Middle English Dictionary Entry
repā̆st(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | repā̆st(e n. Also (error) harpast. |
| Etymology | OF repast & ML repastus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A meal; a feast; also fig.; (b) food; nourishment; also fig.; (c) theol. Christ om the Eucharist.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.926 : As of fielinge and of tast, Yit mihte I nevere have o repast.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.148 : When he ys rysen, romeþ out and ryght wel aspieþ War he may raþest haue a repast [vr. harpast] oþer a rounde of bacon.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)420/373 : Off frutis wilde..Was his repast [vr. repaast].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3915 : In slauhtre & blood he dede hym most delite; For in tho tweyne was his repast in deede.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.BC (Trin-C R.3.20)90 : I ful longe may goon and seeke Or I cane fynde a gode repaaste A-morowe to breke with my faaste.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)728 : Every fryday thow most Faste and to the taken but on repaste.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)3098 : Whenne he has..eeten weel a good repast..Sone he schal be ffresch and hayl.
- a1475 Perilous Days in EETSES 91 (Add 5467)188 : Yf a mane ete the flesshe of a gose for his repaste and fedyng any of thos iij Mondays, All the vij yeres after he shall sofire dyuerse other grete seknese.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)292 : Ye sholde not..fynde so moche vitaile for oon mannes repast.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.698 : Bot al withoute such repast Of lust..I faste.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.733 : Bot if that I som lusti stounde Of confort and of ese founde, To take of love som repast.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2659 : Ther childre yeer bi yeer thei leed Into Crete the Mynotaur to feed, Onto this monstre ordeyned for repast.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)4.261 : This is the name [Jesus] that to confessours Was full repast in her abstynence.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)151 : He was put in prison for evyr, and nevyr to have othir repast but bread and watir.
c
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Corp.Chr.(Trin-C R.3.20)190 : Whan Cryste is ete or resceyved in substaunce, Þat lyff is eten of hevenly excellence..Repast ay lasting.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4618 : He gaff hem alderlast Hys owne boody for cheff repast.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5579 : Thys bred [the Sacrament]..Gyveth ful repast spyrytual To al the world in general.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.IVMass (Trin-C R.3.21)127 : The repaste of our eternall foode On Estyr morow rose vp afore pryme.
- a1500(?a1449) ?Lydg.Vexilla (Cmb Kk.1.6)51 : Armys & body Ranson Incomperable Henge on þy braunchis, repaaste & cheeff refute.
2.
Rest, repose, refreshment.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.40.5 : In tyme of repast [WB(2): restyng; L refectionis] in þe bed, slep of nyght chaungiþ his kunnyng.