Middle English Dictionary Entry
privẹ̄̆tẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | privẹ̄̆tẹ̄ n. Also -eti(e, -ite, -eite, prevete, -ite, -itie, prewite, privte; pl. privetes, etc. & priveiteis, priviteis, privetese, previteis, prevetise, -tese, -tesse, previtise, (error) pruietes. |
| Etymology | From privẹ̄ adj.(1) & OF priveté. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Privacy, secrecy, concealment; discretion; place of ~, a private place; hiding place; secretarie of ~, a private counselor, confidant; yerd of ~, a private yard; (b) in ~, in private, in secrecy, in confidence; privately, secretly, covertly; (c) in ~, in solitude, alone; to oneself, silently; of privetes, ?by oneself; (d) familiarity, intimacy; also, sexual intimacy; (e) a private place; hiding place; private room or dwelling; -- often pl.; in ~, in hiding; (f) an inner part of the body, internal organ; his hertes ~, thi verrei hertes ~, ~ of oure herte, the innermost part of his (our, your) heart(s; wommanes ~, the womb; (g) a sex organ; coll. the external genital or excretory organs; pl. genitalia; houre of ~, menstrual period; mannes ~, penis; testicles; privetes of kinde, anus; wommanes ~, vagina; vulva.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)77/11 : Riht hond is god werc; Bosum is priuite.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)79/9 : Niht ich cleopie priuite.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)773 : With inne a yerd of priuete, Him silue henged him an an elre tre.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 23.23 : Dauiþ made hym to hym a secretarie of pryuete [WB(2): counselour of priuyte; L auricularium a secreto].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.31.4 : No priuyte is where regneþ drunkenesse.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Eccl.10.20 : In þe priuyte of þi bed, ne curse þou to þe riche man.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4388 : Perkyn..was free Of his dispense in place of pryuetee.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318a/a : Lettres ben y-seled with wax..and pryuete [L secreta] is hidde vnder wexe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.283 : I the biseche..That privete go with us..That is to seyn, that thow us nevere wreye.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)1607 : Crist was went..Into a place of priuetee, For þe Iewes were in þoght Þat he scholde to deþ be broght.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)26.9 : He hild me fra hortynge in the hid of his tabernakile, that is, in the priuete of his godhed.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2259 : Heo a-soileden him..In priuete..þat no man þar-of nuste.
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)58 : Heo bigan in priueite telle heom of cristinedom.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1182 : In priuete seint Ion aȝen to him wolde come.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)219 : Þe ȝongest schaltow to þe calle & charge hir in priuete þat sche þe soþe tel þe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3493 : Fecche me drynke, And after wol I speke in pryuetee.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1651 : This Perse..Upon his oghne brother pleigneth In privete behinde his bak.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.249 : Many a man..seyden whan they were in pryuetee, 'Wol nat oure lord yet leue his vanytee?'
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)71b/a : In a goode spouse and wif nediþ..þat sche be..schamfast among þe puple, meri & glad wiþ here housbonde, and chast in priuete [L in occulto].
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8121 : Foule kyssyng..falleþ ofte yn pryuyte.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16271 : Dun þan sal he [the sun] light, Noght als in priueti..bot in yur aller sight.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)John 7.10 : He ȝede vp to the feeste dai, not opynli, but as in priuyte [WB(1): in pryuei; L in occulto].
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)71/13 : Sum Sarzenes will drinke wyne gladly in priuetee [Man.(1): preuyly], bot noȝt in apperte.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1390 : This woste thou wel..be this same tokene..that thou to hym seidest in prevyte.
- a1450(?1418) The herrere degre (Dgb 102)20 : A lordis werkis wiþ comouns is kyd, Þat he doþ most in preuete.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)947 : Is none of ȝaw in preuete Schall haue wontyng of wyfe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)157/21 : I muste speke with you in prevyte.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)257 : That I dyd in pryuyte, There opynly hit owte shall sprede.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)77/9 : Ȝif that he haue trespasid in a-vowtrie..but o tyme and in preuyte, let hym haue the penaunce of thre yere.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)409 : Moyses opon synay was..Fourti daiȝes in priuete.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.2306 : Thoghte Alisandre in privete, 'Hierof this olde dotard lieth.'
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2074 : Vntil his wyf þen tolde he Þat he schold go in priuete, & stille make his sacrifise.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)107 : Al-thow they lytell or no thynge In their own personys haue doon of prevytesse..Ȝitt were they cause of many grete dedesse.
d
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)185 : Ich nabbe no mong ne felawscipe ne priuete wiþ þe world.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)148/3200 : Boute þow graunte me þis one, I ne schel þe neuer bedde..Be-lok hem þar oute..Þat noman se our priuite.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)143/6 : Of þise aquayntonce and of þise priuite, þe ilke holy zaule be-ginþ to habbe..an holy prede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.2140 : The king he..makth..forto dreme and se The dragoun and the privete Which was betuen him and the queene.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.425 : The question..toucheth al the privete Betwen thin oghne child and thee.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2038 : Many synnes to hordam longe..Þat y nel..telle of tale..For many longe to pryuyte.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)119/10 : Ruth..loued all his frendes and bare hem more fauour and priuete thanne vnto her owne frendes.
e
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)336/445 : Þis guode wijf ȝeode into hire preuetez and Iesu crist [bad]..Þat hire louerd..in-to betere bi-leue him caste.
- c1300 SLeg.Judas (Hrl 2277)35 : Þo heo seȝ hit was a child..Heo let hit witie in preuite.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)26.9 : He defended me..in þe priuete [L in abscondito] of his tabernacle.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.9.29 : He syt in aspies with riche men in priuytees [L in occultis].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4334 : Wel seyde Salomon..Ne bryng nat euery man into thyn hous..Wel oghte a man auysed for to be Whom that he broghte into his pryuetee.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)71b/a : He bryngiþ his spouse in to þe priuetees [L secreta] of his chambre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12078 : Pirrus..put hym to serche Of Polexena þe pert, in priuete holdyn.
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- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1416 : His hertes privete Began the werre of yee and nay.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)25.8 : The sted of the wonnyng of his ioy is the priuete of oure hert.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1397 : Which is thi brother that thow lovest best, As in thi verray hertes privetee?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.46 : Men ful ofte ben slayn..with the entrynge of crepynge wormes into the pryvetees of mannes body.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)217/2 : 'Putt þin honde in at my side in-to my bodye..for I shall shewe þe my priuetees'..And þer she þouȝthe þat she felte Cristes herte and is longges.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)73/15 : The operacion of the strength vegetatif in composicion of man-is kynd, is in reception of the sperme in the woman-is privete [Lambeth: mariz; Caritate: wombe; L vulua] and the disposicion þerof dureth by 7 monthes.
g
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3905 : His mantel ouer his hipes caste he For no man sholde seen his pryuetee.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.3.22 : Anoon by þe pryuytees of kynde [L per secreta naturæ], þe tordys of þe wombe burstyn out.
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)342 : Adam & his wyf..tokene leeues of a fige-tre to hyden wiþ here priueyteys.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)52a/a : Priapinus: a maladie in monnes priuete.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)41b : The white put in a womanys priuete delyuereth woman of dede childe.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)87/12 : Thour the grete hete of the eyr..manys priuite [L testiculi] hangith doun to here kneis that dwellyn ther.
- c1450 Metham Palm.(Gar 141)86/13 : This lyne longyth to the pryuyte of man and woman.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)228/24 : These thynges letten fro dwe of wedloke to be askede..when the wyfe is..in the houre of hire priuyte [L hora menstrui].
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)302/276 : Euery wounde..mwst wasched be Wyth vryne of mannys prewyte.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)314/280 : Ȝif..sche take Þis water..To waschyn here priuyte with-owtyn and inne, It schall here helpyn to conseyuyng.
- ?c1450 Trivet Constance (Harv Eng.938)p.241 : Men, wemen, and chylderen despoyled hemselfe naked for despyte, and shewed to hym her pryuytees behynde.
- 1451-1500 Tundale (Wagner)779 : Men and wemen..pyned were in her prevetees And al to gnauen betwene her thees.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)24/253 : Oure pore preuytes ffor to hede, Summe ffygge levys fayn wolde I fynde.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)429 : Alasse, master, alasse, my privyte!
- a1500 Agnus Castus (Hrl 3840)202/46 : Yf a man or woman haue gret ycchenges a-but hure preuyte, tak thys herbe.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463:Singer)38 : Oon woman may helpe another in her sykenesse & nought diskuren her previtees to such uncurteys men.
2.
(a) A secret; a secret plan, desire, affair, etc.; (b) helen ~, to keep a secret; discoveren (openen, seien, sheuen, tellen) ~, tell a secret; nimen to privetes, take (sb.) into one's confidence; (c) a secret or concealed act; a secret plot; a secret sin; bi privetes, secretly, unnoticed; (d) coll. secrets; one's private affairs, matters, or business; secret contents of letters; (e) a secret procedure, technique, or body of practices used by a group; ~ of merchandises, trade secrets; (f) arcane knowledge, a mystery; a secret of nature; privetes of privetes, the pseudo-Aristotelian Secreta Secretorum.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)264 : By þe planetes and by þe sterren..J can þe goddes pryuete.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)331 : It sit nat vn to me, Þt mirour am of riot & excesse, To knowen of a goddes pryuetee.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)65/4 : He schal ȝyue to vs pees whanne he schal make knowen þe priuetees of mannes herte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3182 : Þer ne was no þing so secre Hid from his knowyng, nor no preuite.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6878 : I wole not hide in hold No pryvete that me is told.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)414 : Pryvyte:..archanum.
- (1442) Visit.Alnwick51a : We charge yow..that..your secretes and pryuytees of your chapitrees and religyone ye kepe pryvey.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)137/4 : Þise iij vymmen knewe is preuete and shewed and told þat he was rysen from dethe to liff.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)97/7 : He was loth þat ony man schuld se in what maner he rested, for to þat pryuyte he desyred no moo secretaries but God and seyntis.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)3.4.51b : My counceyle & priviteis wer knowe be lettres owt of my reawme.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)81 : I am the Emperour, and haue certein prevites [vr. prive counsaile] to speke with the.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)350 : Seint thomas to is priueitez euere-more he nam And heold him..is hexte conseiller.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.20.19 : To hym þat openeþ priuytees..ne be þou togidere mengd.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.13.21 : Rodochus..telde out to enmyes priuytees.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3603 : To his wyf he tolde his pryuetee [vr. pryueetee].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1660 : Wo thee be, That hast thus told the privite, Which alle wommen most desire.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Abbess (Phys-E)p.166 : Ic haf a derne priuete To schew bytuixe me and the.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5749 : Y shal þe shewe a pryuyte..y wyl þat þou no man hyt telle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4348 : Bituix þe now allan and me Sceu i now mi priuete.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)440 : It wil gode skylle Ȝoure pryuete þat þou hele.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)15341 : I am not a-bayst The to telle my priuete: I wol wende to that Cite.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)169 : Be he put down, ȝif he discure the privetees of the coroun or the privetees of his soveraynes.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)544 : Y schal ȝow seye A priuete by-twixte vs beye.
- (1450) RParl.5.178b : The seid Duke..discovered to the seid Erle..the pryvytees of your Counseill.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)384 : So mot þou the, Can þou heyle a priuete?
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)18.13 : Make me clene of my dedelich priuetez [WB(2): priuy synnes].
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)30 : Of pryuytes speke y ryȝt nouȝt..Noþeles þey mote be shreuyn.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8409 : Sum pryuytes of lechery Yn opun speche are vyleynye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26743 : Wit þin open hert Mak alle þi priuetes apert.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2403 : Þan sal we bathe here and se Al þe privetese þat ever did we.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8297 : If þou a priuete haue ywroght..þyn herte may hele it noght.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)4/114 : Also have I leve of the noble husbande Boece..to encrese my porcion with that I shal drawe by privitees out of the shocke.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)266 : He ne truste to no man..Þat he tolde his priueite so muche.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)597 : Noman it nuste, Bote it were eni priueman Þat is priuete al wuste.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2689 : Þe king him nam And al his men ladde him fram And gan his priuete vnhele.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1411 : Al allone saue oonly a squyer That knew his pryuetee and al his cas..To Atthenes is he goon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7136 : Þat was mikel vnleute, To telle hir husband priuete [Trin-C: counsel].
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2808 : Amphiorax..was..secre with the goddys, knowyng her pryvete.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2876 : For resoun wole he shewe to thee Alle uttirly his pryvyte.
- ?c1430(c1383) Wycl.Leaven Pharisees (Corp-C 296)10 : Ypocritis..feynen hem sotil of fisik and knowynge of wymmenys complexcion and preuyte.
- (1442) RParl.5.56a : Brocours..knowe the privite of this lond.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)84/4 : These ben synnes of mouth..pryuete or counseyl folyly discouerynge.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)616/28 : We pray you..that we may se the prevyte of your lettirs.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)70 : He is a ffooll wich on-to euery wight Telleth his counsaill and his preuytee.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)657 : Ladyes..That wiste of hyr previte, Bad hyr be of comforte gode.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3858 : To eche erthely man wole he noght Telle his priuete and his þoght.
e
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1138 : Shette the dore whiles we been aboute Oure pryuetee, that no man vs espye.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.109 : No manere of artificeris, this sacrament mowe treten, but the privite of preesthode wer prickid in her soulis.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.265 : The preuetyse of the chamber telle he [apprentice] no mon Ny yn the logge what seuer they done.
- (1433) RParl.4.449b : Yei discoveren to hem all the privetee of Merchandises of yis Roialme.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)5/25 : Turne vp þe glas, and þanne ȝe haue þerinne oure quinte essence, and þe erþely watir wiþoute..And þis is a passyng souereyn priuytee.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/10 : The science to make a fier..wiþoute cole..þis priuytee is so vertuous þat þe vertu þerof may not al be declarid.
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- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.205 : Pictagoras fonde þe craft of musyk by soun of hameres, and..whan he was konnynge of so grete priuete [L secreti], he gan to fynde noumbres by þe whiche sownes accordeþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)325b/a : Holy writ..scheweþ how moche misterie and priuete [L mysterium] is in resoun of nombres.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6774 : Þei wondre..Of a tree..Musing wher it wer artificial..But..in her wit, þouȝ þei longe trace, Þe pryvite þei can nat oute compasse.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1027 : Hermogines..knewh the vertu of euery prevy stoone..ffrom hym was hyd noon vnkouth previtee.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)42/6 : He sholde shewe to him þe preuytez of diuers craftes..astronomy..alkenamy..gewmatry.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)47/7 : Þe book of maners of gouernance..is sayd preuytez of preuytez [Ashmole: Secrete of Secretes] or consaill of consailles.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)172 : That no man..Change my writyng..For where quyck sentence shal seme not to be, Þere may wise men fynd selcouth priuyte.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)426 : Redar or cow[n]celar in priuities [Hrl 221: Redare or expownder of thyngys hard to vndyrstonde: Interpretator, edictor].
3.
(a) A sacred mystery, divine secret; revelation; (b) goddes privete(s, privete(s of god, oure lordes privetes, privetes of oure (the) lord, privetes of jesus crist, divine secrets; (c) hevenli privetes, privete(s of heven, sacred mysteries; (d) bok of privete(s, Book of Revelation, the Apocalypse.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)122/7 : Ine heuene..þe heȝeste..byeþ alneway mid god..and yzyeþ and yhereþ..his priuites.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.39 : Þey opnyd not þe preuete of þe byleue.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.1.20 : The mysterie, or priuytee [WB(2): sacrament; L Sacramentum] of seuene sterris..thou siȝe in my riȝthalf.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Widow's Candle (Phys-E)p.162 : Scho..thanked godd and our lefdye, That wald suilc priuete hir schawe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2486 : He late hym se Merueylys and grete pryuyte; he shewed hym þe depnes of helle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12711 : Sent Ion..sagh þe priuetis in heuen.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)19.5 : Cor-hominis hit hyhte, Herber of all pryuytees and of holynesse.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4651 : Mught never nane witt þat privite, What tyme þe day of dome sal be.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)115a : Pryuytee..Loke in misterie.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)46 : I wile abouen alle þingis honoure þes holieste preuytes or mysteries.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.291 : To determyne such heuenli hid secrees, To them that been dyuynes..I remitte such vnkouth pryuites.
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)7/31 : Summe for leudnes & for vnkuningnes preche þe preuitise þat schuld not be rehersed in no congregaciun.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)106a : Þey wol..telle vs þe pryuetes of hure resureccoun
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5238 : She knewe..But that yt was ay bred & wyn..she Sawh nat the grete pryvyte.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.4.3b : Ȝif I..knewe alle priuetez, and I hadde no charite, I am rihst nouhst.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)34 : No man is worþi to opun þe priueite of his incarnacoun.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)99a : A Pryuety: Misterium.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)25/13 : In silence & quiete..þe deuoute soule..lerniþ þe priuetes of scriptures.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)198/16 : Al dai heo tolden of godes priuetez..Of þe Ioye of heuene.
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)74 : Of ore louerdes priuetez wel muche he þare i-seiȝh.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)12 : Childer þat ben to boke ysett..se Miche of Godes priuete, Hem to kepe and to ware Fram sinne.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)89/30 : Yef ich..couþe godes priuites and his redes, [etc.].
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.2 : Seint Iohan seiȝ..þe priuetes of iesu crist & of holy chirche.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.3 : Þe gost aliȝtteþ þe vnderstondyng of þe soules & dooþ hem seen on niȝttes þe spirites & þe priuetes of god.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)7.87 : Sophonyas..þe knower of þe preuetese of þe lord, heriþ a crye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3454 : Men sholde noght knowe of goddes pryuetee.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)13a/b : Angelis..telleþ to vs þe priuitees of god.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)397 : Sum [dreams] beyn goddys pryuyte, Þat he shewyþ to warne þe.
- (?c1400) Wycl.7 Heresies (Dc 274)3.443 : We knowe not þe privete of God.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)284 : For nathing mai ay vnhid be, Bot anely Goddes awin preuete.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.221 : Þese ypocritis seien þei witen wel..of Goddis privytees.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)82/12 : He was ravisscht to heuene, & þere he saugh many preuytees of oure lord.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)222/17 : Noþur personell auctorite..noþur perfite lyvynge..shuld cause anny man to presume ouerfarre of Goddes priuete, and specially in þis mater of Cristes incarnacion.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)113b : Þeos beoþe þe pryuetees of god þat we haue seyne.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.17.11b : He..was rauisched bi loue in to contemplacioun of godes priuites.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)18/5 : We forbede you alle maner of sorcerie and wychecraft and false imagynacions of Godis priuetye.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)80/26 : Godd his dearne runes & heouenliche priuitez schawde his leoueste freond.
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)75 : Þe priuetez of heouene ore louerd him schewede þere, Ȝware-of he made þare ane bok..Þat men cleopeth Apocalips.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)75/2144 : Seynt Iohan in þe apokalips Seȝ pruietes [read: priuetes] of heuene.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)61/4 : Seynt Iohn the Euuangelist..saugh slepynge many heuenly priuytees.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)63/24 : There is a place that men callyn the Skole of God, where Crist techede hese apostolis the priuite of heuene.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)11/11 : John..sawe..the preuytees of heven, the whiche afturward he wrote.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)30/33 : I..a trespasser of dyvyne grace and..a bewrier of hevenly secretes and prevites.
d
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)395 : Þe buke es cald apocalipsis, þat es þe buke of preuete, Als saint Iohne gan in heuen se.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)96/553 : Dampnacion is write in þe bok of Priuytes in þes wordis.
- c1390 Disp.GM & Devil (Vrn)944 : In þe Bok of priuetes Glotons are Manased.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3622 : Swych peyne..yn þe byble men mow se, yn a boke of pryuyte, Apocalyps þese clerkys wote.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)23193 : Þar sal be ȝolden him his hire, Als sas þe boke of preuite.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)24/20 : Þis is þe boke þat Ion þe Euaungelist spekeþ of in þe Boke of Priuetes.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)301/10 : Seynt Johun seyth in þe book of priuytees..þat he schal ete of þe fruyȝte of lyif inmyddes of paradyse.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)309 : Jon euaungelist spak..in his book of priuetees.
4.
A relative.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1265 : For atte neces of þis priutee..Þer he torned water to wyn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. privity.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(f) & 1.(g)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. woman's privity.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(g)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. man's privity.