Middle English Dictionary Entry
nocument n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nocument n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Harm, injury, damage; also, something injurious.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)52a/b : Cause is þe nocument [L nocumentum], i. noying, þat comeþ fro þe brayne & membrez respiratiuez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)58a/b : If þe noying be vniuersal, for þe neruez þat gouerneþ al comeþ fro þe brayne, þu knowez þat þe nocument springeþ of þe brayne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117b/b : Þe nocument of þe wounde of þe canne of þe stomak is be cause of impediment of passinge of norisschinge to þe stomake.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)140b/a : When it is hurte, be cause of þe wounde of þe place, þe ennoye of him induceþ gret nocument in þe member.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)22a/a : A man schulde raþere dien þan ony of þese two emunctorijs schulden suffren ony nocumentis wiþouten forþ.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)22b/a : Þei defenden þe yȝen from dust and oþere siche liȝte nocumentis.