Middle English Dictionary Entry
adden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | adden v. |
| Etymology | L addere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To join or combine (sth. with sth. else), add (sth.); (b) to say or write (sth.) in addition, add (sth.) as an amplification or a supplement; also, to speak further, continue; (c) ~ to don, to do (sth.) more and more.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.12.32 : What I comaunde to thee, that thow oonly do to the Lord, ne adde [L addas] thow eny thing, ne lasse.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.9.44 : Lat us..adden thanne reverence to suffisaunce and to power.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.4.110 : Yif that any good were added to the wrecchidnesse of any wyght, nis he nat more blisful than he that ne hath no medlynge of good?
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170b/b : Be þe resine dissolued with hony & terbentyn, & þe puluerez yadded to [*Ch.(2): and putte þe powdres þerto], be þer made emplaster.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.57/27 : Ystreyned she was yn streyghte bondys; these bondys with her woodnys myght lightly y-broke, othir were addid therto.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)5/30 : Whan he had wretyn a qwayr, he addyd a leef þerto, and þan wrot he þis proym.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2917 : A nother meracle ȝet sone after þis was do..þe whyche more drede addedde þis other to.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)53 : This kyng eke addid on to þe ȝere too monthis, januari and februari.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)29 : And thus Scottis aftur the [Britouns &] Pyctis addyd the iiide peple yn Brytayne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)98/19 : God hath haddyd ssorwe to sorwe.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)356 : Ezechye to deth-ward peyned, And yet god addyd ouer xv yere.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.499 : Out of the gospel-he tho wordes caughte, And this figure he added eek ther to.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2549 : Thanne shul ye examyne the seconde condicioun which..Tullius addeth in this matere
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.24.25 : And she addide [WB(2) (Bod 296): adde], seiynge, Of chaf forsothe and of hey myche there is at vs.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 19.11 : He addide [vr. addide to; WB(1): puttinge to; vr. addynge; L adjiciens] and seide a parable.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.4.107 : And adde this also, that every weleful man hath a ful delicaat feelynge.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5306 : I wol that what so euer..shall be writen hereafter as liketh me to adde or menvse, that it be abated and finisshed by myn executours.
- (1436) Proc.Privy C.4.314 : [They] shal doo all her diligence..þat certain addicions..be added to þe said trieues in such places as is marked.
- (1447-8) Shillingford56 : They..made protestacion, as tochynge the articulis, that they wolde addere ad diminuere, the substance noght changed, oon article excepted, the whiche they wolde adde yn substance.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)21 : Þe seide kynge Aluredus addid [L superadjecit] þer-to the lawe Englyssh.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)104/224 : Therfore I Adde And sey Ful of grace.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)44 : Oon of his chambrelayns..addid and saide as that noon of hem observe ne kepe no croked nor long nailes.
c
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Hos.13.2 : And now thei addiden [L addiderunt; WB(1): puttiden to] to do synne, and maden to hem a ȝotun ymage.
2.
(a) Math. To add (one number to another); to perform the arithmetical process of addition; (b) anat. added flesh, enlarged or swollen tissue, a fleshy protuberance.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1450(a1388) *Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)7a : I adde þes 9 grees to 45, and þer of rises 54 grees, þe which I adde vnto þe ascension of þe 3 gree of virginis.
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[2.23] 90a : Rekene how many degrees that the firste altitude of A excedeth the secunde altitude, & take thilke half proporcion that is exceded & adde to his secunde altitude..Take thanne the half of 62 & adde it to 21.
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[2.25] 90b : Ȝif it so be that the sunnes declinacioun be southward fro the equinoxial, adde thanne thilke declinacioun to the altitude of the sunne att noon.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)9/18 : Þou schalt adde þat ylke figure þat berys þe articulle ouer his hed to þe figure vnder hym.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)13/23 : Ryght as þou subtrayd þe neþer figures fro þe hier figures, ryȝt so adde þe same neþer figures to þe hier figures.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9458 : The yere of grace..A thousend and two hundyrd also, Yf thretty & oon be addyd therto.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1966 : She tolde the craft of Computacion, To adde, dymynew and to multiply.
- a1500(?1397) ?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(Dgb 72:Benson-Robinson)45.23 : I..wroot so many signes, degrees, and minutes in my slate, and afterward added I to signes, degrees, minutes and secoundes, the whiche I fond.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)35/17 : In addicioun, 2 ordres of figures and 2 nombres ben necessary, that is to sey, a nombre to be addede and the nombre wherto the addicioun sholde be made to.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/a : In boþe emoroidez, fleshez yadded [L carnes addite; *Ch.(2): ekede flesches], attricez, ficz, & condolomatez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81b/b : When..þai [medicines] adden in to softenez of þe ulcere, þen it behoueþ forto adde stiptic.
Note: 1st usage not covered by gloss. = ?increase.--per MJW