Middle English Dictionary Entry
pardǒunen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | pardǒunen v. Also pardon(e, perdoune, -don. |
| Etymology | OF pardoner, per- & ML perdonāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To forgive (sb. or somebody's soul) for offense or sin; pardon (sb.) a crime; show forgiveness [quot.: ?c1450]; also, forgive (injuries); (b) to ex cuse the payment of (a duty); release (sb.) from (a debt); ~ to (unto), release (sb.) from (a debt); (c) to release (sb.) from (a punishment); (d) to alleviate (miseries).
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3239 : He pardoned [Generides] thoo Of al the wrathe betwix hem twoo.
- (1450) Paston (EETS)1.237 : The Duke of Suffolk is pardonyd..and is rytȝ wel at ese and mery, and is in the Kyngys godegrase.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)51/1495 : Y thee thus requere To pardone me of thi gret gentiles That y ne may as serue thee now to-yere So as y ought.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)139/1 : This good holy preest counsailed this woman to foryeue..her neygheboure, but for no amonestement..she wolde not pardone, she was so full of yre.
- (1459) Paston2.187 : The Chief Justice..seith ful weel and kyndely of my maister, whom Jesu for his mercy pardonne.
- (1461) Paston2.251 : Remembre my pour mater..whose soull I pray Jesu pardone.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)34/4 : Yn case in þus libelle..ony þynge be tolde or saide that may not evydently be provyd for trouthe..þey vouchesaffe to perdowne me þer-of.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)293/11 : The substance of all vertues is to reign and to gife of thy gode discretely and wiseli, to perdon [Abbrev.Trip.: forgiue] iniuries and wronges.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)193/11 : If..a woman of lytle knoleche make faute in any of theis thyngis befor rehersed, that of their grace she myght be pardoned.
b
- (1433) RParl.4.478a : The Bailliffs..abbregge ne pardon no maner of dute that longeth to the seid Cominalte..upon the peyne of double of the dute by hem so pardoned.
- (1448) Doc.in Sundby Dial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)255 : John shal relesen and pardon the seid Thomas his heris and his executouris the Foreseid xl li.
- (1464) Lin.DDoc.130/14 : Please hit..youre moost noble and benygne grace by your gracious lettres patentes..to pardon, forgife, and relesse vnto youre said Oratours alle arrerages claymed of youre saide Oratours of the saide viij li. yerly.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)84/11 : Abbesse of Godestowe..remytted and pardoned to Emme..all the arreragis of theire rente.
c
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)265 : In the day of Seint Mathew was Richard Arundel condempned to be ded as a tretoure, save the Kyng pardoned him of alle othir circumstauns, save lesing of his hed.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)84/27 : Though his owyn sone felle in the case, he sholde not be pardoned of that same payne.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)148/7 : He pardoned him of his pryson and gaue him a good coursiour to ber him in the bataille.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)10 : The kyng pardoneth the thy drawyng and hankyng, but thyn hed shalle be smyte of atte tourhille.
d
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)72/19 : Mekenesse sheweth theimselfe to theim that be fallen in misery..ouer suche as he hathe lordeshipp and powre to punyshe and to forgeue, whiche miseries for to pardon and to aswage the grete grevis.