Middle English Dictionary Entry
refǒunden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | refǒunden v. Also refunden. |
| Etymology | L refundere & OF refonder, refunder. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To export (sth.); (b) to pass on or transmit influence; (c) to return (God's grace through thanksgiving, people's gifts by miracle-working), recompense.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)19/22 : Thus cyte receyuythe yn and refoundithe [Trev.: sendeþ out; L refundit] dyueres marchaundis.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.179 : The bodies above gouerne and ȝiffe influence, the membres inferialle supporte and do seruyce, the meane other membres mediate receyve and refunde [Trev.: deleþ aboute].
c
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)113.56 (v.2:p.192) : For as moche as .. feithful peple .. porid oute .. her richesses and her busynessis .., he [Saint Thomas], willyng rewardyn hem for her bodily tresoure and quyten hem the while of her devoute busynesse, refoundid ageyn plentevously his gostely tresour [L (Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, 4:427-8): devotis vicem rependens] .., many .. wondirful miraclis shewyng.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)53/10 : Þe giftes of god mowe not flowe in us, for..we refunde not ayen all to þe originall welle.