Middle English Dictionary Entry
permanence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | permanence n. Also permanens. |
| Etymology | ML permanentia & OF parmanance. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Enduring presence or existence, permanence.
Associated quotations
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)228 : Alle þing þat is here schal fall adown..schal fayle of permanens.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.53 : For the beame of the sonne beenge continually by contynualle permanence [L per continuam permanentiam] on men of Affrike consumenge theire humores, causethe theyme to be more schorte of body, more blacke of skynne, [etc.].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.215 : Assiduite of feyntenesse longethe to a man, impossibilite of permanence [L impossibilitas permanendi], lyȝtenes to falle, difficulte to aryse, disease to lyve, and necessite to dye.