Middle English Dictionary Entry
repō̆rten v.
Entry Info
Forms | repō̆rten v. Also report(e & (error) repotten; sg.3 reporteth, etc. & reportehth; p.ppl. report(ed. |
Etymology | OF reporter |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make a report; speak, say; treuli to ~, to tell the truth; (b) to make (sth.) known, tell, relate, report; say (that sth. was done), relate; (c) to retell (sth.), repeat; also, read aloud (a book) for copying; ~ me (him), repeat what I (he) say(s; (d) to write (sth.) down; (e) to describe (sth. as sth.); declare (oneself to be sth.), assert; refl. assert (that sth. is so); (f) to teach (sth., that sth. is so); expound (a philosophical theory); (g) refl. to refer (to a statute, text, etc.); submit (to an authority); appeal (to sb. for judgment or confirmation).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6313 : Þe Troyans wern..bor doun cruelly, Merciles, as Guydo doth reporte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1896 : Þis is þe somme & fyn of myn entent, And so reporteþ to hym þat haþ ȝou sent.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)327 : Al is veyneglorie, treuli to reporte.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)31/29 : It is not as euery man reportes.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)16/33 : Thei wolde report to her king like as thei thought bi the doughtres.
- (1461) Paston (EETS)1.269 : It is told me þat þe seyd Will reportyth of yow as shamfully as he can in dyuers place.
- (c1464) Paston2.296 : Schew the brynger of this letter sum humanite and worsschipe, þat when he comyth home, he may reporte as he fyndeth.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)682/28 : As bookis reporte, of sir Trystram cam all the good termys of venery and of huntynge.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)131 : He made for to gone His seruauntes..And reporte vnto his presence Of hir lynage.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)83 : Aristotille..him rebukith vnrightfullye..as I can welle reporte.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.152 : The excellent renoun Of themperours doghter..Reported was..Vnto thise Surryen marchauntz.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.669 : Looke that thow reporte his name wel.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)70/18 : Oon of þat ordre prechide on Alle Halwen Day, as hit was reported to me.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)7 : He shal report byfore þe lord..þat he haþ seye with his eynen.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1052 : Straungeris..myȝt of hym reporte Largesse.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.660 : Fame..false thynges Egal reporteth lik the thynges trewe.
- (1425) RParl.4.272a : So yat her after it be not reported yat my said Lord Erle Mareschall sholde any cause have for to departe oute of yis hie Court.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)28/5 : The prestis of the lawe..reported the answeres of the goddes.
- (1441) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12118 : Hitt is report to sir Davy Home att the priour of Doresme is informed, [etc.].
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)13/21 : On of the wisist lordis..reportith [Ashmole: shall..declare; Lambeth: shal speke] to the peple gret recomendacioun and preysyng of the kyng.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)20 : Hit was reportid by true persons that sawe hym dede that he had sixtene dedely woundes.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)66/23 : The spies..reported houghe this Marcus sat but in right poure estate at the seege.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)84/3 : Let hym [messenger] be trew in beryng and presentyng of thy lettres to hym that they ben dressed to, reportyng and bryngyng ayene [Lambeth: bryngand and telland] an answere.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)190 : I will go se..the moste worthi knyght..of whom I haue herde reporte the moste wurship and honoure.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1486 : I meruelyd gretly of that I behelde & herde there reporte.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.438 : Lewed peple louen tales olde; Swiche thynges kan they wel reporte and holde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4969,4973 : Whan..a þing be seide..of a lordis mouþe..it is..reported & y spoke ful wyde..somme..Wil..hym report amys.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)3/34 : All though that in me be connyng to lite Where thorugh any myght haue appetite, In my wordes..noble hertis may this report So welle, that to all it may be disport.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)60/27 : A reportoure or a contreuour of wordis, outhir he lieth to him to whom he reportith them, outhir he is fals to him of whom he seith them.
- (1448) Shillingford55 : They..wolde..hire all thynge that y wolde seye and eve me none answere, but reporte me.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3457 : He reportid the tale riȝt formally; He was no fool in certen.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)70 : Origene..had, beside othir writeres..ȝong men that wrytyn dyvers bokes, which he endited and reported on to hem.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)1/16 : Þei myȝten not esili reporte and remembre þe vij maters of þe book.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)180/28 : As sone as the woordes be passed out of the mouthe, the flaterers be redy anon to reporte theim vnto the souerayn.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)373 : This proverbe is ful..Rad & reportid bi oold remembraunce.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5320 : Vp-on hym þei han þe charge leide Of her answere and entent final, And by record to reporten al.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2414 : A lettir he fourmed..with his awen prince reportand þa wordis.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)42/2 : Notaries..schuld report treuly þe wordis þat wer saide.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)663 : Master Myscheff, we wyll yow exort Mankyndys name in yowr bok for to report.
e
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.2942 : Yf it be said that it is the kyngis prerogatyff To bye better chepe than anothir man..the lawe is the contrarie, y me report.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.74 : In heuene, I wote, an ordre is kepte, How it is in erthe now y reporte me; I trowe it be not hadde in noo degree.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)603 : To be fals, men report yt game; Yt ys clepyde wysdom.
- a1500 Kavser of (Trin-C B.11.18)3 : Treule as ye best, ryght so y me reporte, Youre servond to be.
- a1500 Vycyce (BodPoet e.1)p.257 : Now euery boy will counterfett a knyght, Report hymself as good as he.
f
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.322 : Þei rehersyng Plato..His conseit thei reporten all amys.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)3/18 : Aristotille..euyr reportid trouthe and lewte.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.TWoe (Hrl 2255)94 : Cesar slayne..For to reporte plainly vnto vs How this world is a thurghfare ful of woo.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1636 : Now to coniunccion late vs resorte, And some wise concelle therof to reporte.
g
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)102 : Þe ȝemen shul goo on þeire offices bihalfe and axe þeire fees, þe which I reporte mo [read: me] to þe old statutis and custumes of þe kyngges hous.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3222 : To all women I reporte me, And onto moodres that be tendre off herte, In this mater iuges for to be.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)97/11 : Þe good spirit be some yvil temptacion is empechid wiþ some errour or doute in his þought, in þe which he shoulde reporte him to þe oppinion of the chirche.
- (1450) RParl.5.182a : As for the Article of Anjoy and Mayn, he reporteth hym to the Acte that is made theruppon in the Counseill.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)547/17 : I ded never hurte hym, and that I reporte me to hymselff.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)11/27 : These mervelles & many mo I founde in an old auctor..but whethur þey byne alle sothe or no, y reporte me to hem þe wche byne moore experte in suche þyngus þane y.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)179/32 : That alle theise thinges be clierly knowen, I repoort me to God that seeth it.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4526 : Some bete the bussh and some the byrdes take, And wheder that I be on of thoo or noo, I me reporte onto the letterys blake.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)244/2 : I thincke to put myself no forther in this mater, but I woll reporte me to suche as haue the rewle and gouernaunce of the comone wele.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)65/31 : I reporte me to the texte of your olde cronycles, which ye may rede and knowe.
2.
(a) To bring (news), carry (tidings); ~ ayen, bring back (news); (b) ~ ayen, to move (sth.) back, carry back.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)430 : Reportyn, or bere a-wey thynge þat hathe be seyde or tawȝte: Reporto.
- (1445) Paston (EETS)1.28 : I praye yow to sende me tydynggis from be-yond see, for here thei arn aferde to telle soche as be reportid.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6428 : What ys he that wych sendeth oute. And what ys he..That Reporteth hem A-geyn Tydynges.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)66a/b : Þe office of vena porta..is forto beren þe chilus fro þe members aforseide to þe liuer and forto reporten it aȝeine fro þe liuer to þe toþer members.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)90b/a : The ligature in euerye wounde schal begynne..at þat partie þer þe lippe of þe wounde is dependaunt oþer lifte vppe..drawing euermore & liftynge vppe & reportinge aȝeyne þe same roller towarde þe toþer lippe of þe wounde.
3.
(a) To learn (sth.), know, understand; also, discover (sb. to be of a certain kind); (b) to pay attention to (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6871 : And questionles, reporte þis of me, Þat mercyles þis riche strong cite Schal doun be bete.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)298 : Ful oftyn he that is right personabil, Is aftir pref reported right vnabil.
- ?c1475(?a1400) LChart.Chr.B (Cmb Ii.3.26)60/177 : Reportith [vrr. wote, witen] ye that beth hider y-come that y am ihesus nazareth, godis son.
b
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)51.50 : I beseche to god..that he ne wolde..My synnes to Repotten [read: Reporten].
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)15/5 : Thus went our Augustin..only to reporte þe wordis; for þe sentens had he smal delite.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Disce Mori (Jes-O 39)58/38 : For he may not, as dooth þe actif man, considre þe condicions of oþer, lest he reporte þerof þe fantosmes, suche as may enpeche gretely his contemplacioun.
Note: Editor's note: "The sense 'bring/bear away', current in French, is not recorded in MED."
Note: New sense.
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