Middle English Dictionary Entry
termen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | termen v. |
| Etymology | OF termer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. terminen v.
1.
(a) To bring (a legal dispute) to an end, settle; (b) to terminate (a siege, someone's life); ben termed for ever, ben termed of lif, of a person: be killed, lose one's life.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)89/2 : The parties I-called, they shold here the cause, and, appele I-put a-side, they shold terme hit with a dew ende.
b
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1304 : All þe tulkez in þe teld he termys þe lyve.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1336 : Alex[ander]..turnes agayn toward tyre to terme hys seige.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2784 : Of our wale princez Two of þe tithiest er tynt & termyd of lyfe.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2901 : Who tuke it in þat tyme war termyd for euer.