Middle English Dictionary Entry
requiem n.
Entry Info
| Forms | requiem n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A requiem mass; messe of ~, trental of ~; singen (of) ~, to sing or chant a requiem mass; (b) eternal rest, heaven; (c) death.
Associated quotations
a
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.16 : Alle ye bretheren and sisteren of yis fraternitee shul comen..to ye Chirche..and yer haue a messe of requiem for alle cristen soules.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)59/1113 : He chaunged his orisoun wiþ his tonge Of Requiem þat he schulde seie.
- c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg.(Vrn)162/38 : Þat O day he song of vre Ladi, Þat oþer of Requiem.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2615 : Requiem ne shulde be note be sunge Ne seyd for hym.
- (1423) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)267 : I wole þat..a masse of Requiem be seid every day..for my soule.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)508/21 : Þe covent of Cantyrberie began for hym þe mes of Requiem.
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30171 : I wyll be don for my sawle iij trentawls..of owr Lady and iij of Requiem.
- (1463) Doc.in Nicholl Ironmongers527 : Obite and anniversary for his sowle..and masse and requiem.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1251/1 : All the prystes and clarkes..sange massis of Requiem.
- c1475 In Wiltshire (Hrl 2251)p.72 : Two pristes ther were..The tone had ever right grete devocioun, Of requiem his masse to syng or say.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.159 : Þey..don syngyn messe of requiem for hem þat ben olyue in hope þat þey schuldyn ..þe sonere deye.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)271/3 : A byschop suspendet a prest, for he cowþe syng non oþer massebut of requiem.
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture182 : Item, a vestment of Black wosted..and all that nedes to a Priest to sing in of requiem.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2625 : 'Requiem', þe reste with outen ende, Þar-to shal he neuer wende; Ne 'lux perpetua'..Þer-of shal he neuer haue syȝt.
c
- a1500 As I walkyd vppon (Hnt HM 183)82 : Auaricia is an horribill sore..Elemosina was a gentyll herbe þer-for..a-noynte hym ther-with..And thinke how requiem yn thy rent shall sese.