Middle English Dictionary Entry
remembren v.
Entry Info
Forms | remembren v. Also remembr(e, -ber, -bir, -buren, -bri, remenbr(e, rememmir & (error) rembre; p. remembrede, etc. & remembert & (error) remembre; ppl. remembred, etc. & remembrud, remembrit. Contractions: remembrestou, remenbresthou (remembrest thou). |
Etymology | OF: cp. CF remembrer, remenbrer, AF remembrir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) To bear (sb. or sth.) in mind, give heed to, reflect on, consider; take (sth.) into account; consider (that sth. is the case); (b) ~ of (on, upon), to pay heed to (sth.), meditate on, consider; also, consider the example or fate of (sb.), reflect on, take note of; (c) to remember something, cast the mind back; call or recall to mind (sb. or sth., that sth. is the case); remember (to do sth.); ~ of (on, after), recall (sth.); (d) to preserve (sb. or sth.) in memory, retain in mind; perpetuate (fame); (e) to remember to take some action, make arrangements; remember to provide for or reward (sb.); pray for (sb.); remember to arrange for or to take steps to effect (sth.); pay for (someone's expenses); take care (to do sth.); ~ of, make provision for (sb.); (f) ppl. as adj.: remembring, having a good memory; also, mindful; remembred, mindful, aware; (g) in proverbs.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Tob.2.6 : He eet bred with weiling & trembling, remembringe [vr. remembrende] þat woord þat þe lord seide bi Amos.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.62.6 : Ȝee þat remembren [WB(2): thenken on; L reminiscimini] þe lord, ne beþ stille & ne ȝyueþ scilence to hym.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1057 : So was hir herte shet in hir distresse Whan she remembred [vr. remembre] his vnkyndenesse.
- (c1391) Gower CA Suppl.(Hnt EL 26.A.17)7.3355* : Who this tale redily Remembre..He mai the will of god beholde Upon the point..that pite stod commended.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2438 : Mi counseil is that thou Remembre wel hou thou art old.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.328 : Whan ye comen by my sepulture, Remembreth that youre felawe resteth there.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.6.33 : The pris and the grace of the peple nys..worthi to ben remembred.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)410 : A mayde..remembrith [L cogitat] tho thinges that ben of god.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2844 : He rewfully wepid, His eldirs & his ancestris als he remembris.
- (1469) Paston2.577 : They merveil gretly þerof, thynkyng and remembring in them-self þat such offre as was made by my credence..shuld haue sownyd more to his pleasire.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)182/821 : Often he remembrith Elyn, his wyfe, Here beaute and her fayernesse.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)909 : Thynke and remembyr þe world ys but a wanite.
- (1476) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5050 : Here is the Copye of the provyse for the lyuelote of the churche, Alwey for to be Remembred [marg.: taken hede of] at euery parlement where ther ys any Resumpcion.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)34 : Thouprowd man that hast arayd the lyke the deuyll of hell, remember the perell of my saule.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)895 : Then I, Remembring þe coste, þe tyme, the peyne which I shulde haue to begynne ageyne..fare well, a-diew, saide I, I wil no more of Alchymye.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)154 : Remembre your name was wont to be egall.
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1501 : Remembrynge on the poynt of his desir, He on a courser..Is riden into the feeldes hym to pleye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1703 : Whan I remembre [vr. rembre] on this matere Seint Nicholas stant euere in my presence.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2682 : The proude vice of veine gloire Remembreth noght of purgatoire.
- (c1400) Gower PP (Eg 2862)156 : Remembre uppon this point for Cristes sake.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.190 : Ful oft a-day I stonde in iuparte..Whan I remembre vppon þi manhede, Liste þi corage be to violent.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6840 : Alle maidenes, remembreþ vp-on me To take exaumple how ȝe shal ȝow kepe.
- (1425) RParl.4.267a : Plese hit to my Lord of Gloucestre..to remembre on these Articles that folwen.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)57 : Tendrely remembre on the wo & peyne Þat thow souffridist.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.1036 : Bochas..Gan..To write off tirauntis..Them counseillyng..For to remembre on this proude Arnold.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)35/17 : Of Diane remembre besili.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1035/11 : Bydde hym remembir of this worlde unstable.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Guy (LdMisc 683)211 : Remembre nat vp-on my greet offence, But fro my synnes turne a-way Thy cheere.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)113/18 : Euer remembre on Philemon-is jugement.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)17 : He..Remembryng also of the goodenes whiche he had done to hym in Egipt..decreed in hymsilf for hym to die.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1118 : Libra..His propre Monthe is seid Septembre, Which yifth men cause to remembre If eny Sor be left behinde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.27 : Slowe he not at oure aryvaile, Ȝif ȝe remembre..Þe noble kyng?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.5.18 : Yif thow remembre of what cuntre thow art born, it nys nat governed by emperoures.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.6.63 : Remembrestow [vr. Remenbresthow] that thow art a man?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.1.28 : I schal nat greetly travailen to don the remembren [vr. remenbre] on thise thynges.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2717 : Why ne haddest thow remembred in thy mynde To taken hire?
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)17/16 : I remembre not..that euer I herde or redde that he dide of evill deth that hath wil to fulfille the deedis of merci.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)106/30 : Than sal rememmyr [Meth.(1): haue mynde] our Lord God after hys beheste, þe whilk he hyght to þaim þat lufs hym.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)6447 : His herte so sore ganne whappe tho, Remenbring of the Ioy he had be-fore.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)64 : So wonderful a drem..The which, as I kan now remembre, I wol yow tellen everydel.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)206/11 : Thyrde [thing] is that he confesse nakedly and openly al his synnes..or at leste the synnes that he remembry may or reduce to mynde by askynge of the confessour.
- (1461) Paston2.241 : Remembre to take a wryht to chese crowneres in Norffolk.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)601/14 : Knyght, remembir ye me, and of the same dede that ye ded to me late at the castell.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)124 : Such off the said extraordinarie charges as the writer hereoff can now remenbr be theis.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)119/4 : Þese now seid poyntis of þe newe lawe mowe..be representid to vs and remembrid of vs.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1235 : Auicenna in porta wrote, if ye remembre, How ye shulde procede.
- a1500 Leg.Cross BC(1) (Wor F.172)214 : [Seth] bigan hym silf to thynk whi this tree was so naked, remembryng [L recolens], forsoth, the drie and welkid passes for the synnes of the same.
d
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.327 : Þe moneth of September ȝolden was Striuelyn, Edward may remembre þe trauaile & þe pyn.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2364 : Ȝe schulde haue victorie, Ben remembred and put in memorie Perpetuelly.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1153 : So new is ȝit þe date Þat it is fresche remembrid in ȝour mynde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6037 : Perpetuelly..it wil abide, Remembrid new & freshly had in mynde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)193 : His fame..in story remembred is and preised.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1628 : The worste kynde of infortune is this, A man to han ben in prosperitee And it remembren whan it passed is.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.232 : Thow remembrest wel, as I gesse, that..thow thiselve alwey present reuledest me.
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- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.702 : Lord, remembre of me [WB(1) Luke 23.42: haue mynde on me; L memento mei] whan thow comest in to thy regne.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)45/20 : Alle Cristen peple scholde thinke ther-vppon, to the entente that he myghte remembre to prouide for the soule.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)67/9 : Be not slowe ne delaiynge to remembre of him [Othea: to reward hym] that hath doon the good.
- (c1449) Paston (EETS)1.54 : I pray yow..that ye will remembre my broþiris ston, so þat it myth be mad.
- (1467) Paston (EETS)1.534 : I pray yow remembyr John Grey and John Burgeys.
- (1470) Paston (EETS)1.431 : My brother Edmonde is not yit remembryd; He hathe not to lyff wyth; thynke on hym.
- (1472) Paston (EETS)1.454 : Iff it be so that he tarye, I most remembre hys costys.
- (1474) Paston (EETS)1.479 : I praye yow remembre þat I maye have þe pewtre vessell..by þe next karyer..I praye yow remembre so þat I maye have the bokys..whyche my moodre seyde she wolde sende me.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)29/7 : Lete us now go vn-to oure ffadyr..remembryng to be clene and pure.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6665 : Generides..doth grete diligence..to sette good ordenaunce..Suche as be good..to charisshe..All this remembert he both day And nyght, And for to see that euery man haue right.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)105 : Remembre euyrmore wisely To werch nothing but ye know how & whi.
f
- a1400 MPPsalter (Dub 69)102.18 : Remembryng [Add: Hij ben remembraunt of his comaundementz to don hem].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.127 : Siþen ȝe so prudent ben & sage, Nat forȝetil, but fully remembring, It nedeth nat to rehersen euery þing.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)127/36 : One is that he be wyse, suttyle, and remembrit that aftyr good lawes and ryghful wysely may and can to deme.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)48/12 : Where-so-euer he yede, he was euer remembryng of these wordis.
g
- ?a1500 Man remember (Hrl 4294)p.316 : Man, remember thy end And thou shalt never be shend.
- ?c1500 Dur-U.Marg.in EETSES 61 (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)p.181 : Before thou pretend any evill in thyn harte, Remember the end when thow shalt departe.
1b.
Refl.: (a) To take thought, reflect, consider, pay attention; bear in mind (sth., that sth. is the case), take heed to; ~ of (upon), reflect on (sb. or sth.), consider; ~ on, reflect on (sth.); (b) to remember something, cast the mind back; recall to mind (sb. or sth., that sth. is the case); also, remember (to have done sth.) [1st quot.]; ~ of (on), call (sb. or sth.) to mind, recollect; ~ upon, recall (sth.) to mind; (c) to regain one's senses, recover; also, search one's memory.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.42 : Þe seuen holy gostes lowen hem whan þai remembren hem of [vr. how] þat Iesus crist suffred.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2185 : Remembre yow that Iesus Syrak seith, 'A man that is ioyous and glad in herte, it hym conserueth florisshynge in his age.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2189 : Remembre yow vp on the pacient Iob.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.881 : Remembre yow, myn owene lord so deere, I was youre wyf.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.653 : She wex al reed, Remembryng hire right thus, 'Lo, this is he.'
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)77/11 : Sche remembride hir on þe multitude of hise grete beenfetis.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)18/212 : Ȝif ȝe reden in hole wryt, He speke[s] aȝayn with þe. Remembyr ȝou redely when ȝe red.
- (?c1436) Duke Burgundy (Rome 1306)9 : Remembre the, Phelippe, and haue in mynde How king henre..Withoute thy desert he was to the kynde.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4238 : Remembrith you vpon thunhappi eure Off these too brethre.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)14/21 : Remembre [vr. remenbre] the of Percyualle.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)482 : If thy body be stured with..flesshly lust..anoon remembre the of these holy maydens.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.293 : Remembre yow it hathe be a long season syn he had owt of you to helpe hym wyth.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1047/16 : Ye muste remembir you what ye ar, and renomed the moste nobelyst knyght of the worlde.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)34/6 : He must remembre him silf vpon þe eende and entent for whiche baptyme was ordeyned.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)300/1 : Remembre thy-self [F pense], and doothy diligent laboure to haue good fame.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)179/22 : Remembre thyself that [CQ(2): remembir thiself that thow] kryedest 'Nowell' for veray ioye and gladnes, of the dolereux deede, for the whiche thou saist now..'Ellas'.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)873 : O thou Mynde, remembyr the! Turne þi weys, þou gost amyse.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)90/22 : Whanne he remembird him on his lowe birth it withdrowe his courage to call himself a kyng.
- a1500 Mirk Fest.Revis.(Hrl 2247)90/244 : For drede of enormyte of synne, she fell in dispeyre and remembred hir of [Rwl: þouȝt vpon] the dome of God.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Job (Bod 959)29 : I haue remembred me liddeum, a maner doctor þat anentis þe ebruys þe firste was wened..to han hirid [L Memini me..lyddeum..redemisse].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2166 : Prudence remembred hire vp on [vrr. of, on] the sentence of Ouyde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1123 : He hym remembred that..a book he say Of magyk naturel.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)326 : When þacces of anguych watz hid in my sawle, Þenne I remembred me ryȝt of my rych lorde, Prayande him for pete his prophete to here.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2919 : It folwede as I dide expresse; Remembre ȝou, and ȝe schal fynd it trewe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3673 : Calchas Remembrid hym on his douȝter dere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.72 : Pandare..gan to calle..Remembryng hym his erand was to doone.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3770 : I myght not be so angwisshous..Whanne that I remembre me.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.2.52 : Remembreth the..that I have gaderid and ischewid..that al..the wil of mankynde..hasteth to comen to blisfulnesse.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2204 : Hire coverchef on a pole up steked she, Ascaunce that he shulde it wel yse, And hym remembre [vr. Remenbre] that she was behynde.
- (c1430) Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.196 : If ye remembre you, ye sende to me two acquytaunces.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)581 : Sche hire Remembrid of Fadyr and Modyr bothe.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)473 : Commende thy clennes in-to his hondes that loueth..chaste soules, remembrynge the hou thou hast mysspended the day.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)6417 : Remembre the of the treason That thou did to me.
- a1500(1428) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)43 : I can not remembre me that ever I wrote to yow any thing that shulde cause my saide lorde of Warrewyk to be thus displesed towardes my personne.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2274 : Trewly..now I remembyr me, Suche one ther is.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)108/10 : Remembir thiself hough Chelderych, the thirde Kyng of Fraunce, was..depryved of his royall crowne.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1897 : Shullen þei þanne remembre hem ought Of wickednesse þat þei here wroght?
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- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.2.25 : He hath a litil foryeten hymselve, but certes he schal lightly remembren [vr. remenbren] hymself.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1116 : With these..wordys..By good Perseueraunce vttryd..Vertu hym remembryd & gan to wex bolde.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1590 : Let me remembre me, now I yow pray, My brayne ys so thynne..Som..that I there say..have I ouerstert.
1c.
In passive constructions, ben remembred: (a) ben remembred of, to bear (sth.) in mind, give attention to (sth.); (b) to remember something; recall to mind (sth., to do sth., that sth. is the case); ben remembred of, remember (sth.); (c) to have knowledge of (a past situation); be aware (that sth. was the case, how sth. was done), retain in memory; (d) to make provision for something; ben remembred of (upon), remember to provide for (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1447) Shillingford1 : Hit please youre gode and gracyous lordship to be remembred of the grete mater bytwene..Edmund Bysshop..and the mayer.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)111/14 : Be thow remembird of thes newe ensaumples which bene of fresshe memorye.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.77.35 : Þei ben remembrid for [WB(2): thei bithouȝten that; L rememorati sunt quia] god is þeir helpere.
- (c1444) Paston2.12 : He seid he was right weel remembred of your bille.
- (1463) Paston2.291 : I supposed that my maistres, your wyf, had not be remembred of þe day.
- (1466) Stonor1.93 : Liketh yow to be remembrid to commune with the Eschetour of Bokyngham shire for the wrytte.
- (1469) Paston (EETS)1.401 : Asfore clothe fore suche persones as be in þat contre, if it myght be hadd there att Norwyche ore not I wot not, and what personys I am nott remembryd.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)619 : Ther is a land, I am remembryd wele, Men call it Perse.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2011 : This is my councell: Besechyng yow to be remembryd here That..My lord and fader hath ben Banyere.
c
- (1440) Paston2.22 : Ye be remembryd that an esquyer of Suffolk..recoueryd..vij c marc.
- (1448) Shillingford41 : I..suppose ye be well remembrid howe that matier..was commytted.
- (1450) Paston (Gairdner)2.199 : He owed me money for a ferm he heeld of me, as Watkyn Shypdam ys remembred.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)35/25 : Arte not thou remembrid how it is wretin that lacke of iustice and vntrewe dedis make realmes redy to be chaungid?
- -?-(1449) Instrum.St.Mary in Archaeol.13199 : Ye shall understand that I am wele remembred how a pece of voide grounde lying in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene..was comunly named and called the Chirche-yard of Saint Mary Magdalene.
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- (c1444) Paston2.5 : My seid lady, your wyf, preyeth yow to be remembred of here grene gynger, of almondes for Lente, and of the leche of Orwelle.
- (c1470) Stonor1.110 : Ples yt yow to be remembyrde apon genciayn.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)158/25 : The wyse man may not be mystake, for he will afor-hande be remembrid.
1d.
Impers. hit remembreth the, you remember; hit) me remembreth, hit remembreth me upon, me remembreth of (on), I remember (sth.); hit remembreth me, the remembreth, I (you) remember (that sth. happened); him remembreth, he remembers (sth.).
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.159 : At euery tyme that me remembreth of the day of dome, I quake.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.469 : Whan that it remembreth me Vpon my youthe and on my iolytee, It tikeleth me aboute myn herte roote.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.361 : Wel thow woost, if it remembre the, How neigh the deth for wo thow fownde me.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.746 : On tyme ypassed wel remembred me, And present tyme ek koud ich wel ise.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.11 : Certes the remembreth wel, as I trowe, that..yowr eldres coveyteden to han don awey that dignyte.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.3.34 : It ne remembreth me nat that evere I was so fre of my thought.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.18 : Me remembreth it wel.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.3.54 : Yit hym remembreth the somme of thinges that he withholdeth.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)150 : What his compleynt was, remembreth me; And therfore..I wol hit seyn.
2.
(a) To refresh the memory of (sb.), remind; remind (sb. to do sth., that sth. is the case); ~ for (of, upon), remind (sb.) of (sth.); (b) to bring back the memory of (sth. to sb.), recall; induce the memory of (sth.); ~ to, bring back the memory of (sth.) to (sb.); (c) remembring signe, an outward reminder.
Associated quotations
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- c1425 Twiti Venery(1) Prol.(Vsp B.12)p.150 : Like as lecteture put thyng in mende Of lerned men, ryght so a peyntyde fygure Remembryth men unlernyd in hys kende.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)252 : Sacramentis ben not ellis þan outwardli sensible or feleable signes..by whiche signes we remembren vs silf or oþere persoones..vpon sum persoonys dignite.
- (c1444) Paston2.13 : He aduysed me to goo to my seid lady and to remembre her of þe matier.
- (1448) Shillingford54 : Ye shall remembre my Lord how ye laste departed fro hym.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)21 : A bischop wolde..remembre hem, exorte hem and stire hem..forto kepe certeyn moral vertues of lawe of kinde.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)22 : He wolde reherce tho pointis and gouernauncis, vertues, and trouthis of the lawe forto remembre the iugis and the peple ther upon.
- (1460) RParl.5.376b : The seid Chaunceller remembred the Lordes Spirituelx and Temporelx of the seiynges and excuses of the Justices.
- (1471) Paston (EETS)1.352 : Remembre hym how that I haue excusyd hym of xx li.
- (1473) Paston (EETS)1.473 : I praye yow þat ye remembre hyr for the tombe off my fadre at Bromholme.
- (1474) RParl.6.113a : Your Highnes..moved us..to provyde for the..Archers, remembryng us that it appered unto us that the sommes..wold not amounte to the hoole charge of the said xiii m men Archers.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)62/29 : Þe promyser schal be þe more remembrid, movid, and stirid forto perfoorme þe dede promysid.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)137/26 : [This] memorye may somwhat remembre us and the auncient bookes of oure forefadirs may yeue us knowlege of oure dedes by thaire dedys that be passed.
- a1525(?1464) Cov.Leet Bk.324 : The seid Recordour & his felowes..disclosyd the cause of their comyng..remembryng his hyghnes that, as semed, greuous compleynt had be made on hem.
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- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 14.26 : The Hooly Gost..schal teche ȝou alle thingis, and schal schewe, or remembre [L suggeret], to ȝou alle thingis, what euer thingis I schal seye to ȝou.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.3 : Thou recordist and remembrist [L commemoras] me thise thinges yet the seconde tyme.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)59/30 : Seint Petir remembrith this to the in his first pistill.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.1379 : Your ryng..wil remembre yow youre gloryous weddyng.
- (c1454) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35327 : The tenor of the qwyche letter a for sende the sayd m[aster] can remembre ȝow.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)31/3 : God neediþ not to..be remembrid what þingis ben to vs necessarye.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)384 : The swete songe of these briddes remembred their armours [read: amours] whiche thei were wonte to haue the presence.
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- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)546 : It is resonable..that her outward habit be mad to hem into such for hem a remembring signe, forto hem remembre ofte and myche into the chargis of her religioun taken upon hem.
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(a) To give an account, recount; mention (sb. or sth.), describe; narrate (how sth. happened), state; inform (sb.), instruct; adduce (sth.) as a reminder; ~ of, make mention of (sth.), treat of; ~ minde, ?express one's thoughts; (b) to record (sth.), declare, make (sth.) a matter of record; commemorate (an event); (c) ppl. remembred as adj.: affirmed, recorded; mentioned; also, aforementioned; (d) to denominate (sth.) with (a certain name), refer to (sth.) as (sth.).
Associated quotations
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- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.18.22 : In woord hym þat ouertrauailede hym he vndercaste, remembryng [L commemorans] þe oþes of fadris & testament.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1243 : This was, as thise bookes me remembre [vr. rembre], The colde frosty seson of Decembre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.76 : I this wirk of hertly lowe humblesse Toke vp-on me..Of verray knyȝthod to remembre ageyn The worthynes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5022 : Priamus..Lyk as Guydo remembriþ in his stile..To worþi Hector repeired is ageyn.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.2.34 : Y fond not hem in dichis, but in alle thingis whiche Y remembride bifore.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.8/13 : Of iiii wyndys remembrith Zacharie, seiynge, 'I lyfte vp my eiyn.'
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.127 : Writyng also remembrid hath how Troye Destroied was.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)26 : Whanne a mater..is witnessid or affermed or denouncid or mad be remembrid to persoones..thanne thilk witnessing or denouncing or remembraunce making is woned be clepid a grounding of the same mater.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4233 : Quen he had waytid ouer þis writtis, his mynd he remembris, And be þe same sandisman him send sike anothire.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)252/15 : Where is þe chastite of Ioseph, the paciens of Moyses, þe gret zele of Finees, of all þe wiche scripture rememburs?
- (1455) Doc.Norfolk in MELDv2017.1/D0646 : Thys wrytyng' remembrythe where as diuerses contrauersies were hadde...
- c1480(1422) Lydg.SD (Add 48031)49/3 : Tholde, noble, famovs Citie of Rome..is remembered in bookis of olde antiquyte.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.300 : I woldnot that he were remembyrd of youre parte but yf he be spokyn of of othere partys.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)34/12 : Yn caas þe redere..fynde þere-yn ony þynge þe wch may..techyn hym or remembryn hym..he..sey for me þe shorte preyinge.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)118 : It is veray necessarie that thay be alwey grete..ffor ryght mony causes, off wech some shall nowe be remenbred.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)119/5 : The fyrst capytil of þe fourth boke remembryth of herbys, stonys, and treis.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1116 : Here be many questions tonsile, seide I, wisely remembrede, & fulle craftily.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)61/26 : It is not myne entent to remembre them þat be gylty in this poynte.
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- (1438) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.9 : Be it remembred that the xix day of novembre..there came afore Stephen Browne, maire, & aldermen of london the worthy men of the craft of peautrers.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5440 : This knyhtli man..Sette up pilers for a memoriall, Which remembrid his conquestis most notable.
- (1439) Papers Trevelyan in Camd.6720 : This as my full wylle and hole entent in all thynge, as hit ys above rehersydde, y, the seyde Simon, notefie, remembre, and declare, by this my present wrytyng.
- (1459) Will Wells in Nrf.Archaeol.2100 : Be it remembrid yat yis is ye last wille of Elynoor Wellys.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.69/11 : Hit is to be remembrid howe we haue Midleye..of þe yifte of þe Burgesis.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.108/17 : We [have] a thyng to be remembrud [L memorandum] of An Inquisicion i-made of our ffredoms in Hensynton.
- (1469-71) Stonor1.107 : Remembyrd on Wytsun Eve in the xthe yere of Kyng Edward the iiijthe.
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- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5590 : Pigmalyon, remembrid in þe Rose, In his tyme hadde no konnyng To graue or peint so corious a þing.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3076 : He shal make þe devisioun To-forne remembrid in thavisioun.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.31/14 : The rememberid priour..edified the frame of this precious worke vpon the fowndament of Appostles and prophetys.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.119/16 : The foresaide parties to this present writyng..there seales haue i-putt, Of the which writyng partis at þe remembrid munckes and chanons Euerich to other Abiden.
- c1475 Remembryd by scriptures (Hrl 2251)1 : Remembryd by scriptures, we fynde and rede, Holsum and holy it is to thynke and pray ffor al the sowles that be past.
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- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Tob.(Bod 959)6 : In to latyn writing I drawe þe booc of tobie, þat is, þe whiche ebrues, seuerynge fro þe noumbre of goddis scripturis, toþese þat holi scripturis remembren [L his quae Agiografa memorant] castyn to.