Middle English Dictionary Entry
secondārī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | secondārī(e adj. Also secoundari(e, secundari(e; pl. secundaries. |
| Etymology | OF secondaire & L secundārius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Not chief or principal, second in importance; of a person or an official: second in rank or authority; ~ char, a chariot held in reserve; (b) of inferior rank or status, having a lesser entitlement; ~ wif, a concubine; (c) of lesser quality or worth, second-best; (d) dependent upon or developing out of something else, derivative; (e) second in a series; (f) pertaining to a second stage of development, subsequent; (g) as adv.: secondly, secondarily.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.1.31 : He steȝede vp vp on his secoundarie [vr. secunde; L secundarium] chare, &, coomynge to ierusalem, diede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)220b/a : Þe piþþe is best in medicyne and þe seed is secoundary and þe rynde is litel oþer nouȝt worþy in vertue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)316a/b : Water and ayre haue þe principal maystry & erþe þe secoundary maystry.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)326a/b : Iff oon is y-do to oon, þanne comeþ tweyne, and þat nombre is, after oon, first principal and welle of noumbre, and holdeþ þe secoundarie place.
- c1440(?a1396) ?Hilton Angels' Song (Thrn)17/25 : Þe souerayne and þe Escencyalle Ioy es in þe lufe of Godd by hym-selfe and for hym-selfe, and þe secundarye es in comonynge and byhaldynge of Aungells and gastely creaturs.
- (1450) RParl.5.196b : Provided also that this Acte..extende noght or in any maner abbrege or abate xx marcs yerely..which we late graunted..to Gilbert Haltoft, secondary Baron of oure Eschequier.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.337 : The secundary preste schal sense the fyrste, and the principal senser of the lay brethern schal sense the seyd secundary preste thre castys.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.10.6b : Visions..arn nauȝht verrai contemplacion. Ne, þei arn bute simple and secundarie, þouȝ þey be good in reward of gostli vertues.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)90/33 : Summe ben princypal ioies, and summe ben secundarie ioyes.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.105 : He may helpyn vs, nought as princepal helpere but as secundarye, wyt þe helpe of God.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.22.24 : Þe secundarie wif [L Concubina]..of hym, Roma by name, beere Thabee & Taon.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.25.6 : To þe sonnez..of þe secundarie wyues [WB(2): concubyns; vr. secoundary wyues] he ȝaue ȝiftez.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.4.29 : I sawȝ..Apemen..þe secoundarie wijf of þe king, sittinge beside þe king at þe riȝt side.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.6.7 : Sixti ben queenes & eiȝtety ben secundarie wijues.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)252a/a : Thus þat comeþ out in heruest oþer in þe bigynnyng of wynter..is nouȝt liche to þe oþer in vertue neyþer in colour, ffor þat is white and cleere and bright and ful clene wiþ ful good smylle, and þe secundarye thus is þynne and scabbed.
- (1428) EEWills82/2 : Y bequethe and yeve to Symkyn Whitehed my Russet Candelstykes, and i paire Candelstekes secundaries next þoo.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5302 : I geue..to the saide cherche of Horsyndon an Antiphoner..also a newe grayel secundarie.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)354/27 : What þinge soeuer be þat is dyuerse fro these..þey schulbe taken and demyd as secundarye and lesse worth.
- (1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45194 : J nold..to..Ales Sayntqwyntyn a nedyll howse of rede welwytt. Diones Thorpp j nodyr secundary.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)28b/b : Þey ben also I-clepid þe principal qualitees, for of hem comeþ al þe secundarye effectis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)30b/a : Þe effecte of drouȝte is to make drye..& haþ many secundaries effectis, as to make þicke & rowh & makeþ slowȝ meuynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)155a/b : Þe primary cause, or þe first, infloweþ more þan þe secundary [Ch.(2): secounde; L secundaria] cause.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)6/4 : Y proteste first þat in noon of my bookis..y haue affermyd or holde..þere vttirli eny conclusioun, principal or secundari..but þat y haue..eche of þilke conclusions sette forþ bi wey of profre.
e
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.273 : He pullede owte his eien for iij causes..The cause secondary [Trev.: þe secounde; L Secundo] was for he myȝhte not beholde women withowte concupiscence.
f
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)1826 : The altytude of thyne bodyes hyde..In euery on of thyne materyall hydynge ye fyrste qualyte, and ye secundarye qualites more gloryus repayred in hem anon.
g
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/b : Þe nounes þat tokeneth god and þerwith ne similis tokeneth principallich þe essencia of god, & god secundari [L secundario] þerwith tokeneth distinccioun of persones.
- (1455) RParl.5.300b : It please you..first to Goddes pleasure, secundarie for your owne suerte, honour, and wele; and for the thrid to the universall wele..to take..into your handes..all..Castels..Townes, [etc.].