Middle English Dictionary Entry
sperance n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sperance n. Also speranse. |
| Etymology | From esperaunce n. or AF/NF sperance, var. of OF esperance. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hope; in god ~, hopeful.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)39/18 : And sua sal ȝe do wid alle þe þing þat fallis propirlie til þe child, þat na þing bi-leue with hir frende, whare-þurȝ þat sho haue wil til propirte; Sain Benet hauis te sperance of þoþir.
- c1500 Serm.AS (Ashm 61)325 : Euery man, when he schall dyȝe, hys saule fro þe body schall flye; And if he be in gode speranse And vnder-fonge gode penans..The saule he schall haue þe gylte.