Middle English Dictionary Entry
orī̆ǧinā̆l(e adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | orī̆ǧinā̆l(e adj.(1) Also originalle, orig(e)nal, oreginal; pl. original(e, etc. & originals. |
| Etymology | OF original adj. & L orīginālis adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) First in time, earliest; (b) of sin: original; sinne ~, ~ sinne (infeccioun, iniquite), the original sin present in each individual; crime ~, ~ sinne, original sin personified; (c) ~ rightwisnesse, rightwisnesse ~, the state of man before the Fall; (d) ~ chartre, chartre ~, an original or authenticated document; (e) writ ~, an original writ.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.658 : The lawe original, Which he hath set in the natures, Mot worchen in the creatures..Bot if it stonde upon miracle Thurgh preiere of som holy man.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)2 Pet.2.5 : He ne spared not þe orygynal worlde [L originali mundo]..& broȝte a gret flod in-to þe worlde of wycked men.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.1692 : Thorigynal ground of pride was Sathan.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.St.Austin (Hrl 2255)2 : The original ground of devout offryng..trewe and iust tithyng, Abel began.
- a1500 Cryste made mane (Ashm 189)3 : Cryste made mane..Lyke vnto þe trynite..By resoun, vertue, And orygynall Iustice, And set þe in þe plesant place of paradyse.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)102/105 : Oryginale þys senne hys cleped, For man of kende hyt takeþ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.333 : Of thilke Adam toke we thilke synne original.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.808 : Iesu Crist..forgaf vs oure originale synnes and ther by relessed vs fro the peynes of helle.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1 : The grete Senne original, Which every man in general Upon his berthe hath envenymed, In Paradis it was mystymed.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)13a/a : He hath no wemme or original synne [L culpe originalis].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)22a/b : Þeiȝ þe soule be ful clene in his owne kinde, hit takeþ vnklennes of þe fleische, þat is, þe original infeccioun.
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)56 : Chyldres pleyinge witnessith ther fadris synnes before hem, and ther owne oryginal synnes.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2565 : Te Cite brent and was sette a-fyre..Of Cruel hate..engendred..of blood corrupt..Bynfeccioun called Orygynal.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.5.12 : By on man synne, þat is to sey, orygynalle, entryde in to þis world.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)35/22 : Of þe original sinne..þou arte clensid in þi baptyme.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)324/16 : For þat baptisme waischide away þe spotte of orygynal synne, in þe which ȝe ben consceyued, takynge it of ȝoure fadir and modir.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)78/102 : Du muste halde, fele, & beleue þat þe sacrament of baptem clensitz child or man receyuyng it fro synne original & actual and ȝeuyth hym þe holy gost.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)30/23 : Rygth as þow seyst þe prest take þe chyld at þe funt-ston & dyppe it in þe watyr & wasch it fro oryginal synne, ryght so xal I wasch þe in my precyows blod fro alle þi synne.
- c1440(?a1400) ?Nassyngton Trin.& U.(Thrn)280 : Þe water of baptym, clere & thyn, For to wesche vs here of þe Oregynall syn.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7855 : Owr forn-fadrys transgressyoun..had infect al hys successyoun Wyth orygynal synne.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3395 : Whanne Man to þe werld was bornn, He was browth to Holy Kyrke, Feythly followd in þe funte-ston And wesch fro orygynal synne so dyrke.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)10/25 : The sexte article es that baptym clensyth frome origenal synne [L originali peccato].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)986 : Thow art soyled in especyal Off the synne orygynal, Off fader & moder ek also, Thorgh vnclennesse of bothe two.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)13.94 (v.1:p.141) : The devil .. what he aperceyued Crist circumcised, he wend that he had had orignal synne & so nedid the cauterye and manuel signe of circumcision.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)164/47 : The dyrknes of orygynal synne he xal make lyght and clarefye.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.43.27b : Þouȝ þou haddist neuere do synne..bute onli þis þat is callid original, for it is þe firste synne and þat is nouȝt ellis bute lesynge of þi riȝtwisnesse wilk þou was mad inne, schuld þou neuere haue ben saf.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Regina CL (Trin-C R.3.21)5 : Elect to grace from synne oryginall, Floure of clennes and pure virginite!
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)111 : Euery creature þat hath ben or xall Was in natur of þe fyrst man, Adame, Off hym takynge þe fylthe of synne orygynall.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)17.6 : The snares of ded, that is, orygynal syn, titere band me than i synd of my propire myght.
- a1500 Cryste made mane (Ashm 189)31 : Þane were þu delyuerde fro..þe blame of orygynall Iniquite.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)776 : Vyce hys purseuaunte, Cryme Oryginall, Was entryd before and had sesyd vp all, Bot as sone as herof Baptym had a syght, He fled fast awey.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)950 : In all that seson went Orygynall Synne To lete Vyce know how Baptym, with hys oost Had entryd Macrocosme & serchyd euery coost.
c
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)342 : Þei wold not as for þilk tyme haue deelid togidere, fforwhi if þei wold haue so do, þanne þer ynne þei hadde synned, for as moche as þei schulde in þat haue do aȝens þe ȝift of original riȝtwisnes ȝouen to hem.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1108-9 : Ryhtwysnesse orygynal: 'Orygynal' ys for to seyn Pleynly, yf I shal not feyne, A gynnyng wych fro God kam, And was first yoven to Adam And vn-to Eue hys wyff also, Wych they loste, bothe two Only for ther Rebellyon.
d
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)p.513 head. : A charter Originall of William fitz Iohn Dyer of Oxenford.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)558/21 : The parcels ben I-specified in an origynall charter fully.
e
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.65b : In þe biginninge..algates bez to loken þe writes origenals.
- (1467-8) RParl.5.633a : That Information so gyven stand and be in place of Bille or Writte oryginall.
- (1472-5) RParl.6.159b : The other half therof to any of your Lieges, which..woll sue by Action of dette therof to be conceyved by Writte origenall, withoute any fyne therfore to be made or taken in your Courte of Chauncery.
2.
(a) Pertaining to the origin of something, primary; ~ cause, cause ~, primary cause; source; ~ ruine, the event leading to the ruin (of Rome); (b) ben ~ with, ?to be of common ancestry with (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)152b/b : Þogh a wel be litil in his owen sprynge, ȝitte for it springeþ continueliche, he is original cause of many & grete ryuers.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)259b/a : Whanne an vnresonable beste is perfitliche y-made and y-schape, þe face þerof boweþ toward þe erþe, þat is þe original and material matiere [L materiale et originale principium].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.327 : He lefte moche be-hynde Of the story..The firste mevyng and cause original, What was the gynnyng and rote in special.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)51/4 : Devision..is originall cause in prouynces & regions of all destruciovn.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)57/11 : Restreyne youre Reynes þat hasti wilfulnes lede yow nat to confusion not onely of youreselfe but into þe originall ruyne of þe Cite.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)10/24 : The seid flode Dea takithe his originalle begynnynge at a lake clepid Pymbilenere.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)53/11 : Þe giftes of god mowe not flowe in us, for..we refunde not ayen all to þe originall welle.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)232/48 : Was synne the cause oryginall, wherin we be conceived all, that this blynd man was brought in thrall?
b
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)104/2138 : He louid me moste ouer alle; wyth him I am oryginall.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)695 : Vntyll ye tyme ye soule be seperate and clensyd from hys orygynall synne…thyne trewe coniunccion may yu neuer begyne.
Note: A fig. use of originale sinne in 1.(b).--per MP