Middle English Dictionary Entry
plentẹ̄̆vǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | plentẹ̄̆vǒus adj. Also -vus, -vos, -wos, -fous, -veux, plentivous, -vus, -vos, -fous, -fouce, plenteous, -eus, plentious, -ius, plentuous, -uus, -uos, -wis, pleintevous, -vos, pleintivous, pleintuus, pleintovous, plaintious, -ios & (errors) pleyteuous, plentenouse, plentynous; sup. plentevost, plentevousest(e. |
| Etymology | OF plentivos, plentios. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Abundant, plentiful, copious; great in amount or number; also, full; (b) rich, prosperous, opulent; (c) generous, bountiful, liberal; (d) of food, drink, etc.: abundant, lavish, sumptuous; also fig.; (e) fertile, fruitful, prolific, productive; also fig.; (f) ~ in (into, of), rich or abounding in (sth.), full of, productive of, overflowing with.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 8.7 : Hir husbonde hadde laft myche richesse & plenteuous [L copiosam] meyne.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.1.5 : The passiouns of Crist ben plenteuous [L abundant].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)14a/b : Þe aungeles..of þe hier ordres fongiþ more plenteuous liȝt of god.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)135/5 : Hou plenteuous was hure wepinge, þat sufficede to weshe þe fet of a pore man þat wente bare fot!
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1809 : Wommen..of bewte haue plentevous largesse.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4618 : We haf pees and welthe plenteuus.
- a1425 LFMass Bk.(Cmb Gg.5.31)210 : Lord..þe fruytes of þe erth make plentifouce.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.12 : Þei token a plentenouse [read: plenteuouse] multitude of fishe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)405 : Plentyvows: Copiosus..abundans.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Look TM (Hrl 2255)139 : Som man hath bewte..Som man fortune and plentevous ricness.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)89 : The teching muste be take bi othir testimonie..than..bi greet plenteuose out hilding of textis.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)341 : There was..water full nobill, In yche place of the playne with plentius stremes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3153 : Þere pepull are so plaintiose.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)78/32 : When þe herte is full of loue, þan is þe mowȝthe habundante and plentevous in spekynge.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2419 : The cipres is plenteuous there As okis in Engelonde beth here.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)97a : Plentiuus, vbi, ffull.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)97b : To make plentevus, vbi, to ffyll.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)99/2 : The body is lene and voyde..and the witte plenteouse [vr. plenteueux].
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1473 : Whiche is þe plenteuousest lym Þat mannes bodi haþ in him?
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)67.16 : Þe heuen ys ful of ioyes; þe heuen ys plentiuous [L pinguis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 16.13 : I..sum tyme plenteuous [WB(2): riche man and famouse], feerly am sorewid.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)1.32 : A philosofer..ȝede þoru þe most plenteuowse [L opulentissima] kyngdoms of ynde.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.119 : Pentapolis..was som tyme more riche and more plentevous [L uberrima] þan Ierusalem.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7201 : Messane, an huge gret cite, Ful plenteuous.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/b : Opulentus: pleyntououse.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)125/5 : Betemga..is a gode yle & a plentyfous.
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)109/17 : Al þat was so plenteuouse is come to nede and pouert.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)5/12 : Þerfor we arn repreef to hem þat ben plentewos.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)66/13 : Prynces had lever be poure in a riche empire than to be riche and plentuous in a poure contre.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)11.8 : Thou lord..sall ȝeme vs..here as helples and pore, bot in heuen as plentefous and riche.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)20 : This stony & scourgy wey..shal lede vs to þe plenteuous cyte þat we desire.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)129.7 : Merci is at our Lord, & at him is plentiuose raunsoun.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.129.7 : Anent the Lord mercy, and plenteous anentis hym aȝeen biyng.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.80 : Þe wrecches of þis worlde..withdrawe nouȝt her pryde, Ne beth plentyuous to þe pore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4558 : To spende he sette litel charge, He was of herte so plenteuous & large.
- a1422 Gild St.Geo.Nrw.(Rwl D.913)445 : The King of his most plenteuous grace hatz graunted..that thei mown purchace..londs.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)129.7 : At lord mercy, and at him plentevous bying, that is, his precious blode that bouȝt all the worlde.
- (1426-7) Paston (EETS)1.11 : Þe seyd Duk..lyked of hys noble and plentifous grace to graunte to þe seyd William..þe fauour.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)195 : Þe apostlis..hadden resceyued þe plenteuous ȝiftis of þe holy gost.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)60 : I see cryst callynge me, whyche ys the plenteuous reward of seyntes.
- (1465) Paston2.317 : Almysdoyng, þat ys to say..plentevus and lyberall ȝiftis..ys more presyussour þan goolde.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)25 : Ȝor mede is plentiuous in heuen.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)71/31 : The grete magnificence of Romayns, egall to the benignite of gooddis..was more plentuous than your enmys cowde haue desiered.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)1146 : Grace pleyntuus Ye yeff to man.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.494 : Ȝe sall draghe..watirs of deuocioun..of the wellis, that is, of the plentuous giftis & grace of ihu crist.
d
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.344 : Withoute bake mete was neuere his hous Of fissh and flessh and that so plenteuous It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1454 : Adrastus..A feeste made, riche and plenteuous.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)507 : Ful ryche was the stuf, and plenteuous, Of the ship.
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)106 : Blissede be thy breste..Als..Costrellis compluyte with plentuose licour.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)41/1 : Worchipp is the most plentuouse noryshing of vertu.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16805 : Yt be nat lefful..ffor to Tasten and to Etyn off thyn hooly plentevous ffruyt.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)408 : Of all maner deyntees ther was habundaunce, Of metys & drynkes foyson plenteuous.
e
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)531 : He com & vond..an place vair inou, In god contreie & plentiuous [vr. plenteus; B vr. plenteous].
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)143.13 : Her shepe ben plentiuous [L fœtosæ].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.11.16 : An olyue plenteuous, fair, fructuous, semely, clepede þe lord þi name.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.34.14 : In pasturis most plenteuouse [L uberrimis], Y shal feede hem.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.113 : Þe plentevous [L fœcunda] Britayne bryngeþ forþ þe noble Albon.
- c1390 ?Hilton Qui Habitat (Vrn)89/1 : Þe laste ende of þis world..schal ben plenteuous, ffor ȝit schul chosen beo multiplied in þe elde of holi chirche.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.931 : The lond is..plentevous and plein.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173b/b : Inglonde is..þe plenteuouseste corner of þe world.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)291b/b : Conynges ben so plenteuous and bryngen forþ so moche brood þat, [etc.].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.115 : Siþen wan þei Inglond, þat is so plentynous [F plentyve, vr. pleintive].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)27b/a : Fecundus: pleyteuous.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)27b/a : Ferax: pleyntyuous, kernynge.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)68a/b : Vbertuosus: pleynteuos.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.162 : Þis manere of lore is more plentenouse and more profitable to men.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.1.118 : The yeres ben amonges outherwhile plentevous [L feraces] and outherwhile bareyne.
- c1425 WBible(2) (Bod 296)Num.32.4 : Plenteuost [vr. the lond..is of moostplenteuous cuntrey].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)405 : Plentyvows, yn frutys: Ubertuosus, fertilis.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)62/9 : Ilke a man desyres mare a large lande & a plenteuous þan a strayte lande & a barayne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12400 : Antenor truly turnyt to lond..On a plentious place, pleasaund to se.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)34 : In þat is knowen a trewe heerde..þat he leede hise scheep in hole pasturis and plentenous.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)360/16 : There is a plenteuouse contrey.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.19 : Englonde is a plentuous londe.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)91.14 : Thai sall be multyplyed in plentifous [L vberi] elde.
f
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.28.11 : To be plenteuous [L Abundare] in alle goodys þe lord shal make þe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 18.32 : Ȝee schuln drynke watris..to þe tyme þat I coome & translate ȝou in to þe lond..beryng frute & plentevous [L fertilem] of wyn.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Joel 2.24 : Pressours shuln be plenteuouse [WB(2): schulen flowe; L redundabunt] in wijn and oyle.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.8.2 : The hiȝeste pouert of hem was plenteuous into the richessis of the symplenesse of hem.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.289 : Braban..is plentevous [L copiosa] of marchaundise.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)320/85 : Þis ilke Sicomours tre..was..in fruites plenteuous.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2147 : He wiste where A tresor was, so plentivous Of gold..That unto alle his hors..It were a charge sufficant.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174b/b : Þis londe is plenteuous [L fecunda] in glebe and in oyle.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)379 : In gude thewes was scho plentyuouse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1283 : Þe place was..plenteuous in al maner thing.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.1.62 : Thise..destroyen the corn plentyvous [L uberem] of fruytes of resoun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.8.14 : Men knowen..which watir is moost plentevous [L feracior] of white peerlis.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)68/36 : This flom Iordan is no gret ryuere, but it is plentefous of gode fissch.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2008 : Trace..conteneth a ful large space..Toward Septemptrion, plenteuous of good.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)30 : Egipt..Of sondry frutys and of marchaundise..is..plentevous.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)1160 : To..Bisshope, erle, and barone, plentevous Of highe wittes..I offre thee.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11388 : Eneas..hade fryndes full fele..And as plentuus of pepull as Priam hym-seluyn.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)659 : Of londe it is a wel faire pece And plenteuous of lifis foode.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1496 : So plentivouse this world is of iniquite!
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.69 : Euphrates..sowndethe as plentuous of corne [Trev.: fructuous and fruit berere; L frugifer].
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)101/19 : I wyll bryng hom into a lond plentwys of all good.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)96/4 : Þis worde..is litel in saieng, but ful of witte and plenteuous of fruyt.