Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒunde n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒunde n.(2) Also mundie. |
| Etymology | OF monde, munde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The world or its inhabitants; al the ~, all the world, everything; for al the ~, for all mankind; thurgh al godes ~, everywhere.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Psalt.Virg.(Dgb 86)77 : He..þoute of þe wonde Þat god for al þe mounde On rode heuede I-sprad.
- a1350 Maximian (Hrl 2253)114 : Gladdere mon wiþ gle ne mihte neuer be þurh al godes mounde [Dgb: In middelert I-founde].
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)85/1794 : Hold þe to þine hosebounde, And þou schalt haue al þe mounde.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)942 : No fylþe yn þe ys founde, For synneles y bare þe yn to þys mounde.
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)182/1202 : He seide here ic chille byleue Bi god þat is kyng of mounde.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11974 : Hit were but tynt..To write þe names of so fele hounde Þat were vncristned in þys mounde.
- c1500 Stations Jerus.(Ashm 61)134 : Þus we passyd bye To þe mydys of þe mundye..The mydys of þe werld ronde aboute.