Middle English Dictionary Entry
must n.
Entry Info
| Forms | must n. Also most, moust, (errors) miste, mostȝ. |
| Etymology | OE must (from L) & OF most, moust & L mustum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The juice of grapes, unfermented or undergoing the process of fermentation; new wine, must; also fig.; fervent ~, fermenting must; neue (recent) ~; ripe ~, ?fermented must; win ~; (b) the juice of some other fruit; ~ of pomegarnetes; (c) ~ hous, a building used for storing must; (d) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)91 : Þa seiden þa iudeiscen men a bismer, 'þas men beoð mid miste fordrencte.'
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8723 : Nes þer neouþer win ne must [vr. most].
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2480 : Þeos men beoþ dronke of mostȝ; hi ne conne hare tonges holde.
- (a1333) Herebert What ys he (Add 46919)8 : Why þoenne ys þy schroud red wyth bold al y-meind, Ase troddares in wrynge wyth most al byspreynd?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 32.19 : Lo my wombe as must [L mustum] wiþoute auentinge þat brekeþ newe litle wyn vesselis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mic.6.15 : Thou shalt trede the olyue, and shalt not be anoyntid with oyle; and must, and shalt not drynke wijne.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 2.13 : Othere scornyden, seyinge, For thei ben ful of must.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1165 : He torneth must into the wyn.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)33b/a : In þe bredinge of wyne of must..whanne must is feruent a maner fome is I-bred.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)256b/a : Þe strengþe of feruent must is so strong þat it brekeþ ful strong vessel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)256b/b : Newe must is ful wyndy & smoky.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18968 : Drunken..o must ar þai.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)244/6 : Make..pelottis as gret as it were a pese..tempere oon þerof wiþ wommans milk þat it be as þicke as it were must, & leie þerof in hise iȝen þre siþis in þe dai.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.368 : May no drynke me moiste..Tyl þe vendage falle in the vale of iosephath, Þat I drynke riȝte ripe must [C: most], resureccio mortuorum.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)43a/b : Mustum: must.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)37b : Lerwell..Dronkyn in moust, helyt the glotts boundyn in þe mouthe.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)45b : Stampe ham with new muste, for when hit is come to wyne hit is not so gode ne so holsom.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)108a/a : He þat ofte tredeþ grapes or bathez his feete wiþ recent, i. newe, muste is ful seldom podagre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)62b/b : Riȝte as off boyling of muste [*Ch.(1): muske; L musto] ben þre substaunce, so of þe chylus in þe liuer þoruȝ decoccioun ben þre substaunce.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)349 : Must, drynke: Mustum, mulsum.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.94 : Ek yf greet rayn The grape hath weet, aftir the formest hete Of must of hem comyng..Is best al into other vessel gete.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1440 : Must lesyth his name toward seint martynes.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)154/5 : Whan þou was filled wiþ must of a feruente spirite, but if thou had hadde euentynge, þou shuldest haue brusten.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)353/18 : Muste in here brayn so sclyly doth creppe þat þei chateryn And chateryn As they jays were.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)83b : Must: corenum [read: carenum], mustum.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1746 : Wyne digested hath more hete naturalle Then hath new must whose hete is accidentalle.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)7/11 : Like as must that is put into a tunne and for lake of attendaunce breketh both his barris and dryvith owte the bong.
- a1500 GRom.(Cmb Kk.1.6)337 : Gyf me A draught of thi wyne moste.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)772/1 : Mustum: moste.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.8.2 : I shal ȝyuen to þee drinken of spiced wyn & of þe must [L mustum] of my poungarnetis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)245b/a : A Busshe hatte Rubus..and þe fruyte þer of is furst rede..The muste [L succus] þerof is reed and deynteth and dyeth as blood.
c
- (1335) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.95 : [A house called] le Musthous.
- (1414-15) *Acc.R.Abbotsbury : Super le Musthous.
d
- (1206) Assize R.Lin.in Lin.RS 22p.261 : Willelmum Must.