Middle English Dictionary Entry
q n.
Entry Info
| Forms | q n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The letter q of the alphabet; (b) the letter q used in divination and astrology; (c) the q-section of an alphabetical list; (d) a designation for the sixteenth item in a list; (e) an abbrev. for quadrans farthing; also, half a farthing [quot.: PParv.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Tit.Alphabet (Tit D.18)8b : Alphabetum Anglicum..p, pe; q, cu; r, er.
- a1500 Cryst crosse (Cai 174/95)34 : Q the quakyng of hys body for fere & sory, Quia ex humanite timit [read: humanitate timet] mori.
b
- ?c1400 Sloane SSecr.(Sln 213)15/40 : Counte þe name of ilkone of þem [people] by þe letteres of þe Abc..and by þe noumber þat es on ilk letter þer-of..Nowe..go we se þe Abece of þis crafte, wher-by..þise countes sale be caste. A:3. B:3. C:22..N:15. O:8. P:13. Q:21. R:13, [etc.].
- ?c1400 Sloane SSecr.(Sln 213)16/11 : Also here sues anoþer Abece where-by þou may knowe of what planet ilk man es..2.B.K.Q.R.
c
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)117a : [At top of page] Q.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)295 : Capitulum 16m Q. Q ante V.
d
- (1421) in Hist.Essays Tait211 : Inventarium librorum..Q [A table of canon law].
e
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)106 : Cu, halfe a farthynge, or q: Calcus, minutum.
- (1442-3) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1389 : Watkyn Wynwick for ij cast of brede and vij galons Ale at j d. ob. q.
- (1459) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1302 : An howes..berryt yerly to the longabyll, i d. ob. q.