Middle English Dictionary Entry
succẹ̄ding ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | succẹ̄ding ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) temporal succession, the following of one thing by another; bi ~ of time, with the passage of time; (b) successful outcome, fulfillment; (c) genealogical succession.
Associated quotations
a
- c1460 Oseney Reg.204/23 : But, last that the trowth of this thyng by succedyng of tyme myȝght be callyd in-to dowte, we þe assynyng of the foresaide thynges to the foresaide chanons of vs i-made haue i-turnyd in-to scripture.
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham99/1679 : They [viz., in Purgatory] þat greuysly offendyd .. begunne to goo fro ful bittyr peynys to wars, and so by succeding of her peynys, dayly her tormentys besyly encresyn, þat euery day foloing is more greuossor to hem then was the daye before.
b
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)104/31 : It is gretly expedient for þin helþe þat þou be lafte amonge wiþoute sauour, lest þou be lifte up in succedyng [L bono successu] of þi desire, and plese þiself in þat þou art not.
c
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)34.7 (v.1:p.246) : Though she were noble .. by vertue of hir temporal birthe, the lyneal succedyng, yet was she more noble .. by the perfeccion of holy livyng.