Middle English Dictionary Entry
thǒusand num.
Entry Info
| Forms | thǒusand num. Also thousande, -san(t, -saund, -zand(e, -send(e, -sen(t, -zen(d, -sind(e, -sing, -sond(e, -sound, -zond, -sund, þhousand, (N) thoussand, (early) þousunt & thusand(e, -send(e, -sen(t, -sond, ðhusant, -sent, (N) thussand, (early) þusanð, -sund(e, -sunt, (infl.) -sendæ & thosand(e, -saund(e, -send, (N) thossand, (16th cent.) thausaund, (early SWM) þeosende & (?errors) twosende, souzand, ȝowsing; pl. thousand(e)s, etc. & ðhusenz, thausandes & (early) þusenden, (gen.) þusenda, -sendæ. For the forms thoughesaund, þouȝsand, thouthen, towsand, twousand, y(h)ousand(e, ȝowsand, etc. see LALME 4.265-6. |
| Etymology | OE þūsend |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
Cardinal number as adj. [a few early quots. may be noun with genitive following]: (a) one thousand; a great number of, a great amount of; mani (fele) ~, many thousands of (miles, angels, etc.); (b) an uncountably large number of; an indefinitely large number of [often indistinguishable from (a)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)128/9 : Job hæfde..þusend assen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/10 : Swa fela ðusend pundæ sceolde þe ðæȝen þam kynge.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1316 : Lamb..cann cnawenn..Hiss moderr þær ȝho blæteþþ Bitwenenn an þusennde shep.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)16/150 : Þeonne kimeð deað wið a þusent [Tit: þusanð] deoflen hiderwart as ich seide.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)496 : He ne hadde nouȝt ȝeot to heuene i-come bi a þousende mile and mo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1191 : A ðhusant plates of siluer god Gaf he sarra.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.44 : Þe voice of many þousande Aungels bitokneþ þe ioye þat þe Aungels maken in heuene.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)264/20 : A þouzend dyeulen ssolle come mid hire.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.41.15 : Cure haue þou of a good name þat forsoþe more shal abide stille with þee þan a thousend grete tresores & preciouse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1224 : Lasse than a thousand pound he wolde nat haue.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4543 : Bulciphal..better is þan a þousande mark.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.984 : Hir lord..Toke another..hir to exile Oute of his lond many þousand myle.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)196 : Mille-morbia hauyþ her name for-þi þat she is medicinal to a þowsant sikenesses.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)189/1139 : He gynnyth to sle with dilfull dynt A thowsaund men or euer he stynt.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)4 : Better is oon dredan God þan a þowzand vnpitouse.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.190 : Þou ȝe ȝeuyn a þousant pound for a messe, þe preste..muste puttyn his preyere in þe wil of God.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)3084 : This doctryne & grownde Hadd pleasid me more then a thowsande pownde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5470 : Out of Trasy þere come..A thousand þro men & þrifty of hond.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)8/83 : Þu..schalt beo sare ideruet under hire as hire þreal on a þusent [Tit: þusand] wisen.
- c1275 Mon may longe (LdMisc 471)49 : In o stunde oþer tuo a winnet him a þusend pine oþer mo.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)157/22 : Hi uzeþ more þanne a þosend maneres.
- c1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)55/1228 : Bestes and bryddes wit..many an-oþer þousand maner slekþe escheweþ deeþ.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4455 : Among a thowsand wymen outher tweyne To fynden noon that kowde in herte feyne.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)245/33 : Þe hoost were diuydid into a þousynde parties.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)274 : The place yaf a thousand savours sote.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)328/21 : Þere beþ a twosende manere of livynge.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)297/25 : The deuell..hath a thosand dyssaytes and wyles howe he may man be-gyle.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)12/26 : A thousent buschelles of ioye in heuen schul be for on drope of tribulacion paciently suffyrde in the worlde.
1b.
(a) In phrases & combs.: ~ pase, a thousand paces, one mile; ~ sith(es, ~ time(s, on a thousand occasions, a thousand times; also used as an indefinite number; ~ sith so bright, a ~ times brighter, a thousand times brighter; ~ winter(es, a thousand years, millenium; also, for a thousand years; ~ yer(es, a thousand years; also, the Millenium; also, for a thousand years; bi) a ~ del, by a thousand times; (b) in cpd.: ~ lef, prob. = mil-foil(e n.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/32 : Æfre binnen an þusend wintren þynceð Fenix þæt he forealdod seo.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)132/27 : He libbe her on life a þusend wintræ.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)356 : A þusend wintre þar ne þuncheð hit him naht longe.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4265 : More riches þe worþ bi a þousandel Boþe of cites & of riche castel.. Þan þerl Rohaut haþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)71/5 : He leuede a þousond year.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.172 : Whan a þousande ȝer ben passed þan shal sathan ben vnbounden.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.20.4-5 : And thei lyueden, and regneden with Crist a thousynd ȝeer; The othere of deede men lyueden not, til a thousynd ȝeeres be endid.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.727 : For in good feith, this lieveth wel, Mi will was betre a thousendel Than eny chiere that I cowthe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1254 : A thousand tyme a rewe he gan hir kisse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)332a/b : For þe myle conteyneþ a thousand pase.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10090 : Þe sunn o rightwisnes..Hir mad a thusand sith sa bright.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22060 : An angel..in þat pitt him sperd fast, To-quils a thusand [Phys-E: thusande] yeir at þe last.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.753 : After the deth she cryed a thousand sithe.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)1 : A thousand sythes have I herd men telle That there is joye in hevene and peyne in helle.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)12/21 : I myȝte lyue a þousande ȝeeris.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1495 : This halle..Was woxen on highte..Wel more, be a thousand del, Than hyt was erst.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)50b/a : Þis aforseid Element..schal be a þousand tymes briȝttere þan ony cristal or precious stoon.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)465 : Hooly chirche haþ bileuyd þis þousinde wynter & more.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.281 : It was nout leful to gon þat day ouyr a þousant pas.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)555 : I thanke you a thowsaund tymes.
b
- a1300 Sln.146 Gloss.(Sln 146)293/102 : Ambrosia: ang. thusondlef.
2.
Cardinal number as noun;—freq. in pl.: (a) a thousand angels, men, etc.; a great number of angels, men, etc.; also, a group of a thousand angels, men, etc.; also, with early genitive or of periphrasis: a thousand (of angels, men, years, etc.), a great number, group, etc.; (b) one thousand as an abstract number; (c) bi ~ (and bi ~, bi (fele) thousandes, in great numbers, in great quantities; mani (fele, mani a) ~, thousandes fele (mani), fele (mani, mani score) thousandes.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)72/32 : Se witega cwæð, þæt se mycela Godes dæig is swyðe gehænde, & þearle swift, þeh gyt wære oðer þusend geare [OE geara] to þan dæige, nære hit langsum.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)298 : Cherubin ant serafin, a þousend þer were, mit tapres ant mit sensers.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)527 : Fif hundred ger of ðat ðusent..mankin was on werlde sent.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.20.10 : Ten men ben chosyn of an hundrid of alle þe lynagis of israel & an hundrid of a þowsand.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.260 : A þousent [vr. thowsyng] of Men þo þrongen to-geders.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.679 : He hath a thousand slayn, this pestilence.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)16b/a : For somme [angels] serueþ & som stondiþ by; þousendis of þousendis seruede, [etc.].
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)118.72 : Gode to me lagh of þi mouth holde, Ouer thousandes [vr. a þhousand] ofe siluer ore golde.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)220 : Þikke þowsandez þro þrwen þeroute, Fellen fro þe fyrmament fendez ful blake.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.82 : The lawe of þi mouþ is betere to me þan þousyndis of gold & of siluer.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)88 : Manie be to thee pesible, but of a thousind oon be thi counseiler.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2134 : Þowsentys of aungell he myth han had To a wrokyn hym þer ful ȝerne.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)119/25 : I do mercy into þousindis of hem þat louen me.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13295 : We faght with hom felly, and flait hom so, Þat a thawsaund with threpe we throng vnto dethe.
b
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.56 : Bitokneþ þousandes, ouercomynges & temptaciouns.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)327a/a : Ten hundred makiþ a þousend.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)25/11 : I say and herde a vois of many angels in þe circuyte of þe trone, þe noumbre was þousandes of þousandes.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)41b/a : Milia: a þousen.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)7/5-6 : If þe articul be a thousant or thausandes and he stonde by hym selfe, write afore 3 cifers.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)195/22 : Þe summe of thyse is a thowsend.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)12 : Of hundrythes be made thowsands.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)29/4 : Heo wurden þa utene ymbsette mid Romanisscen here, swa lange þæt þære feala þusenda mid hungre wurden acwealde.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)18/55 : Ðe ælmihtigæ Scyppend..þa wrohte..fela þusendæ on ðam frumsceafte.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)105/26 : Alswa ȝisceð aȝiscere þet tet moni þusent [Nero: þusunt] mahten bi flutten ah þah his heorte berste.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)171/12 : Þe oþre alswa þe he sloh bi feole þusendes ofte for hare gruchunge ane.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)234 : Ich habbe in þane munten monie þusund [Otho: þusendes].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2366 : Bi þeosende heo fellen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13135 : Moni þusenden þrasten ut of telden al to be-halden þeos þreo cnihtes balde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14572 : Heo..sloȝen of his folke feole þusende & senden heom to helle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15360 : Bi þusend and bi þusunde þræsten gunnen binward.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3411 : Al bi ðhusenz ðis folc was told.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3643 : Vor mony a [vr. mony] þousend þer were aslawe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4710 : Þe flotes war secand þe land, Bi hundretz als, and bi thusand.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)172 : Leuedyes and damoysele Quyk hem greiþed, þousandes fele, Jn faire atyre, in dyuers queyntise.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.18 : I haue saued with þis charme Of men and of wommen manys score þousandes.
- c1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)51/1061 : For þis ȝifte to many a þousand heþ be denyed.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)195 : Crist fedde þe puple in desert with bodily almes, manye þousand.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1436 : All þe Messedones maynly ascendis..Thringis vp on a thraw thousandis many.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)282/322 : We kan telle þe tyme where and whan þat many A thowsand turnyd hath he.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)68 : Kynge Herode..for hys sake made kylle many thouzandes of chyldren yn Bedleem and a-boute.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)10449 : He shal boste..Hou manye þowsand he haþ hadde.
3.
In compound numbers: (a) five (thre, six hundred, hundred and fourti, etc.) ~; ~ ~, ~ thousandes, etc.; ~ hundredfold (score); (b) a ~ and five hundred, a ~ and nin and twenti, eighte hundred ~ and six, thre ~ and ten, etc.; (c) in dates; also in reckoning a period of time from the birth of Christ or the beginning of the world.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1101 : Se eorl Rotbert ælce geare sceolde of Englalande þreo þusend marc seolfres habban.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)123/11 : He hæfde seofen þusend scepen & þreo þusend olfendan.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)29/337 : On ðare fyrde weron, ðe ferdon fram Egypte, sixhund þusend monnæ.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/10 : Nu is þæt tynfealde ȝetel on ðam tyn ðusendæ..& hundteontiȝ peneȝæ bið tyn siðes tene.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15510 : He fedde fif þusennde menn Wiþþ fife barrliȝ lafess.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/21 : Mo ðanne fif ðusende besantes of gode þohtes, and of gode..woerkes, ðu mihtest habben biȝeten, ȝif ðu woldest.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)160/5 : Ure lauerd..is hundret siðen, ȝe þusent þusent siðen, betere þen is al þe world.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)43 : Hire weoren..hund þousunt deade.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)115 : Þar hich be-ȝeth of souentine archebischobes to þousent daȝes to ȝiuenisse of hure sinna.
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)1 : Ondleuene þousend of virgines for ore louerd i-martrede were.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3217 : Vt of egipte he haued brogt On horse fifiti ðhusent men.
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)64 : We shule facche þe rybaus wher þi wille be, ant drawen hem [wiþ] wilde hors out of þe countre, by þousendes fyue!
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)75/18 : Him ssolde by an hondred þouzen ziþe þe more hardiliche hatye zenne.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.110 : Þe hundreþ & fourty þousande [vrr. þousund, þousind] þat hadden þe name of þe Lombe..bitokneþ þe holy Men & wymmen þat ben in holy lijf.
- ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars (Jul A.5)189 : Twenti souzand..deyed tother day.
- c1400(1389) Wycl.25 Art.(Dc 273)467 : A thowsand þowsandis bene moo seintis in heven þen we kanonysen in þo kalendar.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.502 : Fyue thousand folk it was as greet meruaille With loues fyue and fisshes two to fede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.500 : In certain if it so befelle That althertrewest man ybore, To chese among a thousend score, Which were alfulli forto triste, Mi ladi lovede, and I it wiste.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)181 : Fiue thossand men..he Fedd wyt fiue laues and fisses thre.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6152 : Þai war..Sex hundreth thusand [Frf: thosande; Trin-C: þousonde] fute men.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7604 : Ten thussand fel in dauid hand.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)178/15 : Þe lengþe of þe Cite was twelue þousan pase abouten.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.42 : Ten þousand [vr. ȝowsyng; Z: thowsound] of tentis teldit beside.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8125 : After a thowsand thowsand yheres to kast, Endlesnes suld sese þan at þe last.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)120/16 : Þare er contynuelly with him in his courte L thowsand men at hors.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)29/36 : Yf þat figure of 6 stonde in þe fyrst place he schuld betoken but 6..In þe 5 place sexty þowsant..In þe 7 place sex þowsant thousantes.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10680 : He had at his ledyng fayr folke fawrty thowssand.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)51/31 : Herode..lete sle..the yong, innocent children..an hundreth and xliiijti thousand.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)19/30 : He slowe..ner ii thowsonde munkis of þe monastary of Bangore.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.285 : Crist hymself fedde..foure þousant of men.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6175 : Goddes mercy..passiþ alle þe leues þat springes..Ȝe, a þousand hundrid folde It passith al þat I tolde.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)3092 : This is so made to teche a multitude Of rude peple..Ten thosande lay men ageyn two able clerkis.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)107/6-7 : Godes ængel..ofsloh þæs Sirien cynges here an hund þusend mannen fif & hundehtentig þusende.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)140/19 : Mann sægð þæt fram þan time þe ærest Adam gescapen wæs, oððe Cristes tocyme, wæron agane fif þusend & fif hundred & fif & twentig geare.
- a1300 Hundreds Engl.(Jes-O 29)58 : Þis is vnder al xxvi þusend hida and on half hundred.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2146 : Þre þousend and ten and on—Þre mile-wayes oþer to No miȝt no man step no go..Bot he steped on ded men.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)190/34 : Oure lhord him hede yzent be þe guode wyfman, a þouzond and vyf hondred pond.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)97/8 : A legioun is sixe þousand and sixe hondred, sixti and sixe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3344 : Eyȝte hundrid þousand & sixe wer þer dede.
- a1450 The nowmer (Add 37049)318 : Þe nowmer of ihesu cristes wowndes ar fyve þowsande foure hondreth sexty & fyftene, þi whilk in his body war felt & sene.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)144/8 : Þat planetis þat be fyxe, þe nowmbyr of hem is a thousaund and nyne and tweynti.
c
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)76/203 : A þousend ȝer and nie hundret and foure þare-bi-fore It was þat ore swete louerd on vrþe was i-bore.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)577 : Two ðhusant ger, sex hundred mo, And sex and fifti forð to ðo, Weren of werldes elde numen Ðan noe was in-to ðe arche cumen.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.161 : Þe ȝere of oure Lorde a þowsand þre hundred and foure score and fyue.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)76 : Þe ȝeres of grace fyl þan to be A þousynd & þre hundred & þre.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7843 : Four thusand sex scor and four tald Was all þe warld þat tim ald.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.270 : In þe date of owre dryȝte in a drye apprile, A þousande and thre hondreth tweis thretty & ten.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)47 : A thousand and thre hundrid also And two and twenti put þereto Was Cristis date verement When he out of þis londe went.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)48/21 : The yere of the incarnacion of oure lorde a thowsand two hundurd & fowrty.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)210 : Brutus þis burghe had buggid..Before þat kynned ȝour Criste..A þousande ȝere and þritty mo.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)128 : Yt schuld be v thouzande and v hondred yere or the Sone of God schuld come.
4.
Ordinal number as adj.: thousandth;—sometimes in compound numbers; a ~ part, a thousandth part; bi a (the, twenti, etc.) ~ part, by a (the, twenty, etc.) thousandth part.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6042 : In þe a þousend ȝer of grace & endlofte þer to Þis folc com to kanterbury.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6637 : Þis king knout..in þe a þousend ȝer of grace & þritti..& sixe he deide at ssaftesburi.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)113/844 : Ryȝt as on þe seuenþe day God maad þe world, so in þe seuene þousand ȝeer þe world schal passe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.553 : Ne koude man by twenty thousand part Countrefete the sophymes of his art.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7802 : Ane..Couth noght gese bi þe thowsand parte..Þe ioyes þat þan salle be in heven.
- a1450 Dial.Bern.& V.(2) (Cmb Dd.1.1)352 : I schal the tellin here afterward A þousand part þat hardere wore.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)47/12 : For noon may synne so myche aȝeyns vs by a þousande parte as we synnen aȝeyns God.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.25.69a : God acceptith muche more than þis þat thu suffryst be a thowsand part.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)128 : For yn the v thouzand and v hondred yere Jhesu Cryst ys comen yn the arche of hys body.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)1923 : All maner of musyk was ther hard thanne, Soo muche in eyrthe hard neuer no manne, Not by an hondrythe thowsand part, As this was to any monnis regarde.
5.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1299) Doc.in Sus.AC 2()294 fn. : 6 li., 10s. liber. Thome Thousandpound, pro cera de eo ad opus regis capta apud Barton.
- (1312) Close R.Edw.II452 : John Thousandpound.
- (1323) Surname in Mun.Magd.Oxf.97 : Thousandpound, Rich.