Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒunten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒunten v. Also mount(e, monte(n, munte(n, (error, sg. 3) monthit. |
| Etymology | OF monter |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rise up, ascend; fly or climb up; ~ up; of a horse: rear or buck; also fig.; (b) to mount a horse; ~ to (into) sadel; ~ upon hors (horsbak); (c) to elevate or promote (sb.); ~ strok to, raise a blow against (sb.); refl. ~ forth, proceed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.120 : Þe sorouȝes shullen mounten [vr. stiȝen] vp to heuene of hem þat shullen kepen oþere þat ben here princes & grete prelates.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1061 : Whan thei weren bothe alofte, This Icharus began to monte.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)23894 : He ȝyue vs grace so to acounte Þat we may to heuen mounte.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)780 : Alisaundre leop on his [horse's] rugge..Hit monteþ, and he let him gon, So of bowe doþ þe flon.
- c1430 In May whan euery (Cmb Gg.4.27)p.107 : Þe larke..Gan mountyn hye in þe eyr.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)4008 : The silk fley out, and to þe roof in hast He mowntith up.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)84 : Ihesu..fedeþ here wiþ his flesch and blood, But þanne here þouȝtes mownten hyȝe.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)953 : They anoon Gonne up to mounte and doun descende.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)10208 : The sondys off al Temptacyoun..wyl nat suffre the to mounte Vp on the hyl.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.in Centaurus 12 (Lnsd 793)217/5286 : Rein is of þe watir in þe see, And with blast of winde mounteþ he.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)49 : Dung wastithe & discendithe, & marle mountithe & ascendithe.
- a1500 With notis (Voss Germ.Gall.Q.9)p.42 : For in her paravin so monthit [read: montith] she Aloft that nouthir touch her I may nor sen her oft.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9230 : Þo mounted Arthour, Bohort, and Ban Wiþ alle her wiȝt compainie.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2448 : Ten hundreþ weren to deþ ydiȝth Ar he to sadel mounten miȝth.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)30/5 : Gryfflet..bade hym mownte uppon that horse and revenge his hurtis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)43/13 : He sterte unto the kyngis horse and mownted into the sadyl.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)108/30 : He mounted uppon horsebacke and rode afftir the knyght.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.10 : For evere me mountez him above that haveth mest poer.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)182 : Ȝef ani of ȝou so hardi be, Þat any strok munteþ to me, Mahoun mi god ich here for-sake.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)3/26 : A certeyne Religioun helde an opynyon that Aristotille was mountid vp to hevene in lyknes to a dowue of fyre.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)171 : Þanne y munte [vr. mount] me forþ þe mynstre to knowen.
2.
(a) To be worth, amount to; ~ to, amount to (little, nothing, a certain sum); (b) to increase, spring up.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)332 : Þose vnwyse ledes..affyen hym in vanyte..For þink þat mountes to noȝt.
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 778 : Þe summe of all þe ffruyte þat was laden in þe saide ship..montyth summa viijc sortes.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)160 : Hit is mervaile to men þat mountes to litelle Towarde þe providens of þe Prince.
- a1500(1426) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)30 : The seid somne of x ml. marcs..shalbe redy in money to the value of good nobles mountyng.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)73.24 : Þe pride of ham þat hateþ þe, mounteþ euermore.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.64 : Þe moste meschief on molde is mountyng vp faste.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)351 : Þy mendez mountez not a myte, Þaȝ þou for sorȝe be neuer blyþe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1450) ?Scrope Mirror World (Bod 283) 5649 : This clergye is soo mounted that euery man rynneth thertoo, greete and litill, soo that noon lifeth opon nature.
Note: Ed.: "mounted: 'esteemed' ([F] montee).
Note: New sense.