Middle English Dictionary Entry
offrende n.
Entry Info
| Forms | offrende n. Also ofrende, ofrand, off(e)rand(e, off(e)rond(e, offorand, offorond. |
| Etymology | OF ofrende, offrende, of(f)erende, of(f)rande. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sacrifice to God or to a heathen god; a sacrificial offering of bread, wine, etc.; a burnt offering; ~ sele, the time for sacrifices; also fig.; (b) an offering presented to God, a heathen god, or the pope; a gift presented to the infant Christ; an offering of money to the Church, an oblation; ~ time, time of ~, the point in the mass at which the offerings are made; (c) the point in the mass at which the offerings are made; (d) a gift, reward.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1298 : Ðat dune is siðen on Was mad temple salamon, And ðe auter mad on ðat stede Ðor abraham he offrande dede.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1503 : Ðe firme sune at offrende sel Was wune ben scrid semelike and wel.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3551 : And alter Made ðat folc, and lutten it ðer, And ðat calf ofrendes deden.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)26.11 : Y..sacrified in his tabernacle offerand, berand voice.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)65.12 : Y shal entren in-to þyn hous in offrendes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.956 : In her wise With gret offrende and sacrifise Thei wedde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2536 : Melchisedech..Offrand [Frf: offerrande; Trin-C: Offryng] o bred and wine þan made.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5772 : Do þam right her me mak offrand Apon þe topp right on þis hill.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)318 : To þis offerand of Cayme god walde noghte luke, bot to þe offerand of Abelle.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)97/24 : Þan made Noe offerand to God, & God blissed Noe & his childer.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11790 : When ffyre shuld be festnet in þat fyne offrond, Two meruellis..were shewid.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11235 : Full rudly þen þei rope and rare on þer mawment to mend þer mode, bot þer offerand moued neuer þe mare.
- c1450 NPass.(Add 31042)146/44* : Thay solde make þaire offerande; thay went vnto ane heghe hill, alle thaire teyndis..þay dide thaym to be brynt.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)36 : Þus schal þei scle þe brent offrendis.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)4.6 : Offirs the offrand of rightwisnes, and hopes in lord, many sais wha shewis vs goeds.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.521 : Of the offrandis of whaim thai ete grese, and thai drank wyne of offryngis.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)48/262 : God..sendis this beest to thyn offerand.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)3/4 : Nis me nan ofrende swa lief swa godes luue and alre mannes.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)139/30 : Chierche-þinges, tiȝeþes, ne offrendes, ne almesses ne awh me nauhwer to ȝiuene buten ðar þe michel nied is.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)214/12 : Al swo hi hedden aparailed here offrendes, swo kam si sterre þet yede to for hem in to ierusalem.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1386 : Þanne he hauede his bede seyd His offrende on þe auter leyd.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)41/19 : Þe þinges þet byeþ apropred to holy cherche..ase þe rentes, þo offrendes, þe tendes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.936 : Sche began to bidde and preie..And after that made hire offrende.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)242 : After þat..Comes þo tyme of offrande [vr. offeronde].
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)253 : Oure offrandes [vr. offorondes] þat we offer..þou take, lorde, to þi louyng.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10790 : God ys payd of gode offrande.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11400 : O suilk a stern þe writt it spak, And of þir offerands [Göt: offrandes; Trin-C: offringes] to mak.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29174 : Offerand, almus, praier, and messe..mas penance lesse.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)95/4 : Þo nomen þe preestes þe pens & seiden þat hij ne weren nouȝth worþi forto done wiþ þe oþere offrendes.
- c1400 Wycl.DSins (Bod 647)150 : Þei schulden be payed by Gods part, as wiþ dymes and offerandes.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)568 : Þai asked whare þe king of iews was born and till him ofrandes broght.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Epiph.(Hrl 4196)p.295 : Sen swilk a lord lendes in my land, Vnto him will I bring offerand.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)38/36 : Yef sho hauis ani katel, parte it i-mang þe pouir, Ouþir make offrand til þe kirke.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)39/21 : Lauerd for his grace giue þat we may wel gyde þe offerande þat owre frendis made of vs.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)5/9 : By cause of getyng of offerandes [Man.(1): the offrynge; F offerendes], þai say þat it es þe crosse of oure Lorde.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)87/87 : Saynt Jerome says þat he makys of ravyn offerand þat outragely tourmentis his body in ovre lytel mete or slepe.
- a1450 Ordin.Nuns(2) (Vsp A.25)145/9 : At þe offerand tyme þe Priores sal lede þe madyn til þe toumbe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4468 : Than entrid þai with honour & offerond made, Grete soumes forsothe of siluer & of golde.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)211/25 : Sho had grete devocion to make offrand vnto þe pope.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)212/3 : I vmthoght me þat þat porcion of bread was of þe same offrand þat I made with myne awn handis.
- c1450 Treat.Perf.(Add 37790)245/22 : We owe to bere oureselfe and oure werkys before vs as euerlastynge offerande of god.
- (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30195 : I gyfe for my forgetyn tendis and offerandis to ye hye awter of my parishe kirke ij s.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)614 : The servise was honorably seide..and grete and riche was the offrande.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)148/251 : To wyrship hym with oure offerand we wyll not blyn.
c
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Widow's Candle (Phys-E)p.161 : Quen thai com til thair offerande, This leuedy..ofered first als comly quene.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1838 : Alle þe lordis of þat lande, Þay were at þat offerand [vr. offorand].
d
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/8 : Ðu [God] hafst isænt hem here ofrende, al swa ðe gode hlauerd ðe sent his menn ofrende for his aȝene wurscipe and for here seruise.