð [Nero: messeð; Cai: massed].
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)430/341 : Ȝwane sire Gileberd i-massed hath.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)129 : Ȝwane huy a-rereth anie churche to massi Inne oþur rede godspel, Opon an hul bi custome huy makiez of seint Miȝhel.
- (1453) Papers Trevelyan in Camd.6724 : The chaplan..shall attend for the said Johan..unto ten of the clocke, and then massy.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)102 : I was in a chirch, when it was al I-massid.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2455 : As turpyn messed, y-wys, A gret crye he gan here.