Middle English Dictionary Entry
not-with-stand prep. & conj.
Entry Info
| Forms | not-with-stand prep. & conj. |
| Etymology | From stōndinge . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In spite of (sth.); notwithstanding, although; ~ that, in spite of the fact that.
Associated quotations
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)6/6 : Non of us haue herd þat euyr þer was ony strif be-twix ȝou too, not-withstand þat he is an irous man.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)95/10 : Thus was our Gilbert cleped to apper in-to þe ferþest parties of þis londe..not-withstand his grete age and febilnesse.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)109/4 : Not-withstand þei went in þe hoot somer..þese men went and cam heyl and sound.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)2 : I coude non fynde, not withstand that I soute with grete diligens.