Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒunt n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒunt n.(1) Also mounte, mont, mū̆nt(e. Forms: sg. gen. mǒuntes, mū̆ntes, (early) muntan; pl. mǒuntes, mǒuntez, mọ̄̆ntes, mū̆ntes, (early) muntæs, (error) mute & mǒuntz, mǒuns, mọ̄̆ntz, mọ̄̆nts, mọ̄̆ns. |
| Etymology | OE munt (from L) & AF mount, pl. muntz & CF mont, munt, pl. monz, mons, munz & L mons, -tis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A mountain or hill; also fig.; pl. mountains, mountainous region; mountain range; ~ joie, mount of joy, highest bliss; bi mount(es, among the mountains; (b) the Alps; -- pl. & coll.; (c) in names: ~ (of) olivete, ~ (of) sinai, ~ parnassus, etc.; (d) ~ sion, a plant; prob. marsh watercress (Nasturtium palustre) or fool's watercress (Apium nodiflorum); (e) palm. one of the fleshy mounds on the palm of the hand.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)83.27/6 : Heo of dracan blode acenned beon sceolde, on ufewearden mute.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)130/12 : Þa heaȝæ muntæs & dunæ..torriæð ofer alne middæneard.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)20/2 : An reoflæ..wæs eardiȝende uppon ðam munte on anon scræfe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2862 : Ure laffdiȝ Marȝe wass Þreo moneþþ i þe munntess Wiþþ hire meȝhe Elysabæþ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5374 : He sette himm æness onn an munnt.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25689 : Isihst þu, lauerd, þe munt [Otho: mont] and þene wude muchele?
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)79/2 : Hlauerd..hwa mai him resten upe ðin haliȝe munte of heueneriches.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3487 : He ledde hem to ðe muntes fot.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)86 : Þes montis and þes hille -- Al for soþ hit wurþ ibroȝt Þes depe dalis forto fille.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)243/20 : Þe guode religious..guo..alhuet he comþ to þe mont ioye.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.8.5 : Make thou alle thingis vp the saumpler that is schewid to thee in the mount.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3378 : The Mont wher that Silvestre duelleth Thei have in alle haste soght.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)168b/b : By cause of þe mounte, þis citee was moste stronge and moost harde to wynne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17558 : Bot chese we dughti men and lele To seke þe montz of israel.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)718 : [S]o mony meruayl bi mount þer þe mon fyndez, Hit were to tore for to telle of þe tenþe dole.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1730 : He lad hem..bi þe mountes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2080 : Mist muged on þe mor, malt on þe mountez.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4896 : Þat flode passed cubites fiften Over þe heyghest mount þat ever was sen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123b/b : In his partiez of asie..vplondish wymmen of þe mountez addeþ picem liquidam.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)204/19 : Alle þo þat lyuen wrecchidly setten her tre in þe mount of pryde.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)74/11 : Sche preyd hir felawshep to helpyn hir up on-to þe Mownt.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)346 : Mownt, hyll: Mons, collis.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11759 : Passe Moungu in to þe mountz [vr. mouns].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5117 : We at ere voide ay of vice & vacant of syn, Quat suld we moue into þe montts?
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)112/14 : He led a solitary lif in þe mountes.
- c1475 Brm.Abraham (Brm)123 : Now, Ysaac, son, goo we owr wey Onto ȝon mownte with all owr mayn.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)218 : Torrent went vppe a-geyne To the movnt.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)210/28 : His catell..was pasturyng vpon the sydes of the forsaide mownte.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1119 : On þis ylcan geare forð ferde se papa Gelasius on þas halfe þære muntan & wæs on Clunig bebyrged.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1129 : Mid him held se Kasere of Sexlande & se kyng of France & se kyng Heanri of Engleland & ealle þa be þis half þa muntes.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)115 : Hoþer archebischopes and bissopes on þisser side þas mountes on walelondes..ich alle hi-soȝte hoþer bi wise sende.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4496 : Þo adde king arþure ywonne fram þe west moste se Anon to þe mouns [vr. mons] al þat lond.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8071 : Þer of he sende prechors þoru al cristendom & him sulf a þes half þe mouns [B: mons; vr. mount] & to france com.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)307 : The burelyche beryn of Bretayne þe lyttyll Counsayles sir Arthure..To ansuere þe alyenes wyth austeren wordes, To entyce the emperour to take ouere the mounttes.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.183v : This Knut hadde souded so huge a nombre of men of every prouince a this half the montes that any reaume shuld nat well haue withstande hem.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/9 : He bitæhte Moysen on ðam munte Synay his folce to steore.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : Wes iseȝen godes fortacne uppon ane dune þat is þe mont of synai.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : Al þat folc eode þar ford to processiun to munte oliueti.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25663 : Nu hit hatte Munt Seint Michel.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)137/14 : He þe laȝhe nam of godd self, uppe ðe munte of Synay.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)56/7 : I þe munt of caluarie..ure lauerd hongede.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)102 : He bringet þe rode upon his rug þat stod on munt caluarie.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)115 : And of oþer bischopes on estende romes-burȝ and on westende of þas mountes mougeus [?read: mongeus] feour þousent daȝes and souue daȝes.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)127 : Vre louerd nom his apostles..to þe Munt of olyuete.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1744 : To ðe munt galaad he bi-cam.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2853 : To mount synai forð he nam.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)915 : To þe Mount of Olyuet..oure lord wente anon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4161 : Þe meste geaunt..vpe þe mount of sein michel hire ladde atte laste.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 13.3 : He sat in the mount of Olyuete aȝens the temple.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1936 : The mount of Citheroun, Ther Venus hath hir principal dwellynge, Was shewed on the wal.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.193 : Cecrops axede counsaille of Appolyn Delphicus..in þe hil mount Parnassus.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1952 : Bothe his Sone and he Upon the Montz of Gelboe Assemblen with here enemys.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1140 : Taak fyr and bere it in the derkeste hous Bitwix this and the mount Kaukasous.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)152b/b : At þe foote of mont syon is a welle that renneþ noȝt alweye, but certeyne daies.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2705 : Abram satt..Bi-side þe wale of mont mambre.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.2 : A knyȝte..toke me a maundement vpon þe mounte of synay.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)36/5 : In þat Ile is the Mount Ethna.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)189/25 : He mad hys preyeris to hys Fadyr in þe Mownt of Olyuete.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)9732 : Þe law..god gaf vnto moyses on the mownt of Synay.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)217 : The mounte Ianicle and mounte Eventine At the church of seinte Sabine, The mounte Tanelle at seint Alext, And mounte Stephan in Soleo next.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)75/106 : They..trust in god as þe mownt syon.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)262a : Al thys was done vppon the mownte of Golgatha whych now ys called Caluarye.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)266a : They saw Ihesu speke wyth hys dyssyples yn the Movnt of Olyvete.
d
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)27a : Gromyll ys hote and drye, like to mountsyon, with a litell white flouer and sede like to a perle.
e
- a1440 Palmistry (1) (Dgb Roll 4)18 : Yff ther be any lynes that begynne at the rote of the lytill fyngur and passe the mownt of the same fyngur towardus the mownt of the hand, it toknyth shameles lyers, theves.