Middle English Dictionary Entry
tē̆rment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tē̆rment n. Also termente, terement, terre-, tier-, tirre-, tirmente, (error) serrement. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of entē̆rement n.; also cp. AF terment. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A burial, an interment; also, a funeral service; a memorial service [quot. a1464]; ~ makinge.
Associated quotations
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.92 : Ye skeu[eyns shullen] don seyn yo messes wyhtinne vj day after ye terement.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)56/104 : We wile þat þe catel..be put in-to þe box..þat, ȝif caas falle of terementes makyng..or what þing þat nedeþ..it schal be take of þe box.
- (1402) Will in Bk.Lond.E.212/29 : Y bequethe to vjxx pouere Bedrede men & wommen..þe day of my terment atte Westmenstre..euerych man and womman, for þe loue of god, iiij d.
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 218 : I wolle..to þat same chirche þe vestement of blak Camoka..longing þerto for to synge þerinne þe day of my Serrement [read: Terrement].
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.151/322 : Percell seld of dyuerse godes, with torches made for the terment of Kyng Henry þe Vte.
- (1439) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.2 : Resceued for ye terement of John Sevile, v s.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)494 : Tyrrement [Win: Tyrmente], or intyrrement: Funerale.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)112/20 : Many Grekis wente to Troye to se þe noblesse..of þe riche tierment [vr. terrement], that was þe moost solempnely made þat euer was made for þe bodi of a knyȝt.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)355/18 : Ser Iohn of Gaunt..was brout fro þennez to saint Poulez and þere þe King made & hilde his terement.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)238/28 : In þis ȝere..þe king held a solempne terment for his fader at Cauntirbury.
- (1465) Will Gregory in Camd.n.s.17xliii : After my terment fullfilled, I woll that the same xij yerdes of clothe be gyfen and departed among iiij pore men or wommen.
- (1472-74) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31533 : Item, for Cuppes for feyrers terment, ij d.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.37 : Vnto his cofurs he hase sente, And geuyn x powunde to his termente.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)97 : Monday was the terment of the Lorde Moumbrey at the Whytte Freerys.
- -?-(1415) Will in Som.RS 16401 : My wyll is that my body be beryed in the churchehey of the parysch churche of Thornecombe..Ande no fest nother terment yhold bote iij masses atte my buryyng.