Middle English Dictionary Entry
Messīas n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Messīas n. Also messiam & messi(e, missie. |
| Etymology | L & OF; ult. Aramaic. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The expected deliverer of Israel foretold in the Old Testament, Messiah; (b) Christ; jesu ~; (c) Mahomet.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Þo ihu crist (Jes-O 29)55 : Nv quiddeþ men þat cumen is Messyas.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)87/153 : Þis ilke word Messye clere Is Ebreuȝ..'Crist' hit is i-called In Gru; In latyn..hit is cald 'anoynt'.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.301 : Iewes shal..waxen wonder glade, Þat Moises or Messie be come in-to þis erthe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.575 : Iewes lyuen in lele lawe, owre lorde wrote it hym-selue..And toke it moyses to teche men til Messye come.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)277/25 : Þer doghter had conseyvid Messias.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)59/42 : Þat mayde..xal be modyr of grett messy.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)61/106 : Ysaie..seyd a mayd xulde bere messye.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7238 : Þeȝȝ seȝȝdenn hu þatt illke land, & hu þatt tun was nemmnedd, Þær Messyass soþ Crist, soþ Godd, To manne cumenn sollde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12753 : We fundenn nu Messyamm, þatt bitacneþþ Soþ Crist.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13240 : Messyass uss bitacneþþ Crist.
- a1300 Þo ihu crist (Jes-O 29)60 : Ich hit am..Þat Messyas am icleped.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)428 : Alle þeos giwes..Of Jhc Messie..hadden doute.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 1.41 : We han founde Messias [L Messiam], that is interpretid, Crist.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)96b : I woot þat messie comeþ.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3998 : Here I make myn avowe..To Messie and to Marie.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1999 : She Shulde mayde be & modyr eke of myssye.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)117.466 (v.2:p.254) : Preuylegyd was thys blyssyd Marie Wyth singuler chershyng of hyre loue, Messe [read: Messye], Bothe in hys lyuyng and in hys passyoun, and .. in hys resurreccyoun.
- a1475 Inf.Chr.(Hrl 3954)309 : She xal be weddyd..Þe myld moder of messy.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)171/274 : Christ now is borne, our king and Messy.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.593 : Þo wrecches..hopen þat he be to come þat shal hem releue, Moyses eft, or Messye.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.159 : A man þat hihte makamede for messye thei [Saracens] hym heolde.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.75 : Machomeet..Saide openli that he was Messie.