Middle English Dictionary Entry
suspenden v.
Entry Info
Forms | suspenden v. Also suspend(e, suspendi, sospendien & (?error) supende; pl. suspenden, etc. & (?error) suspendest; p. suspendede, -et, -it, suspend(e, suspent; ppl. suspended(e, -it, suspende & (error) suspedid. |
Etymology | L suspendere & OF sospendre, suspendre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To hang (sth.), hang up; ~ from, support (the dura mater) by attachments from (the cranium); ppl. suspended, suspended (from a mast) so as to swing freely; (b) ~ in the cros, to hang (sb.) on a cross, crucify.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)46a/b : Þe vtilite whi þat þe dura mater is suspended fro þe braine panne is for..ȝif þat þe braine panne touched þe dura mater, it schulde greue þe dura mater be cause of his hardenesse.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.832 : Take peres right mature And with hool salt hem trede..When they beth resolute, in stondis pure Or erthen pottes..after monethes iij, do hem suspende And..goode licour of hem wol descende.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2928 : The ram a beem is, by the mast suspende [Veg.(1): idrawe vp], That..is smal & longe, On either ende an iron hed to fonge.
b
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)456 : Bischops of ierusalem..suspendiden hym in þe cros ful felly.
2.
(a) To place (a cleric, church, etc.) under ecclesiastical suspension, interdict (sb., a nation), prohibit use of (a place) for sacramental purposes; excommunicate (sb.); debar (a priest, friar, etc.) from performing his office; also, bar (Jesus) from the synagogue; ~ from (of), suspend (a cleric) from (his order, office, the singing of Mass, etc.); ~ of cristendom, excommunicate (sb.); (b) to debar (sb.) temporarily (from participating in an activity, from a place, etc.); also, put off temporarily (the celebration of a betrothal, marriage), postpone, defer; ~ oute of pre-sence, banish (sb.) temporarily from (one's) presence; (c) ~ of, to remove (sb.) from (civil office), put (sb.) out of (an occupation); (d) to set aside (a law); put a stop to (an act, a practice, etc.); bring about the cessation of (ecclesiastical prerogative); also, revoke (someone's authority); -- used in fig. context [last quot.]; alch. counteract (sth.); with the belle suspended, omitting use of the bell; (e) to deprive (sb. of sth.); ~ from, refl. sever oneself from (sth.), give up (sth.); ~ up, lose (one's power); (f) to be in abeyance [last quot.]; also, put (one's rational capacity) in abeyance; relinquish (the use of one's divine power); (g) ~ to, to cause (the will) to be fixed on (sth.), affix to.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1713 : Þe pope him sende lettres..þat he scholde A-mansi þe king..And suspendi þe bischopes..And entre-diten al engelond.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11818 : Þe bissop of lincolne & þe bissop of cicetre..he [papal legate] suspendede echone.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.5 : Þis Odo suspendede [vr. suspendide; Higd.(2): suspende] kyng Edwynus of Cristendom.
- (a1399) Libel Neville in Archaeol.1682 : He shal be suspended or prived or be condempned in þe value of his benifyce.
- a1400 CMSoul (Bod 923)274 : The circumstaunces of þe synne ben comprehendid in þese wordes: Who, What, Where..Where, that is to sey whether hit was in holy chirche or in eny holy place, or owt of holy place or in eny place suspended.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)46/6 : By þe same decretal, alle freres beþ suspended of þe offyce of prechyng.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)69 : Þei wolen suffre an auter vnhalwedid, or a chirche or a chirche ȝerde suspendid & no masse seyd þer-inne..ȝif fourty pens ben bihynden of ten mark.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)79 : Þei wolen suspenden pore prestis fro masse & prechynge & alle goddis seruyce.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)460/3 : Þer was som tyme a bisshopp þat suspent a certan preste in his dioces.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)460/8 : Þis is þe bisshopp þat tuke fro vs our preste & suspend hym, at he may not say mes for vs.
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)251/20 : Chanons of ane howse in the name of þe byschoppe trauaylede greuoslye þat congregacioun of nwns for a certayne summe of monye and suspendede þat hows fro deuyne seruyce.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7720 : Þe bischop walde noȝt þaim amend Na be autorite suspend.
- (1468) Lin.DDoc.128/5 : Thomas Wortley..smote violently oon Edward Syngar..and drew blod of him within the Churcheyerd of grantham; Wherby the said Churcheyerd was polluted and of administracion of all sacramentes and sacramentalles suspendid.
- ?a1475 Com.Proph.M.(PennSt-U PS V-3)439 : Than was al Englond entirdited and suspedid [read: suspendid].
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlvi : Þei suspenden men & chirches, boþe auters & superaltares, but men biȝen here blessyngis.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)417 : Y shal curse þee in þyn hed & suspende þee & þe puple þat þey here not goddis seruyss.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)456 : Bischops of ierusalem maden crist be cursid & suspendid..& þey puttiden men out of synagoge þat confessiden crist apertly.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.178 : Ȝif a clerc be symoniac in takyng of his ordre, he is suspendit of his ordre boþin anemyst hymself & anemyst oþere so þat he may nout don execucion of his ordre.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)271/2 : A byschop suspendet a prest..for he cowþe syng non oþer masse but of requiem.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)225/36 : He was suspended fro syngynge of masse.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/a : Weddingis and spousailes beþ suspendid [L suspenduntur] for to it be aftir estir.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1249 : Sche salbe suspend fro þe mete Al tyme þat hir felows sal ete.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1258 : If a non..Mor greuus syns..wil wirk, Sche salbe suspend fro þe kirk, Fro mete & for [read: fro] al company.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2240 : Yif he thus offende, Oute of thy presence hym vttirly suspende [vr. supende].
c
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)169 : It is ordeyned of the forseyd subballyves that ȝif ony of hem be a berere of woord or of lesyng be twixen folk of the toun, wher thourgh discord..ryseth in the comoun..be he suspendyd and put doun of his offys all ȝerys.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)185 : Ȝif he wil not purveyen hym of such, be he suspended of his office.
- (1442) RParl.5.56a : All suche Aliens..shold than be remeved and suspended of her occupation of Brocour, and of all manere exercise of Brocage..for evermore.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)856 : We sospendiez [Corp-C: Wy suspendest; Hrl: We suspendieth] swuch conseil, for it nis nouȝt wurth a fille.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)47 : The pope pretendith that he hath power to enterprete and suspende and make voide..suche lawis at his wille.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)356 : Noo pope..mai..asoile here of a litel bodili peyne..how shulde he assoile soulis of þe peyne of purgatorie? Prove he his power..and suspende assoiling of moneie.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)23/361 : Godys lauys ȝe han suspend; Here-fore ȝe wyl be schamyd and chend.
- a1450(1419) Loke how Flaundres (Dgb 102)68 : Encresyng of temperalte Suspende spiritualte.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)94/3 : All other..dayes hit shold be lawful to syng j masse with a lowe voyce and the belle suspended.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)338 : Men shulden by goddis lawe moue men to forsake synne, and þus shulden prestis do be prechyng; but antecrist haþ suspendid hit now.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1824 : Tawny is..Infuside with a thikke fumosite..wherby the clernys of Ayre is suspendide.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)23/14 : He suspend þe commyssion of thre sistirs..and put them holy vndir the obeisaunce..of the divine Feith.
e
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)362 : As anentis suspendinge and enterdityng..ȝif þei wolden suspende hemsilf fro alle þingis but Goddis lawe, it were a graciouse suspendinge.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)236/20 : He ȝaf hym so gret power ouer fendes þat..he suspendyt hom of hor pouer þat þay haddyn yn Cristys creatures..and oþer mawmetes.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)237/1 : From þe tyme þat Bartholomew com ynto þe tempull, he [Astaroth] suspendyt vp so his power, þat he myȝt not hele no mon of hom.
f
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)242 : But oure lord wolde schewe..that he was verray man, suspendynge for the tyme the vse of al the myȝt of the godhede.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)44/22 : If man wolde suspende his resoun from þe perceyuyng of þe same þing which his sensitijf witt perceyueþ, man schulde wirche no frelier..þan..a beest wirchiþ.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.41 : Ȝyf we wille oure synne defende, And dyspyse thi lawe..Thanne muste ryȝtwysnesse suspende.
g
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)97/13 : Lifte up þe mynde þat is pressed wiþ þe hevy birden of synne, & suspende all my desire to hevenly þinges.