Middle English Dictionary Entry
repō̆rt(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | repō̆rt(e n. |
| Etymology | OF report |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An informative statement made by an emissary, inspector, informer, etc.; an authoritative account; a report; beren ~, to carry a message; maken ~, give a report; also, determine, decide [quot.: Norton OAlch.]; (b) a brief historical or instructive account; (c) common report, rumor, gossip; a rumor; (d) reputation, repute; fame; (e) talk, conversation; of hounds: baying.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)91 : Þe hunter..may turne agayne to þe gaderyng and make hem repoort.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1742 : Þe kyng..Sat and abod, ful solempnely, Trewe report of þis embastrye.
- (1425) RParl.4.298b : I have conceyved to my grete hevynesse yat ye shuld have received be diverse reportes yat I shuld have purposed..ayenst your persone.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)60/23 : Þe good knyghte..scholde nat..tell tiding is to his prince..the which myghte meve him to anger..in such reportes commonly the rewardes be smale.
- (1448) Shillingford56 : Y pray yow, what reporte that ever hath be made ayenst us by the Chanons part..that ye reporte the beste..of theyre gode and sad governaunce.
- (1449) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.45 : J have pleynli herd reporte of truwe and credible persones..that the same dam maut had bi the seid sir Richard, be-for the espousel betwix hem, ii doughter.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)5620 : Gwynet made noo tariyng But bare the report with glad tithing.
- c1450 3 KCol.(2) (Add 31042)280 : The scheperdes sawe the gloryouse sterne..And in grete haste hase tolde thies kynges three..One þaire beste wiese þay maken þaire reporte.
- (1463) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)42 : If any Keper of the saide Gaole..be duely convycte and atteynte by feithfull reporte of the iiij visitours..that he at the first tyme pay..xx s.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)316/17 : Marchauntes..goo in to diuers parties of the world, where they make thair repoortes.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2167 : Bi tastis men may craftly knowe Diuers substancys..And when ye dowte bi taste to make reporte, Then to your other testymonyes resorte.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)204 : Pluto..gan to declare..her compleyntes..And when Apollo had herd the report Of Pluto, [etc.].
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.95 : A story..constreynyd vndir woordes fewe..Men bi report kan nat the mater shewe..Nor longe stories a woord may not expresse.
- c1475 Babies' Bk.(Hrl 5086)203 : Other service thanne this I myhte comende To yow to done, but, for the tyme is shorte, I putte theym nouhte in this lytyl Reporte.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3141 : Men putte me in blame Þoruȝ false reporte & wrong oppinioun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3720 : Þis reporte was of him vp and doun: Þat he a traytour was.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1395 : Of his fame þe gret oppinioun Dilated is vn-to þe Regioun By swift report.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.593 : I have..for trewe or fals report, In wrong and right iloved the al my lyve.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)726 : By report was hire name yshove That, as they wex in age, wex here love.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)54/28 : There is defendid..all fals reportes and dissymilacions.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1671 : Reportes not so sikyr iuges ben, As man to se þe womannes persone.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.571 : Day of trouthe is turnede vnto nyght Thorough wrong reporte and false suspecion.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)72/35 : Whan it happed þat ony euel report was mad, he wold blisse God and speke sum mery wordis and turne all in-to solace.
- a1500 With pety movyd (BodPoet e.1)p.233 : Dyuers haue compleynyd Off tong ontru and ill report.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.358 : Many put her lyues in doute, Of hyȝe desyr thei hadde..By veyn reporte hem silf to avaunce.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5243 : Of knyȝthod þe report & þe fame Þoruȝ-oute þe world reboundeþ to ȝour name.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1048 : Ȝif ȝe taken hasty wreche, Schamful report ȝour honour schal apeche.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2351 : Tweyne maner folkis..The goode..And vicious..And the report off bothen is reserued, With laude or lak, as thei han disserued.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)12/10 : The reporte of his goodelyhede and of his semelenes was myche spoken of in the kynges courte.
- a1500(a1449) Lydg.Haste (Cmb Kk.1.6)135 : Good report is best in eueri age.
- c1500(a1449) Lydg.Aesop (Trin-C R.3.19)367 : As men deserue, reporte yeueþ theym þeyr lawde.
e
- a1475 Heart & Eye(3) (Lngl 258)37 : That poure hert that sorowe doith manace Might haue..gret comfort To here the houndes make thair mery chace..so swete was thair mery report.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)79 : Nought: Xall I breke my neke to schew yow sporte? Nowadays: Therfor euer be ware of þi reporte.