(a) To undergo physical, mental, or spiritual distress or affliction, suffer; ~ o (of), suffer from (care, an affliction); also, have death inflicted upon one by (sb.) [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; ppl. sufferinge as adj.: who suffer, suffering; (b) to be made to undergo (punishment, judgment, a wrong, a blow, pain, torments, persecution, etc.), have (sth. painful or injurious) inflicted upon one, be subjected to (sth.), be made to suffer (sth.); also, ?of calamity: be undergone, happen [quot. c1400(?c1380)]; ~ bridel, fig. have a check or restraint imposed upon one; ~ ded (deth, dethes peine), have death inflicted upon one, be killed; ~ iren, undergo surgery; ~ of (on), be subjected to (sth.) by (sb.); (c) in oaths; (d) to undergo (pain, sickness, sorrow, hunger, thirst, etc.), experience (battle, shipwreck), suffer (poverty, misfortune, etc.); also fig. and in fig. context; also, experience (prosperity, good fortune, etc.); ~ deth (ende), undergo death, meet one's end, die; ~ nede, be in need; ~ wele and wo; (e) of a part of the body: to suffer (some ailment), undergo; ~ anientishing, fig. of the soul: swoon; (f) to incur (expenses), suffer (damages); (g) to bear the consequences for (one's own or another's sins), be punished for; (h) in proverbs and prov. expressions.

(a) To undergo (a process or condition), be subject to, be affected by; fig. experience (the heat of love); ~ eclipse, of the sun, moon: undergo eclipse; ~ kindeli hete, of food, medicine: ?receive natural heat [quot. a1400]; ~ liquefaccion, become liquefied, be dissolved; ~ wildernesse, of land: be left untilled, lie fallow; (b) to be acted upon by an agent, be passive; be acted upon by (sth.); ~ in, be acted upon by (sth.); bitoknen to ~, gram. of a verb: be acted upon, be of passive voice; ani-thing to be suffered, any activity in which one is the object of the action; ppl. sufferinge as adj.: capable of being acted upon, passive as opposed to active; cause sufferinge, a passive cause, a condition which contributes to an effect by being acted upon.

(a) To undergo hardship or affliction without succumbing, endure, hold out; be able to bear a medical treatment or regimen or a penance; (b) to undergo (pain, hunger, a medical treatment, etc.) without succumbing, endure without giving way or breaking, bear up under; be able to bear (sth.), stand; be able to endure (noise, a smell); also fig.; withstand (fire); also, resist (God), stand up against; of a bodily organ: tolerate (a medicine); of the breast as the seat of the mind: bear (the weight of arcane knowledge), understand (a mystery); ~ on, bear to have (sth.) on oneself; (c) in clauses of comparison or degree: as (also) hot as he mai ~, as hot as the paciente mai ~ hem (might ~ hit), sharpere than the bodi mai ~, etc.

With inf.: (a) to bear (to do or undergo sth.), stand; -- also with implied inf. [quot. ?a1425]; (b) to be able (to do or undergo sth.).

?To enable or help (sb.) to endure (adversity, peril); ?support (someone's efforts).

(a) To undergo hardship or affliction without resistance, endure patiently; ppl. sufferinge, willing to bear hardship, affliction, etc.; submissive, patient; sufferinge to, willing to endure (a wrong); (b) to submit meekly or willingly to (a wrong, torments, an adversity, hunger, etc.), undergo without resistance, endure patiently; ~ pacientli (mekli, mildeli, stille, etc.); (c) to submit to (sb., God's will, a teaching, law, etc.); also, submit to someone [quot. c1450 Cato(2), 2nd occurrence]; ~ evenli (with even wille), accept with equanimity (the ups and downs of fortune), endure equably; ~ of, submit to (sb.) [transl. of F sofrir de].

(a) To be long-suffering, forbear, refrain; defer vengeance or punishment, forbear for a while; also, desist; ppl. sufferinge, long-suffering, forbearing; (b) what sufferen we, what is the matter with us ?why do we refrain ?[transl. of L quid patimur]; (c) to wait, wait patiently; wait for (sb.), await; also, with that clause: wait in expectation (that sb. would do sth.); ~ to the tide, wait patiently until the right time; (d) Bibl. ~ in, to trust in (God's word); ~ lord (him, etc.), wait with hope for God, trust in God.

In proverbs and prov. expressions.

To put up with (an exhortation, a situation of injustice, the faults of another, what one is given, a state of affairs which one cannot prevent or hinder, etc.), endure, stand; abide (the ease of peace), bear with (a message).

(a) To endure the existence, presence, or actions of (sb.), put up with; tolerate (sb. who is troublesome, a thief, sinner, etc.); -- also refl.; also, hear (sb.) out [quot. a1425 Siege Troy(1)]; of a female animal: endure the presence and sexual advances of (a male animal); (b) ?to leave (a game animal) alone, leave in peace, leave unhunted.

(a) To allow (an action, a state of affairs, etc.) to occur or continue, permit, admit of; countenance (an immoral or illegal action), tolerate, fail to prevent or suppress; (b) ~ of, to permit of (disease).

(a) To permit something to be done, let something occur; afford the opportunity or possibility, allow, permit; grant permission; suffer ye til hider, suffer ye thus far, let it go no further; (b) refl. ?to permit oneself to do something, permit oneself to act; (c) ~ to, to permit (sth.) to (sb.) [rendering L dat.obj.].

To permit, allow, let: (a) with obj. noun or pron. (= subj. of inf.) and inf.: to permit (sb. or sth. to do sth., sb. to undergo sth., sth. to occur, etc.); also, in passive constr. with hit as grammatical subj.: it is permitted (sb. or sth. to do sth.); (b) without obj. noun or pron. before inf.; -- also in passive constr. with hit as grammatical subj.; (c) with obj. noun or pron. without inf.; (d) with obj. noun or pron. in to phrase (rendering a L dat.obj.) and inf.; -- usu. in passive constr. with hit as grammatical subj.; (e) with obj. noun or pron. and pr.ppl.: to permit (sb. or sth. to be doing sth.); who sufferinge ye bildinge, with whose permission you are building [transl. of L abl.absol.]; (f) with obj. noun or pron. and p.ppl.: to permit (sb. to undergo sth.), allow (sth. to be done); ~ sinne used, allow sin to be practiced; (g) with obj. noun or pron. qualified by prep. phrase or adv.: to permit (sb. or sth.) to remain (in a certain state, place, etc.), leave; permit (sb.) to enter (into a certain place) [quot. c1400(a1376)]; permit (heavenly bliss) to exist (together with sth. else) [quot. a1425(?1384)]; ~ from, permit (desires) to depart from (one); ~ so (thus), permit (sb. to do) so; ~ ther, permit (sb.) to remain there; also, allow (there to be a king) there; (h) with obj. noun and ind.obj. pron.: to allow (sb.) to have (sth.), grant (sb. sth.); (i) with that clause as obj.: to permit (that sb. do or undergo sth., that sth. occur), allow; -- also with that omitted; also in passive constr. with hit as grammatical subj.; (j) ~ hit be so, ~ (that) hit so were, to permit that it be the case, grant that it were so; (k) with noun, pron., or appositive hit as obj. and that clause: to permit (sb. that he do or undergo sth.), allow (it that sb. do sth.); -- also refl.; also with that omitted [quot. c1395]; also, refrain from interfering with (God that he may do sth., that his wrath may rage) [quots. a1382 & a1425(c1395), 2nd].

With inf.: to consent (to do, be, or undergo sth.), submit (to doing sth.); also, refl. allow oneself (to do, be, or undergo sth.).

(a) Ppl. suffered, mistransl. of L passa [understood as p.ppl. of L pati 'to suffer' rather than of L pandere 'to extend, stretch']; (b) ?error for frovren v. [arising from the presence of L suffert in the following line].