Middle English Dictionary Entry
resort(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | resort(e n. Also resert, reserthe. |
| Etymology | OF; also cp. ML resortum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A return, a coming back; maken ~, to return.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8448 : He was on hem so furious & so wood, Maugre Troyens to-forn him on þe pleyn, Made resorte to þe wal ageyn.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.7105 : I..no lenger dwelle, Her aventures of þe se to telle, In þer resort home to her contre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1795 : As þis auctor þi resort doþ wryte, He seith Vlixes..I-robbed was of riches and of good.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.941 : The Persiens..Wer be Galerius..put to fliht; The feeld was his..In his resort resceyued..In gret noblesse because of that viage.
2.
(a) A coming or going; haven (maken) ~ unto, to come to (a place); (b) a coming together of people, an assembling; (c) a company, retinue.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3784 : Venus temple..haboundeþ with ful gret riches..Of men and women þat han her resort To þat place.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)prol.23 : Of myghtiest, to hym is glad resort; Of meest and leest, is had his loue and drede.
- (1449) RParl.5.156a : To thentent that the seide Marchauntz repairyng into this Lond be not unresonably greved by any of the said Custumers..nor any occasion yevyn..therby to forbere her resorte or comyng into this Lond, Hit is also ordeined, [etc.].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1045/22 : Sir Launcelot had many resortis of ladyes and damesels which dayly resorted unto hym to be their champion.
- (1473) RParl.6.66a : The same Marchauntes have be encoraged to make and contynue their resort unto this his Lande.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.427 : Þer was agrete multitude of the Iewes in Ierusalem, for in suche festes peple of alle the Iewery hade resorte [Trev.: come; L confluxerant] un to hit.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.4178 : This Asilum..Was a place off refuge..For to resseyue all foreyn trespassours, Theuys, moordreris, weiliggeris, & robbours, Be gret resort, withynne the wallis wide.
c
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)692 : Let se bytyme þe meyntnance. Clepe in fyrst yowr resorte.
3.
(a) A source of assistance, of comfort, of solace, etc., that to which one resorts for aid, for protection, etc.; also, a refuge, an escape; (b) a place of refuge; (c) haven ~ to (unto), maken ~ to, to have recourse to (sth., someone's presence, a place, etc.), turn to (sth.) for aid, comfort, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1233 : For chef resort, sothly, of hir herte Was vp-on hym euery houre to aduerte.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.134 : O..That..Ye wolde..agreen that I may ben he..In trouthe alwey to don yow my servise, As to my lady right and chief resort.
- (1433) RParl.4.441b : He ne kan, nor of reason aght, other resort have for salvation of his..enheritance, but unto your rightwise protection and defense.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)1.68 : A Flour of vertue..Off god ordeynyde to be a Resort and bote Vnto mankynde.
- c1475 Exemple sendynge (Vsp D.9)38 : Vowchasafe ye now on myn hevynes, Sythyn ye be myn hert hole Reserthe, Sum drope of mercy to be my comforte.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)153/25 : Aftyr all this glorie, hym befell the fowle dethe; al men hit haue in mynde, Of that there is noone resorte.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Deus NSF (Clg A.2)22 : Thi passioun be emprinted in my thought, The chefe resort my fleschly foo to chase.
- a1500 Whylome I present (BodPoet e.1)p.299 : Thus my enmye mortale..Me wyl consownd [read: confownd]..And of al resort Of joy and comfort, Desolate me make.
b
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)101/3013 : Y haue sent yow comfort Which gidid me vnto this poor resort.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)29/8 : The colde is gret, þe wynde is sharpe..Alle bestis drawen to her resortes into diches and Caves of mounteynes for colde.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.4567 : Mak thi resort to Cristes passioun, Which may be merci redresse thyn erryng.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7336 : Ther-for I Desyre in no wyse to haue comfort, Ne to myne ease neuer make resort.
- c1450 ?Suffolk And as for yow (Frf 16)17 : Ther is in me no..comfort But..in your presence, Wherto I must alway make my resort.
- (1474) RParl.6.117b : The same persones..to have resort unto the Collectours of the same xth part.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)68 : The deere shall haue no resort..to no maner shade.
4.
A restoration; haven ~, to be restored.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.1379 : Who mai thanne ther sclaundrous harm redresse, Whan ther good name is hurt be such report? For fame lost onys can neuer haue his resort.
5.
Law The right of having final authority vested in one; ?also, a final appeal [quot.: 1447].
Associated quotations
- (1414) RParl.4.58a : They ben fre tennantz and freholderes to the Kyng in Chief, and the chieftie, resert, and principalite of the same Lordshipe and Tounshipe, shal retourne to the Kyng.
- (1447) Shillingford31 : Me thoght hit was not to be don at that tyme, consideryng..of their comaundement to ensele nywe bondis and entrete at home with a resort.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)22 : Lowes, king of Fraunce..relesid the seide dukedom to the said Richarde and to alle his successours to holde frely in souvereinte and resort of none creature but of God.