Middle English Dictionary Entry
supportāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | supportāciǒun n. Also supportacione, -tion, subportacion. |
| Etymology | L supportātio, AL subp-, -iōnis & OF suportatïon, -cion. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Help, assistance, aid; moral support, backing; the upholding of a cause, a title, etc.; also, an instance or act of assistance; ?encouragement [quot. c1450 Lydg.]; ~ yevinge; (b) forbearance, tolerance, sufferance; -- also pl.; freq. in polite address: of your god ~, with your ~, etc.; (c) ?faith, trust; (d) financial or material support, maintenance; also, the bearing of expense, payment [quots. 1435 & 1462]; (e) one who provides assistance, backing, etc.; a source of support; ?also, the basis, foundation [last quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2332 : Neither to thy foo ne to thy freend discouere nat thy secree ne thy folie for they wol yeue yow audience and lokyng and supportacioun in thy presence and scorne thee in thyn absence.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2984 : Wher prudence can fynde no socour..Farwel wisdam, farwel discrecioun, For lakke only of supportacioun.
- (1429) RParl.4.344a : Neyther be colour or occasion of feffement..any of the seide Lordes shal take any other monnys cause or querell, in favour, supportation, or mayntenance.
- (1438) LRed Bk.Bristol2.169 : Al other ordenaunces that ye wol make opon vs we wol obeie and kepe for euermore thurgh gode supportacions of your worthy maistreschip.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.515 : Thi name..May be registrid in the Hous off Fame Bi supportacioun of my sodeyn fauours.
- (1443) Reg.Gild Stratford (Macdonald)36 : The prokators schull make the purvyaunce for the festis..by avyse, supportacion, and helpe of the maystir.
- 1448(1440) Wars France in RS 22.2592 : Thei may..laboure and quyte hem truly..in supportacion of the kingis righte and of youre trouthe.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)352/38 : Take hede how grete a fole hee were þat wolde..take hede to þe profit of tribulacyone & þer-with desyred not his supportacyone [L subportacionem].
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1493 : Tendirnesse of age and lak of Elloquence, this feerful matere savyng supportacioun, me hath constreyned to put in suspence ffrom yow, my lord.
- (1459-60) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 83.2 : Rauf Marche seid vnto me þat it lay neuer in my power to haue recouere and possession of þe said lyvelode withoute his supportacion and labour.
- (1466-7) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 87.2d : William Haldworth..hadd claymed & pretended a title vnrightwesly..and for his mayntenaunce & supportacion in the same, his vnrightwise entent meoved and stired diuerse persones.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)237/10 : Of the kynges supportacions to his gode and trewe subgettes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.269 : Constantyne here sonne, havynge supportacion [L fretus] of men of Armeny, gate from prison thro theire helpe and cownsaile.
- a1500(a1457) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)151 : We..praye you that..withoute eny comfort of supportacion-yevyng unto the seid Henry, suffre oure said servant and his wyf peasably t'enjoie and occupie the seid place and land.
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)412 : God..will not suffre yow to be temptid more þan ye may bere, but he will yeue yow such supportacion..þat ye may bere hem.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)54 : Sone aftir he wente into Fraunce, and was crouned at Paris..thorough special help and supportacioun of the said cardinalle.
- -?-(1467) Will in Som.RS 16197 : I will that if any man have been wronfully doone to..by supportacion in my unlawfull title, that therin ye see a redresse.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2908 : My lord..with supportacioun Of ȝour grace..Lat non offence ben vn-to ȝour lust, Nor ȝou displese, þouȝ I sey my conceyt.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)166/30 : Þan sche thankyd hym for..hys charite þat he schewyd in supportacyon of hir crying & hir wepyng..at hys sermown.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)120/5 : Rudely I begynn in Englysch, vndyr the supportacion off my masterys in this syens and eke off the lysterys, at the reqwest off..Syre Mylys Stapyltun.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)145/17 : I..haue folowyd the sentens off ther wordys, vndyr the supportacionys off my masterys in this syens.
- (1453) Paston2.17 : With most humble and louly seruyce..I recomaund me to youre contynuell supportacion.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9717 : Thanne, wyth your supportacioun, I axe off you thys questyoun, [etc.].
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)229/14 : Johan Shirley..which recommendeth and submittetth to the noblesse and supportacion of youre excellent discression to correct.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)122/30 : Now most mekely we thank ȝou of ȝour pacyens and beseke ȝou of ȝour good supportacion If here hath be seyd ore don Any inconuenyens.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)841 : Pray hem..By þair fauour and supportacioun To take in gre þis Rude translacioun.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.461 : Hector, my sothfaste suffisance, My final trust and supportacioun In þi wyse disposicioun Hoolly I putte.
d
- (1435) RParl.4.488a : It shall be lawefull..to shippe..fifty sakkes of Wolle, withouten any Subsidie..in relief, coumfort, and supportation of ye grete and importable charge, yat your..Citezeins yerely beren and suffren.
- (1446) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1p.lviii : Pleise it your good grace for to..grawnt to your sayd besecher sum supportacyon to relevyng of tho sayd pouer College of Godeshous..in such maner that shal in no wyse..munysch your tresur nor your coffures.
- (1449) in Willis & C.Cambridge 29 : For as much as the..president and felowes have not wherwith to edifie the seid College in housing and other necessaries..withoute that the supportation of our moste noble and benygne grace be shedded unto them in this partie, we have yeven them cc li.
- (c1454) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35324 : We hertely pray yow of your charytable subportacion and helpe to the seyde worke.
- a1605(1462) Benev.Edw.IV in Ellis Orig.Let.2.1 (Hrl 543)129 : Into the relevinge and supportacion of the greate charges, expenses, and costes..evariche of them woll graunt unto us..some certayne some of money.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)473 : Oon dyme was grawnted to the kynge of the clergy to the supportacion of his men.
- (1487) Will Uvedale in SAC 3164 : I bequeathe to each of the lights of St Nicholas..towards the supportacion of the same, ii s. & iiii d.
- a1525(?1424) Cov.Leet Bk.75 : Ye wold..make cheuaunce of a certen summe of gold vnto our souerayne lord in the supportacion of the..astatez of his Realme of Ingland and of Fraunce.
e
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)269 : Ne wer the porayle her berer vp and Supportacioun, Farwel lordshyp!
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6967 : Mi fader whilom, be many sundri signe, Was my socour, my supportacioun..Our worldli gladnesse, our consolacioun.
- (1447-8) Shillingforddraft 76 fn. : [Exceter..was..] strengthe, favour, supportacion, and socour to the Kyng and to all his puple.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)217/34 : To punisshe þe yveldoers..to execute justice..shal beo þe supportacion and þe famous glorie of þemperour excellences.