Middle English Dictionary Entry
mid-lent(en n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mid-lent(en n. Also midelente, -lenton, medlente. |
| Etymology | OE mid-lencten; also cp. ME lent(en . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Mid-Lent Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent; sondai in ~; (b) midlenten(es sondai, fourth Sunday in Lent; (c) the middle of Lent.
Associated quotations
a
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.91 : Ye first morwespeche shal ben after ye drynke..ye yridde shal ben ye sunday in mydlentoun.
- (1444) RParl.5.108a : Howe that the full noble Kynge of England, Kyng Edward the thridde..in his Parlement holden atte Westm', the Wednesday next after Midlenten, [etc.].
- ?c1450 Brut-1447 (Trin-C O.9.1)488/8 : In this same yere, about Midlent, they brought Quene Margaret out of high, douce Fraunce.
- (1470) Paston (Gairdner)5.69 : I am halffe in purpose to com home with in a monythe her afftr, or abowt Med Lente, or beffor Esterne.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)169/7 : xij shillings vj d. in myd-lente & xij shillings vj d. at Myhelmasse.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)69/6 : Aftyr the myd-leynte, come shippis into Irland.
b
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.116 : The first mornspeche, of Trinite sunday..the thred, on sunday after seint andrewes day; the fourt, on midlentene sunday.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.172 : Þanne mette I with a man a mydlenten [C: mydlentens; vrr. mydlente, myd-lentene] sondaye.
- (1416) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.54 : And we newer knewe ne herde tell, ne never was cleymed..more of the tenementes of Benecrouche and Hese but x s..gedered ones a ȝere atte Midlenton Sonundaye.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)169/142 : Þe pope conferme þer-to his bul..In þe worchip of Saint Bregit To al here pilgrems an Lammes-day, And also mydlentyn Sunday.
- (1431) Ordin.Gild St.Clement (Trin-C O.7.15)281 : We haue ordeyned..for to kepe the ȝereday of Jon lyster..ȝerely on mydelenton sonday.
- (1435-6) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7836 : Fro Crystemase on to mydelente Sonday for lampe oyll, ii d.
- a1450 Form Excom.(1) (Cld A.2)60 : Mydlenton sonday schal be neste.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)194/9 : Yeldyng therof yerely to the same Abbesse and Covent of Godestow..the Sonday of Sexagesyme fyfty shillyngis, and on mydlent Sonday fyfty shillyngis, for all seculer seruyce and demaunde.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)54b/a : Thystorye of Moyses..is redde in the chirche on mydlente sonday.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)56.347 : This thing happede In the Mydlent [F il estoit quaresmes].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)9898 : Hit schal be midlentone er þat ȝe go.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)11748 : Thus they soiourned there everychon tyl that Mydlentone was al a-gon [F iusquau mi quaresme].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)171 : At mydlenten [F Et quant vint al mi quaresme], the kynge toke leve of the damsell.