Middle English Dictionary Entry
redǒunden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | redǒunden v. Also redounde, redonden, redund(e. |
| Etymology | OF redonder, redunder & L redundāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To flow abundantly, overflow; ~ in-to; (b) to abound, multiply, increase.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Esth.11.10 : A litle welle wex in to the moste flod, and in to manye watris redundede [WB(2): turnede aȝen; L redundavit].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Eccl.1.7 : Alle flodis entren in to the se, and the se redoundith not [WB(2): fletith not ouer].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.57.20 : Vnpitous men forsothe as the boilinge se that resten mai not, and redounden his flodis in to to-treding [WB(2): the wawis therof fleten aȝen in to defoulyng; L redundant fluctus eius in conculcationem].
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.47.29 : Ful manye redoundeden the synnes of hem gretli [WB(2): ful many synnes of hem weren plenteuouse; L plurima redundaverunt peccata].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.504 : This condyment is esy & iocounde Wherof inflacioun shal noon redounde.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5355 : Lady, lat þi grace redounde To dame Isabel.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.lvi/160 : But this were southe, gret peril must redounde, Al mortal men with mischief to confounde.
2.
(a) To come back; ~ in-to, fig. fall back upon (sb.); (b) of the sky: to resound, echo back; (c) ?to bring (sb.) back.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.19.6 : What euer ȝe schul demyn, in to ȝou it schal redoundyn [WB(2): schal turne in to ȝou; L in vos redundabit].
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10183 : The skrew, for þe skrykyng & skremyng of folke, Redoundet with dyn, drede for to here.
c
- a1500 Whylome I present (BodPoet e.1)p.299 : My enmye mortale..With dystawnce of place, and current tyme Me wyl consownd [read: confownd], And neuer to redwnd, But me consume and vtterly wast.
3.
In phrases: ~ to (in-to, unto), to result in (honor, distress, etc.), lead to, imply.
Associated quotations
- (1460) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)402 : It [obedience to a royal command] shuld not be or redounde to þe derogacion or breche of your franchises, privileges, and libertees.
- (1461) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.313a : Yf it shuld so continue without convenable remedy, it shuld redounde unto oure grete hurte.
- (1471) Paston (Gairdner)5.95 : Which [wise government] I dowbte not shall redunde to the grethest presyng and worship that ever dide till eny cuntre.
- (1474) RParl.6.103b : The seid rescuse redondez aswell to the disobeysaunce of the Kynge's Highnes as to the reproche of his seid Chaunceller.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.215 : The accidentalle thynges of the sawle punnysche and transmute the body, soe..the passiones of the body redunde [L redundant] in to the perturbacion of the sawle.
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)521 : That thay ben of olde auncytrie..hit redoundeth the more to thaire abhominable ingratitude and unkyndenes, considerynge that thar furste exordye..cam of the kyngis large munyficence.
- a1525(?1461) Cov.Leet Bk.314 : The good & substanciall rule and guydyng that ye kepe..redoundeth to your laude & worship.