Middle English Dictionary Entry
sexā̆ǧē̆s(i)me n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sexā̆ǧē̆s(i)me n. Also sexagesim, sexagesin, sexageme. |
| Etymology | L sexāgēsima & OF sexagesime. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before Lent; the week following this Sunday; the period from this Sunday to the Wednesday after Easter; ~ son-dai; feste of ~; (b) the word 'sexagesime'.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) TL (F&M)685 : The Sonday in Sexages.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)60a/b : Sexagesima: sexageme.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.102 : Sexagesime Sonday Gospel.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.260 : On Sexagesme Sondai.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)193/10 : The forseid abbot knowleched hym-self to be bounden..in an hundred shillyngis of yerly rent, to be paid..at the fest of Sexagesyme.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111a : Sexagesim: septuagesima [Monson: sexagesima].
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3897 : Sexagesme is bygynyng opon þat selue Sononday..next after septuagesme suyng, And in pasch weke endes ay on Wednesday, by acountyng.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3957 : One weke bifore þe lentoun thai ordeynt time of fastyng tho, And sexagesme calden hitt, this weke þat so ordeynt was.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)69/9 : Þys day ys called yn holy chirch Sonday yn Sexagesin.
b
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)69/9 : Þen ȝe schull knowe well þat Sexagesin ys sette for a nowmbur of þre score, By þe whech nowmbyr..holy chyrche techeth yche man and woman to þenke on how schort ys mannys lyfe.