Middle English Dictionary Entry
accustǒmed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | accustǒmed ppl. Also ac(c)ustumed, ac(c)ostomed. |
| Etymology | OF acostumé, acoust-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of things or actions: in accord with custom, customary, usual; ~ and used; due and ~.
Associated quotations
- (1435) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)130.6460 : To bere a chayre to the said place accustumet, in the which þe said commissarie satte.
- (1437) RParl.4.503a : To be arered and paied in the maner and forme accustumed to yowe oure Soveraigne Lord.
- (1441) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12120 : x li of usuall money of Scotland, the fee afortyme accostomed and usid.
- (1444) RParl.5.113b : To considre how that, of olde tyme accustumed, a gret part of the Wynes that weren made in the partyes of the Duchie of Gyen weren wont to come downe to youre Portz.
- (1444) RParl.5.116b : Where also of old tyme passed it hath been accustumed and continuelly usyd that the Gaugeour [etc.].
- (1447-8) Shillingford109 : Withoute hit hadde be used and accustomned of tyme that no mynde is.
- (1450) RParl.5.194a : Wages and Fees of olde tyme due and accustumed.
- (1452) Papers Trevelyan in Camd.6737 : The charges of old tyme due & accustomed.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)560/36 : Charles, because of his acustumet sekenes, came not.
- (1457) Paston (Gairdner)3.116 : That thys be do..as it was allwey accustomed.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)187/13 : For it is nat accustumed þat the messangiers..shulde be putte to dethe.
- (1464) RParl.5.536a : Any fees, wages, rewardes, profittes or commoditees to the said Office due and accustumed, or apperteinyng or belongyng.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)264/9 : Doyng to them..service due and accustomed.
- (1475) RParl.6.136a : They..shuld doo make open Proclamation within your Cite of London, at places accustumed within the same.
- (1475) RParl.6.144a : As it is usuelly accustumed to doo daily in Writt' of sub pena in your Chauncery.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)68/1 : Þat a man ete metes couenable to his elde, and yn þe tyme acostomyd to his kynde.
2.
Of persons: ben ~, (a) be accustomed or used (to sth.); (b) be in the habit (of doing); -- with inf. phrase.
Associated quotations
a
- (1422) Proc.Privy C.3.18 : Yf hit be suche matere þat þe King hath be accustumed to be conseilled of.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2181 : We have signed this lettre of our owne hande, the whiche..we be not muche accustumed for to do.
- (?c1452) Paston (Gairdner)1.105 : Soudiours and..men of werre, which were accustumed to abide uppon the suerte and saufgarde of the same.
- (1464) RParl.5.563b : And sold to the same persones that were accustumed to come to the seid Staple for to bye Woll and Wolfell there.
- (1464) RParl.5.564b : To the grete sorowe of all theym that have been accustumed to have their livyng by the mean of makyng of Cloth.
- a1500(c1450) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)95 : Such findinge and lyvelode as other personnes..be accustomed to have.
b
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)3942 : Fouk Doyly and Thomas Multone þat euere ȝit weren acostome [?read: acostomed] and wonne, In fyȝt þame ffyrste ffor to bede.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)54/29 : As he was accostomed to doo.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)64/30 : Wenyng to haue taken his swerd and his gloves, as he was accustomed.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)13/9 : Loke that ye enforce you nat to make hem swere, that ye knowe bene accustumed to lye.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)33/37 : Þat y neyþer may ner can oþer þynge vttrryn ne shewyne þen hit [the tongue] hathe been vsyd & acustomyd to.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)474 : He was not a-customed for to falle often.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 De Retard.Senect.(Trin-C R.14.52)153/88 : I have vndirstonde bi the interpretaciouns of sum of the Arabiens and Grekes many writynges of sapient men as of this maner sumwhat I might fynd; and to repaire of this intencioun to speke metrikly, as sapient men in the craft transumpt or vptaken han bien wont or acustom.
Note: Ed.: "ac(c)ustom adj. 'accustomed'"
Note: New form.