Middle English Dictionary Entry
perturbaunce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | perturbaunce n. Also parturbaunce. |
| Etymology | ?From perturben v.; ?OF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Mental distress, agitation; also, a cause of mental distress; (b) public disturbance or disorder; dissension; (c) physical disorder, illness; (d) interference, hindrance; resistance; (e) ?mutability, changeability.
Associated quotations
a
- c1430 Allas for thought (Cmb Gg.4.27)501 : Ȝe..Ben souereyn lady & maystresse..Myn hertys rest & perturbaunce.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)292 : Effymera hath his original..Of accidentis, of thouht, of perturbaunce.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)214 : Let hym of routhe ley to audyence..To here this man..His mortal wo, and his perturbaunce Compleynyng.
- c1450 Lydg.Guy (Harv Eng.530)234 : I, Goddes aungell, sent ffrome hevenly kynge For to releesse thyn hevy perturbaunce.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9870 : That I muste go dwelle ageyn Wyth-Inne my body..to me was no forthryng, But perturbaunce.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Chr.Pass.(LdMisc 683)7 : Whan-euer thou felyst trouble or perturbaunce, Looke on my woundis.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1001 : He desyreth in tranquillite To holde his regne, with-oute parturbaunce.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5300 : Þer may of pes be no parturbaunce.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4104 : Whan Adrastus herd this clamour, he bysy was ageyn this perturbaunce To provyde some maner chevysaunce.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1566 : Detractours..With sotyl menys shal make perturbaunce.
- c1475 MEccles.(Trin-C R.3.21)p.690 : Hit ys most conuenient In chyrche..To restrayne your langage..No iapying ne ianglyng to cause perturbaunce.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)475/19 : Prey we..That non offence we do wyth wurdes veyne, Cawsyng debat ne Stryff or perturbance.
c
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)5326 : Somme gaf perseueraunce Ageyn al maner perturbaunce, Manly of force to sustene Al disese.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1635 : The body doon feble and sette in perturbaunce, To Ete litel and drynke with oute gouernaunce.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1832 : Groos metys make no perturbaunce In labouryng men.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1089 : With-outen anoy or any perturbaunce, Þis serpent hath..So hoot a flawme kyndeled in his brest.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5671 : Þe maner anoon I shal telle, Ȝif it so be ȝe list a whyle dwelle Withoute noyse ouþe[r] perturbaunce.
- c1450(?1429) Lydg.Prayer KQP (Frf 16)79 : That thow may atteyne Withoute lettyng or any perturbaunce To be corowned.
- a1500(c1435) ?Lydg.DM(2) (Lnsd 699)35/231 : Giff me your hand & make no perturbaunce; Your hour is come.
e
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2430 : Dyuers seyntis haue suffrid gret penaunce..Graue in ther hertis..Voidyng al trouble of worldli perturbaunce, Chaungis of Fortune with hir double chaunce.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.St.Austin (Hrl 2255)368 : I pray you suffrithe me Tabyde in reste from worldly perturbaunce.