Middle English Dictionary Entry
remainen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | remainen v. Also remain(e, remaigne(n, remeine(n, reman(en. |
| Etymology | OF remanoir, remainer, remeigner, AF remaigner; also cp. L remanēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To be left after a part has been removed, lost, spent, etc.; survive, remain; ~ due, be owing; ben remaininge, be still available; ben remained, survive; (b) arith. of a quantity: to remain after an arithmetical operation; also, constitute a small excess [last quot.]; (c) arith. of a unit borrowed in the process of subtraction: to continue in a certain way; ~ as, count as.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)107/11 : Cristen men schulen put vppon hem an heuy ȝok, and þei þat remayneþ [Meth.(2): sal be left of þaim] schule be seruauntis.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.9/20 : Therfore, I-passid that remaynyd of his way, he came to Londone.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.60/15 : Onely oo cow she hadde a-lyue remaynyng of that pestilence.
- (1436) Paston (EETS)1.15 : Yet remaigneth dwe to þe executoures of þe seid John Baxter liij li. vj s. viij d.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)105/4 : Eccho made an ende, but hir voice remayneth, which lastith yit.
- (1445) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 854 : Ther remanes in ye hondes of the forsayd proctours xiiii s. viii ob. qo.
- (1447-8) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1400 : For diuerse stuffes purved for the seid werkes herafore And not payed, which stuffes ben remaynyng for the seid werkes.
- (1447-8) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1400 : For which expenses to be doo ther remaneth of monee in the hands of ye Receyuere..dccclx li.
- (1451-2) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.17 : Summa tot. paied xlvj s. xj d. And so remayneth yn the Box xxxvj li. xvij s.
- (1463) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.61 : All goodes..brought to the seid Fayre..and In the seid Fayre remaynyth vnsoold..pay noo Custom.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)31/1 : Þe Saxoyne or Englyssh tounge..is remaynyd [Trev.Higd.: is abide; Higd.(2): remaynethe] but in a fewe vplondyssh peeple.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)13/7 : Þe reed water schal ascende, þe which gadere togidere as longe as ony þing ascendiþ, and to ȝou schal remayne an erþe riȝt blak in þe botum.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)126 : Yff any parte off þe revenues þeroff remayne ouer the paiement of the same ordynarie chargis, þat so remaynynge is the kynges owne money.
- -?-(1459) Will in Som.RS 16191 : Ther remayneth of the residue of..my faders goodes two beddis of clothe of gold.
b
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)37/34 : Yf the vnyte wherof me shal borow be a cifre, go ferther to the figure signyficatife, and ther borow one, and..in the place of euery cifre þat ye passide ouer, sette figures of 9..And whan me comethe to the nombre wherof me intendithe, there remaynethe alle-wayes 10.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)40/31 : Withdraw ther-for the quaternary..And ther remaynethe 32.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.33 : The consuetude of scripture is to omitte the litelle nowmbre if þat hit remayne [Trev.: be odde; L superfuerit] after the grete nowmbre. These men be the lxxti interpretatores.
c
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)38/2 : If fro the 3. place me borowede an vnyte, that vnyte..representith an c. In the place of that cifre..is left 9..and yit it remaynethe as 10. And the same resone wolde be yf me hade borowede an vnyte fro the 4., 5., 6. place, or ony other so vpwarde.
2.
(a) = remaindren v.; also, to pass (to sb.) as an inheritance; (b) to devolve (upon sb.) as a duty.
Associated quotations
a
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4250 : For defaute of sich issue, þat þe seide Maners, londes, and tenements remaigne to þe ryght heirs of þe seide lorde.
- (1429-30) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.80 : Yat state to be made to ye saydys Brian and Gy..and for defaut of jschw of yair body be gettyn, remayn to William ffayrfax.
- (1438) Will Dixton in BGAS 11159 : Item, all myn owne lyvelode to remeyne to my next heires.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.3089 : My wyll ys that Jonett my wyfe have my chefe maner place..and yf sho tak hir a husband than the sayde place..remane to Thomas my son.
- (1462) Will York in Sur.Soc.30261 : Ye new hows..after hir disces to reman unto Robert Baxter.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)253 : If there come no frute of hem too, than schuld the heritage remayne to the duke son of York.
- (1469) Will Bury in Camd.4947 : I wyll that..aftyr the dysses of the seyd Denys, the seid tenement to remayne to myn sone Edmunde and to his heyrys and assigneis for euermoore.
- -?-(1459) Will in Som.RS 16191 : I take them as myne owen..So that for all wayes as longe as the said beddes will endure they remayne from heire to heire in worship and memorie of my lord my fader.
b
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)59/22 : To suffre þerfore remayneþ [L remanet] to þe, yf þou wolt loue & euere plese him.
3.
(a) Of documents, property, etc.: to continue (in someone's charge or possession, reserved for someone's use), remain; of a name: stay (with sb.); (b) to continue (in a certain place), be situated, dwell; stay fixed (in a certain position); of troops: maintain station, stay where they are; in the remaininge virginal clennesse, your virgin purity still continuing in you.
Associated quotations
a
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4253 : Of þe which endentures, þe one partie shall be seald by þe seide sir Humfrey, John, and Anne, and deliuered with one of þe keyes of þe seide Cofre to þe seide Priour, to remaigne in þe kepyng of hym and his successours.
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.245 : Þe seid joielx shal remayne & abide in his handes for his seuretee and gage.
- (1438) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.10 : Oone half alway to remaine to þe vse of..the said chambre yeld halle.
- (1439) EEWills124/16 : That thos same maners, londes, & tenementes..remayne and abyde in the feefes handes.
- (1441) Visit.Alnwick9a : The keyes..shalle remeyne in your kepyng.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1214 : A sute of white damask clothe..remayneth now in ye kepyng of John At Hille.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)419/26 : When..at his baptym he sulde be callid John, þe preste..namyd hym Petur, and þat name remaynyd with hym ewhils he liffid.
- (c1458) Let.Oxf.in OHS 36345 : In wytnes of al wych þyngs, as wel þe sealle of offeyse of þe seyde Chawnslere as þe seal of þe Universyte aforsayde to þat o parte of thys presentt yndenture, remaynyng toward þe seyd meyre and cominalte, ben sett.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum3 : Vestments remayning in the hands of the Daken.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)387/1 : All these tenementis shold remayn or abide to the fore-named laurence..all the dayes of his lyf.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)571 : The thrid is, that as long as the money shalle remayne at eny persone that in no wise thei shewe eny tokyn in worde or in dede wher by it may appere that they haue eny pour or yet despensatioun in the forsaid money.
- -?-(1469) Will in Som.RS 16216 : There remaynethe with the said draper 3 yards of brode clothe, violet..in plegge of payment of part of the said 50 s.
b
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)121 : I have seyne wommene havynge the cankre in here membre whereof the lyppes of the membre remaynedene holy together.
- (c1450) Invent.Catherine in SANHS 7102 : Item, remayneth a chalys waying xix on.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.147 : There the mownte of Ararth is, where the schippe of Noe remaynede [Trev.: abood; L consedit] after the floode.
- c1475(?a1449) ?Lydg.Prayer MA (Rwl C.48)4 : To the kyng a-bove, mooder of reverence! In the remaynynge virgynall clennesse, The Ordris Nyne of Angellis with gladnesse As to there queen, to the doun obeisaunce.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)40/22 : It is the hiest prudence that thy reuerence remayne [Lambeth: dwelle; L cohabitet] more in the hertis of thy subgettes than thy love.
- a1500 Let.Alex.(Wor F.172)329 : I comaunded..al footemen to Remayne and abide [L remanere] in the castels.