Middle English Dictionary Entry
pente-cost(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pente-cost(e n. Also pentecostes, penticost(e, pentcost, pencost & (sg. gen.) pentecostes & (early sg. dat.) pentecosten. |
| Etymology | OE pente-costen, -es, from L & L pentēcostē, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The seventh Sunday after Easter, the Feast of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, Pentecost, Whitsunday; heigh) feste of ~; (b) the Jewish holiday, fifty days after Passover, celebrating the giving of the Law to Moses; dai of ~; daies (of) pentecostes, ~ (pentecostes) daies, daies of ~, the fifty days between Passover and Pentecost; (c) the actual day of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, or of the law-giving to Moses; ~ dai, dai of ~, dai pentecostes; (d) the season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; ~ (messe) weke, the week beginning on Whitsunday; (e) the word pentecost; (f) as surname and in street name.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : On þison geare se cyng Willelm heold his hired..to Eastron on Win ceastre, & to Pentecosten on West mynstre.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : Þes dei is ihaten pentecostes, þet is, þe fiftuða dei fram þan ester tid.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2843 : Þis swerd..stode to Pentecost.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.58 : Be ye sent of alle ye breyeren and systers of yis gilde, to haue yre mornspeches be ye ȝere..ye yre schal ben ye souneday befor Pentecost.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/b : This feste heet pentecostes and haþ þat name of penta þat is fyue and costes þat is ten.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.2921 : Feste of Pentecost, a feeste princepal.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)9249 : For this knyght that thus ys lost, This lyfe they endure vn-to pentecost [vr. pentycoste].
- (1451) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.Ael.n.s.3185 : The forseid shippe..the Thuresday next afore the Feste of Pentecoste next folowyng..by the Kynges enmys of Depe was taken.
- (1462) Paston (EETS)1.283 : My brother William..is not purposed to come to London tyll aftre Pentecost.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)293/5 : The kynge commaunded that the hyghe feste of Pentecoste sholde be holden at a cite and a castell..called Kynke Kenadonne.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.195 : In þe grete festis, as..Pentecost..þey schuldyn gon to chirche.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)107/14 : In feriis bitwix paske & pentecoste, Alleluia in þe masse schal be seyde alwey wiþ ii Sustres.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.12.32 : And after Pentecost thei wenten aȝeins Gorgias, prepoost of Ydume.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 2.1 : Whanne the dayes Pentecostes [vrr. Pentecostes dayes, dayes of Pentecostes, Pentecost dayes; WB(2): daies of Pentecost], that is, fyfti, weren fulfillid, alle disciplis weren to gidere in the same place.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 20.16 : Poul..hiȝede, if it were possible to him, that he schulde make the day of Pentecoste at Jerusalem.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/b : Pentecostes was a solempne feste among þe hebrews as it is ȝet amonges vs, and þe fifþe sonday aftir Esterne.
c
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : Moyses..awrat þa alde e bi godes wissunge, þa wes þe dei pentecostes ihaten on þere alde isetnesse.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)89 : On þam ealdan pentecoste god sette e þam israelisce folce hu heo sculden heore lif leaden.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)248/10 : God xulde illumynyn hir sowle, as he dede hys apostelys on Pentecost Day.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.36.22b : Þe holigost miȝte come to hem..as he dide on þe day of pentecoste.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)4905 : In þe Olde Testament from pasch day..Into þat day of pentecoste, In quych þe lagh ȝyuen was to Moyses..fifty daies fully thow has.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)360/1 : Jerome was..inflamyd of the fyre that come apone me and apone the apostelis on pentycost-day.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1102 : On ðisum ylcan geare on Pentecosten mæssan wuce, þa coman þeofas..& breokan þa mynstre of Burh.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1104 : Ðises geares wæs se forma Pentecostes dæg on no. Iun.
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Ða ferde se kyng þenen to Portesmuðe, & læi þære eall ofer Pentecoste wuce.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)392 : Pentcost [vr. Pencost] (or Whysson tyde, infra): Pentecoste.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)112/36 : Ymber dayis schul be holdin..in pentecoste wike.
e
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)4897 : Pentecost is as mich to say As fyfe sith ten, for so preue I, for from pasches into þat day ar fifty daies witerly.
f
- (1207) Fine R.King John446 : Rogerus Pentecost.
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.69106 : Pentecostes fil. Gilib.
- (1280) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.130 : Pentecostelane.
- (1290) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.130 : Pentecosteslane.
- (1307-8) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.130 : Pentecostlane.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)89 : On þam ealdan pente coste god sette e þam isrælisce folce hu heo sculden heone lif leaden.
Note: antedates (b)