Middle English Dictionary Entry
tōtā̆l adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tōtā̆l adj. Also total(l)e. |
| Etymology | OF total, totale & ML tōtālis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Complete in extent or degree; thorough, consummate; (b) affecting or pertaining to the whole, dispersed throughout, overall; (c) entire, whole; somme ~, the total amount, aggregate sum; (d) as noun: the total amount, aggregate sum.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.292 : Contricioun..shal ben vniuersal and total, this is to seyn a man shal be verray repentaunt for alle hise synnes.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)3.90/7 : Wonde of a bone forsoþ is inscisioun made in a bone..which somtyme is al fully totale, somtyme parciale.
b
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)163/1007 : Blahed in uryn sumtym..is totale, id est all or ellys ov[e]rall bla, & sumtym particuler bla, id est bod in a place bla.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)398/436 : Ȝif þe sky be total..it is þe l[st] takyn toward þe etyk.
c
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)39/8 : Vnder this fourme me shalle write and worche, tille the totalle nombre be halfede.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15162 : Summa total is xv li. v s. iiij d.
- (1462) Paston (EETS)1.107 : Summa totall of coyne and plate prised—iiij ml. dcxl li. xj s. viij d.
- (c1475) Exped.Edw.IV (Arms 2M.16)1a : Some total Speres, Archers, Artificers, [etc.].
- a1500 Dayly in Englond (BodPoet e.1)p.272 : Dayly in Englond meruels be fownd..Ne pene cane scribull the totall declaracyon.
- a1500 Retinue Edw.III Calais (Lamb 306)85 : The sume total of þe saide exspences..ys..iij c & xxxvij m li. ciiij li. ix s. iiij d.
d
- (1466) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4104 : Total, £ xxj ob.