Middle English Dictionary Entry
residūe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | residūe n. Also residu(we, -deu(e, recidue, resedue, -deu(e, recedu & (error) resude. |
| Etymology | OF residu(e & L residuum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) What remains of a thing or group of things, what is left; the rest; -- also pl.; ~ of eruke, what the caterpillar leaves; (b) the remaining part of an estate not specifically bequeathed; (c) the estate of a dead person.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.31.14 : Wheþer haue we eny þing of resydewe in facultese & herytage of þe house of our fader?
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Joel 1.4 : A locust eete the residue [L residuum] of eruke.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.8.28 : Thei departiden spuylis to the feble and fadirlesse..and thei with hern hadden the residues [L residua].
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)8 : Prelatis and curatis shulden ben apaied with liflode and hilinge, and geue the residue to pore men.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.92 : My dettis ben quyt..And wiþ þe residue [vr. resude] & þe remenaunt..I wile worsshipe þerewiþ treuþe.
- (a1425) Stonor1.40 : Payd for waxe, after vij d. þe li., x li. v s. x d.; and the resedue of the waxe here anone.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)57b/b : Þe tone partie is cleped vena arterialis, þe whiche goeþ for to norissche þe lunges, and þe residue ascendinge is braunched in manye braunches vn to þe laste ende off þe bodie.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.73 : I souȝte þe residue of my ȝeeris.
- (1430) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.94 : The residue of the seid castels, maners, londes, tenementes..to the seid Erle and Countesse.
- (c1437) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.263 : Þe seid Andrew shuld content þe seid John of þe recidue of þe xl marc aforeseid.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)568 : For that this matere ys obscure..I pase schortly..and now the resydu vp to descriue, I pray yow off pacyens.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1788 : If it fortune to be acceptable And please the herers, forth I wyll procede To the residue of ladyes notable.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)264 : Man, y haue sente þee siluer and golde..And with þe residue [vr. Resedewe], manye oon Þou myȝtist han holpe.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.56/5 : I wold my howsald wer holdyn forth..after my dede with the revenus of my lyvelade a half ȝer, & with the resedew of my dettes & relage, if it may.
- (1456) Paston2.146 : I seyd hym I wold be there ageyn for the recedu of the half yeer ferme past withinne this xiiij dayez.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57178 : The resydew of the mony to pay att Myhelmesse.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)20/20 : These ix provyncis of þe sowþe..Temse departithe hem from þe residue of Englonde.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)150/27 : Fulfylle þe resydw of þi slepe on þat syde.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)76/35 : Ȝif ther shal be eny residue behynde of that Quadragesime, let hym fulfille it sone after þe feste.
b
- (1411) Will in Bk.Lond.E.216/19 : Y be-queþe al þe Resydue of my godys to Jone my wyff.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3019 : I..besekes Almyghty Godd..to graunt me myght and grace so to dyspose and ordeyne with the resideu of ye gudes, [etc.].
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)59/1 : Alle þat on here dede-bed..ȝeuyn awey here good.. þat of þe residue may noȝt be payed here dettys to holy cherche.
- (1454) EEWills134/10 : Yf my seide goodes, Residues, and dettis may not suffice ther-to, than y wul that myn Executours..modefye suche thynggis as ys set and lymet afore.
- (1470) Will York in Sur.Soc.45186 : The residu I bequeth to myn executours.
- -?-(1415) Will in Som.RS 16402 : Ye resyduwe of all my goodys..in this my testament noughte bequeathed ych geve..to Johane my wyfe.
- -?-(1466) Will in Som.RS 16210 : I make my wife Alice myne executrice, she to fulfille my said testament, and the Residue over that, if eny be, she to dispose it for my soule.
c
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)13.216 : An vnredy reue þi residue shal spene.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)144 : Thilke is executrice and dispendere of the residue [F restat] of the testat.
2.
(a) Math. Remainder; (b) sediment; ~ of drastes, sediment of impurities; (c) that which is left after reduction by boiling; (d) physiol. what is superfluous, the excess.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)37/19 : With-draw þe figure be-nethe and put the residue in the place of the figure put a-side.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)49/5-6 : Thow shalt fynde the same figures that thow haddest before, And so that nought be the residue; And yf thow have any residue, than with the addicioun þerof that is reseruede with-out in thy table, thow shaltfynde thi first figures.
- a1500(?1397) ?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(Dgb 72:Benson-Robinson)45.26 : Afterward added I to signes, degrees, minutes, and secoundes, the whiche I fond in my rote the yer of oure Lord 1397, and kepte the residue; and than had I the mene mote for the laste day of December.
- a1500(?1397) ?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(Dgb 72:Benson-Robinson)45.49 : If hit so be that thou woldest werte the mene mote in any yer that is lasse than thy rote, withdraw the nomber of so many yeres as hit is lasse than the yer of oure Lorde a 1397, and kep the residue.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)36a/b : The vnkindeliche malencolye is not as þe substance and þe residewe of drastes.
c
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)60/29 : Take and boyle efros in pelletes in swete wyne..wast half, and of the residue euery mornyng put a sponefull in thi mouth.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)58b/b : It is nescessarie þat þe milke be white, for it is þe residue off þe norissching of þe pappes þe whiche ben white & þerfore it is nedefulle þat þe norisschynge of hem be white.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)45b/a : In hem schulden be y maad generacioun of þe sperme of þe residue of þe norischinge of þe lymes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)45b/a : Also þer is brouȝt vnto hem the residue of þe good nutriment blood of alle þe lymes þe which is seid of Auicenne þe superfluite of þe mete.
3.
Denoting human beings: (a) the rest; (b) the survivors of a battle; -- also pl.; (c) Bibl. the surviving members of the people, the remnant; also, those Christians still alive at the Second Coming; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25589 : Þe resideu..Þat lefte after in your contres..had neuer grace ffor durande tim defende þar place.
- (?1459) Paston1.89 : Sir John Fastolf..desired faithfully alle the resedewe of his executours and feffees to shewe the said John Paston fauoure in the said paymentes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.161 : The residu of the senatores and noble men fleenge to Silla..causede hym thro theire preiers to helpe the cite of Rome.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.9.40 : Many woundid fellen doun, and the residues fledden in to the hill.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.17.21 : Alle the fleers of hym with al his company shulen falle togidre in swerd; forsothe the residues shulen be scatered in to eche wynd.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)542/34 : Phelip the kyng withdrowe hym with the residew of all his pepill.
- (1475) RParl.6.139a : The said Henry Bodrugan..the residue of the same Britons yet kepeth in prisone.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.11.11 : Þe lord..shal leyn to his hond to welden þe residue of his puple.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.46.3 : Hereþ me þe hous of iacob & al þe residue of þe hous of irael.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Zeph.2.9 : The relikis of my peple shuln rauyshe hem, the residues of my folc shuln welde hem.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Thes.4.14 : We þat lyfeþ & beþ þe resydue in þe comynge of oure Lord ne schuleþ noȝt gon byforen hem þat han y-slept byfore.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Par.6.61 : To the sones of Caath, residues [vr. the residues] of her kynrede, thei ȝauen..ten citees.
4.
A remaining course of action, recourse; haven of ~, to have (sth.) left to do.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.20.12 : But whan wee vnknowyn what wee owen to don, þat onley wee han of residue [L hoc solum habemus residui], þat oure eȝyn wee dressen vp to þee.