Middle English Dictionary Entry
mīnd(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | mīnd(e adj. Also munde, mende. |
| Etymology | OE gemynde |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Present to (sb. or an animal) in consciousness or concern; (b) ~ abouten (for, of, o), concerned about (sb. or sth.); ~ to, attentive to (sb. or sth.); ~ for to, inclined (to do sth.); (c) thoughtful, kind, kind to (sb.); mek and ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)28/8 : Me þu makest to steoruen wið þe strengðe of þine beoden, þe beoð þe se munde [Roy: imunde].
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)130/565 : God be þe ful minde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)263 : Ðe hertes hauen anoðer kinde, ðat us og alle to ben minde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)487 : He [elephants] arn so kolde of kinde ðat no golsipe is hem minde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)653 : Ðe culuer haueð costes gode..alle it ogen to ben us minde.
- a1325 Stond wel moder (Roy 12.E.1)28 : Sune, þu best me so minde..it is mi kinde þat y for þe sorye make.
b
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.49 : To sunne þouȝ wistist was my kinde, As mankinne it is al so, And to þe wretche world so minde, And to þe fend that is ore fo.
- c1300 The milde Lomb (Arun 248)42 : Leue us so ben þar-of mende þat þe giue us atten ende þat þe hauet us to ibout.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)727 : And y am euer so mynde For to pray for al mankynde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6500 : Þo þat were þy frendys are þan þy fos..Also þy chyldryn are vnkynde, Þat þou hast be aboute ful mynde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26457 : For qua-so wrethes his lauerd king, And he o merci find him mind, If eft misdos wel es right.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28952 : Bot suilk entent salt þou haue þan..þat þou be noght for þi flexs mind Bot for to sustain maneskind.
c
- a1350 Stond wel moder (Hrl 2253)34 : Sone, þou art so meke ant mynde.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.611 : Sche was him ful mende; Of hir bere & of hir wine..Oft sche gan him sende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21895 : Allas! quat mai we sai allas þan Til him, quen he sal be iustis..And he gain us, sa meke and mind, Sua mikel luues nathing als ur kind.
- ?a1400(a1338) *Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)7a [880] : Mykell lufed hym his own kynde, & oþer till hym were full mynde.