Middle English Dictionary Entry
suant adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | suant adj. Also suante, suiyvent; pl. suauntis. |
| Etymology | AF suant, OF suivant, vars. of OF sivant adj.; cp. ME seuen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Following in time or order, ensuing, subsequent; (b) appropriate.
Associated quotations
a
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)456 : Þe furst day of trete was..þe vij day of August in þe viij ȝere of..Kyng Harry þe sixt; þe secunde day of trete was þe xij day of August next swant; þe þridday of trete was in þe saturday in þe morw in þe Natiuite of Oure lady..þan next swant vndur auysement of iiij wukys be cause of haruust.
- -?-(a1461) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.279b : He..wente..over the see and ther abode ayere, at which sesons and tymes he was well instructe of alle suiyvent moovvemens, and of alle the mighte of the kinge's adversaries, wherof he never set ne desired to sette remedie.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Lamb 633)195/4 : Now will I retourn to that place theras I left of the bok of gouernance of kingys and princys in this sam maner suante.
b
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.34 : Hyt was solas to sene The herrowdys of armys þat went by twyne, Kyngys herrowdys, and pursefauntys, In cotys of armys suauntys [vr. aunceauntes]: The Englysche beste, the Fraynysche floure, Of Portynggale castelle and toure; Othyr in cotys of dyversyte, As lordys berys in hys degre.