Middle English Dictionary Entry
sustenaunt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | sustenaunt ppl. |
| Etymology | AF sustenant, ppl. of OF sostenir, sustenir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Supporting (sth.), encouraging; ben ~ to, to be supportive of (sth.), encourage.
Associated quotations
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Eg 2726)I.440 : Or elles whan thise folk of lowe degree, as thilk þat holden hostillers, sustenaunt [vr. bene sustenaunt to; Elsm: sustenynge] the theft of her Ostillers, and þat is in maner of deceytes.