Middle English Dictionary Entry
bī̆nden v.
Entry Info
Forms | bī̆nden v. Forms: sg. 3 bī̆ndeth, bint; p. sg. bō̆nd, boond, bā̆nd & bǒund, bund; p.pl. bǒunden, bunden & bā̆nd(en, bō̆nd(e(n; ppl. bǒnden, i)bǒund(e(n, ebǒunde(n, ebǒnde, bunde, ibunde(n(e, ȝebunden & bǒun, bǒn, (chiefly N) bun. |
Etymology | OE bindan; bond, band; bundon; bunden. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To tie (sth.) up, as with a cord; bind (sheaves); gather or hold together, as with a girdle; tie (a bag, purse) shut; tie off, as with a tourniquet; (b) to tie or fasten (sb., sth. to sth. else), tie on; tether; (c) to tie (a rope, sash, etc.); ~ aboute; also, twist or coil (the neck); (d) ~ up, to string up or hang (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)103b : Ich wat swuch þet bereð ba togederes, heui brunie & here, ibunden hearde wið irn.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2216 : Ðo breðere seckes hauen he filt..And bunden ðe muðes ðor bi-foren.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3222 : Alle hir tayles he togydre bond.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4070 : Whan the mele is sakked and ybounde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2095 : Egiste Was take..and was forth broght, hise hondes bounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)102a/b : Þe membre þat is y bite oþir y stonge schal be streiȝtlich y bounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233b/b : Flex.. y bounde in knyches and bundels.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)263b/b : Yf his right gendryng stoon is y bounde, he gendreþ femelles.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.37.7 : I wenede vs to bynden hondfullis in the feelde.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)241 : This Avarice hilde in hir hande A purs..bonde so strong.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)42b/a : Be þai [vlceres] bounden wiþ a þrede.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)187 : The which clothes be in trusse or in pakke or in fardel, boundyn or unboundyn.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13016 : His hond bounden at his backe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)356/29 : As scho was byndand vpp hur head.
- a1500 Eglam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)860 : Yn a scarlet mantelle woundyn And with a goldyn gyrdylle bowndyn.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)200/36 : Wyth hys hondys bowndyn byhynd hym.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Ȝe finded redliche þar ane asse ȝe-bunden mid hire colt.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2820 : Demden him to binden faste Vp-on an asse.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)189 : He bond þer-to wel faste heuie stones, to drawe a-doun.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 11.4 : Thei..founden a colt bounden byfore the ȝate.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2151 : White alauntz..folwed hym, with mosel faste ybounde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4082 : Vnthank come on his hand that bond hym [the horse] so, And he that bettre sholde haue knyt the reyne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)252b/a : Bendes and knyttels..to bynde vp vynes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14979 : Bunden..þis ass þai fand bi a postel.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16433 : Þai band [Ld: bond; Trin-C: bonde] him til a tre.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.178 : Þat ðorst haue ybounden þe belle aboute þe cattis nekke.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1103 : In vchonez breste watz bounden boun þe blysful perle.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2093 : All my jowelles..I bynde undir this litel keye, That no wight may carie aweye.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)28/219 : Hir body was bun to a stake.
- a1475 Friar & B.(Brog 2.1)p.58 : Bynd me one to a poste.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.81rb : The seruantes of Hologernes .. bonde Achior to a tree hondes and feet with cordes.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)9/1 : Þay bonden hym to þe crosse.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)414 : The childe bownde the fyshe in the panyere.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)50a/a : Ȝif þey [foules] hauen longes neckes and streccheable, he bindiþ ham as it wer foldinge in, whanne þey fleeþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)278b/b : With a rope..bounde aboute his nekke.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2486 : A bauderyk bounden bi his syde.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1418 : He lowsed þan þaire bandes all, þat lang had bunden bene.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)210/7 : Þe Iewys..bowndyn a rope abowte his neke.
d
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)355/20 : Sweche schul ben bounden vp be the beltys til flyes hem blawe.
2.
(a) To wrap (sth.), as in or with a cloth; envelop, cover; put (sth. in a bag or purse); ~ aboute, wrap around; (b) to bandage (the head, a wound, etc.); put a bandage or dressing (on the head, etc.); (c) to bind (a book).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)51 : Claðes þet weren isende..for to binden þe rapes mid.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)49/29 : He lai bewunden on fiteres and mid swaðelbonde ibunden.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2238 : & leide hem to slepe, al bonden in þe bere skynnes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)4 Kings 5.23 : He boond [L ligavit] two talentis of syluer in two baggis.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.8 : He bar a bordun I-bounde wiþ a brod lyste, In a weþe-bondes wyse I-wriþen aboute.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1343 : A new born barn..Bondon [vrr. bondyn, bunden, bounden] wit a sueþelband.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6177 : Shippes hij habbeþ yhote pirates..Hij ben made of hosyers..And bounden [vr. ybounde] al wiþ touȝ rynde.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.42.35 : Thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun [L ligatas] moneys.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5775 : They kepe more than it is nede, And in her bagges sore it bynde.
- c1430 Chaucer CT.Rv.(Cmb Gg.4.27)A.3953 : With hese typet boundyn a-boutyn hese hed.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)201/14 : xx soldi bon in a clothe.
- a1450 Eagle Magic in Tul.SE 22 (Add 34111)24/48 : Þe stones beo y-bound þer-in [in a leather purse] and y-bore aboute þe nek.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)11/11 : To take the child bound in a cloth of gold.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/2 : Nim þann þane clyðan and bynd to þan sare.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/28 : He binde þanne þæt heafod mid ane clæþe ane niht.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)29/11 : Wryc þanne clyþan þarof and bind uppan þa handan.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)79 : An helendis Mon..bond his wunden.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)121 : Summe þer weren þet his eȝan bundan.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)83a/b : Watir wiþ wolle & oyle y bounde vppon þe place of synowis helpiþ.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)245/10 : Binde it vpon his iȝe.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)320/16 : Þou schalt lete it [a limb] sitte so boounde x daies.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)53b/b : When þe legge is bounden fro þe calfe vnto þe kne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)75b/b : A coyfe..wel bounden wiþ the hede.
c
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.681 : The Parables of Salomon, Ouydes art..alle thise were bounden in o volume.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3316 : A sawtere semliche bownden.
- a1456 Shirley TContents(1) (Add 16165)17 : Þis litell booke..wryten I haue..And doon hit bynde In þis volume.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum6 : A Gospeler of velym writtyn and bound in the same.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.296 : Clerkis kne[w] I non ȝete þat so couude rede In bokis y-bounde.
3.
(a) To join (two things), join securely; ~ togider; join (one thing to another); (b) to hold (sth.) fast; fasten (a door); hold in place; grip, squeeze; also, adhere, stick; ppl. binding as adj., of soil: ?inclined to cling or clump, containing much clay; (c) to 'bind' (a wheel) with a rim, a barrel with hoops; (d) to edge or trim (a chest, a shield, a wagon) with metal, reinforce; surname: binde-cart, ?wainwright; (e) to trim (sth.) with ornaments or by way of embellishment; stud (with gems).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6825 : He wass himm sellf þatt hirnestan Þatt band ta tweȝȝenn waȝhess.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)443 : Ȝe mereman is a meiden ilike on brest & on bodi, oc al ðus ge is bunden: fro ðe noule niðerward ne is ge no man like.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8783 : Þe balk þat mast þe werk suld bind þai soght, and noþer-quar cuth find.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)146/3 : Þe firste of þe boonys is bounde wiþ a boon of þe heed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9a/a : Þai bynde..þe iuncture wt þe pannicle to gider.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)15 : Þe bere..halt strangliche and bint þet he heþ onder his uet.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.71ra : We sette it [i.e., cucurbita] in clene ground .. wel fingir-lengþe depe; in bynding erde it doth best with vs.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)15 : In hir foot heo gan hit [a Brid] bynde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3606 : A maner glu..scholde binde anon so faste, That noman mihte it don aweie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)41a/b : Þe curtil coniunctiua..is in þe corneres of þe eiȝen & byndeþ & holdeþ hem.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18088 : Your brasin yates spers nu wele And bindes þam wit barrs o stele.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1211 : I schal bynde yow in your bedde.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)37b : Lerwell..helith þe cankyr sodyn in wyne..Dronkyn in moust helyt the glotts boundyn in þe mouthe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143b/a : Þe entrale monaculum..is louse & not bounden.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)435 : Qwhen the sawse is bounden to the felettes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5767 : In þe wawes he was sa bonn, Þat na passyng he sowe.
- a1475 Lord how (Brog 2.1)7 : My schowe byndys my lyttylle towe.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246b/b : Þer wiþ [wythies] me byndeþ..hoopes and tonnes.
- (1429) Will York in Sur.Soc.4417 : A pare of cart wheles new bonden.
d
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1097 : Rog. Byndekart.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.598 : His spere brast afiue On his scheld þat was so bounde.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)47 : A cofre to put yn wax y bounde with yren.
- (1419) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.201/213 : j box bownde, with ij keyez.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5301 : Also ij cofres bounden wt yren.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5165 : Bounden coffres and grete males.
- (1462) Will York in Sur.Soc.30254 : Unum yrne bonden wayn.
e
- ?a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Dgb 86)153 : Hy draweþ here wede Mid selkene þrede Ifrendet and I-bounde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2538 : The Cuppe..was with gold and riche Stones Beset and bounde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)573 : A crafty capados..þat wyth a bryȝt blaunner was bounden withinne.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)600 : Þe brydel barred aboute, with bryȝt golde bounden.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)609 : Enbrawden & bounden wyth þe best gemmez.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30134 : A covered maser boundon with silver and gilt.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)100/3 : It was of tre bounden with siluyr.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15151 : A box of Ivory bound with plates of Syluer.
4.
(a) To fetter (a prisoner), put in chains; ~ hond and fot; also, tie up (a victim), chain (an animal); (b) to fetter and imprison (sb.); imprison, confine; bounde(n in prisoun; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)31/153 : Þa-þa heo geseh hire swylcne sune nymen, binden and swingan.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3680 : He let himm baþe bindenn her Wiþþ bandess fet & hande.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5949 : All gilltelæs & bundenn & naȝȝledd uppo rodetre.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19821 : Herode..band himm wiþþ irrene band.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)231 : Gief he fend were, me sceolden..binde him hand and fett.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22579 : Here-kempen..scullen..þine leoden aslan..and þe seoluen binden [Otho: binde].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26176 : And Arður þene kene ibunde lede to Rome.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31048 : Þe ibundene king Penda hider me gon sende.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1961 : And wolde me binden hond and fet.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2049 : Hwan he [theues] yeden þus on nithes To binde boþe burgmen and knithes.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2442 : He bounden him so fele sore.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)72 : And bringuth him..faste i-bounde to me.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2193 : He dede hem binden..And speren faste in his prisun.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)344 : Hi worþ ybounde and ycaste in-to helles pyne.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9966 : Þe prince he nom wiþ him, ibounde vet & honde Wiþ veteres of seluer.
- 1372 Water & blod (Adv 18.7.21)3 : As a þef i am i-take; I am i-bounden, i am i-bete.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3262 : Er his heer was..yshaue, Ther was no bond with which men myghte hym bynde.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)94/65 : Fot and hond he let him bynde.
- c1390 Body & S.(5) (Vrn)p.82 : Clyuen most i to þi þouȝt And bouwen as a bounden beeste.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.8 : A theef myght hym ful lightly robbe and bynde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)302a/b : Whanne he [þe bere] is..y bounde with cheynes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4919 : Þan war þaa breþer bondon [vrr. bundin, bunden, bounde] hard And siþen brought be-for stiward.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5080 : For-giues me þat i did yow tak And bunden be, wit-outen sak.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)427 : Sum bynte hym, sum blyndyþ hym, and sum on hym spyt.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.81 : He most yyve his handes to ben bownde with the cheynes.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 28.17 : Fro Ierusalem I am bitaken bownden into þo hende of þe Romaynes.
- c1450(?a1422) *Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)2.2 : Who that is bonde and feterde in prison Thenketh longe aftir delyveraunce?
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5569 : He was tane and bonn [rhyme: wonn] And to þe kyng led as a thefe.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)157 : Sum of þeim was bonde sore, And afturwarde hanget þerfore.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)53/24 : And bryng hom bonden ynto Ierusalem forto take hor deth.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)231/27 : When he was bowndyn hondys and fote..and was as a presynner.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)41 : Vtlawes and theues made he bynde.
- ?c1335 Þe king of heuen (Hrl 913)p.121 : He in helle liþ ibund.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)482 : Riht þere i wole þw iuge and binde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.42.7 : That thou shuldist bringe out fro closing the bounde [WB(2): a boundun man].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.361 : O sowdanesse, roote of iniquitee..Lyk to the serpent depe in helle ybounde.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3210 : Als men þat er bonden in pryson..Until þe fire haf wasted þair bandes of syn.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4393 : Þe devels þat er now bunden swa, Þat þai may noght about flegh ne ga.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)99b : I haue a gret oon in prysoune fast ebownde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)248/481 : I xal brenne with blake ffendys bowne to be.
c
- (1266) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.106 : Richard Byndedevel, [bailiff of the earl of Gloucester].
- (1285) Pat.R.Edw.I153 : Robert Bindethef.
5.
(a) To ensnare (a sinner), make subservient (to the Devil); bounde(n, enmeshed (in), subservient (to), or dominated (by sin, the World, etc.); (b) to involve or captivate (sb.); dominate; make subject (to law); bounde(n, engulfed (in), dominated or overcome (by love, suffering, etc.); ~ in loves las, caught in the net of love; ~ in balaunce, held in suspense; (c) to spellbind or fascinate (sb.); commit or destine (oneself); compel (to do or happen); bounde(n, constrained, compelled, restrained, bound; bounde(n of necessite.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)98/23 : Heo mennisce men wæren & þurh Adames gult ibundene.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)216 : Ac helle king is are-les with þa þe he mei binden.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)63 : Gif we wiðerið..togenes ure chirche..þenne bie we bunden of wiðerfulnesse.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)41/33 : Ȝe worldmenn, ðe bieð on ðare woreld ibunden.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/31 : Ðe hwile ðe ðu art on ðine wrecche lichame ȝebunden.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)101/9 : Ðe ilke mann ðe is ibunden mid heaued-senne.
- a1300 Nou goth þe sonne (SeldSup 74)5 : Ich eom i-bunde sore mid wel feole seonne.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)710 : Þat lyþ in dedli sinne bounde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5182 : Þan art þou werse þan þou was Bounde vn-to Satanas.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23748 : Vr flexs, þis werld, and þe warlau, we ar bunden vnder þair au.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)19.9 : Þai ere bonden [L obligati sunt] and felle sare; And we raas and rightid are.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3208 : Þat þe saules unclensed, þat sal duelle In purgatory, sal be bunden faste With bandes of syn.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)66/14 : To euere mon þat is e-bonde In syn.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)23/23 : No man treuly to god parfitely is knyttid, qwhils he in desyre to any creature warldly is bune [L alligatur].
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)150/116 : To wynne bodyes bowndyn in synne.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)187/20 : Whiche byndyth A manys sowle to þe fende.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110b : Luue bint [L ligat] swa ure lauerd, þet he ne mei na þing don bute þurh luues leaue.
- ?c1250 Somer is comen & (Eg 613)5 : So stronge kare me bint..Al for a child þat is so milde of honde.
- ?c1335 Swet ihc hend (Hrl 913)p.84 : Louerd, help me! Hunger me hauiþ ibund.
- a1350 In may hit murgeþ (Hrl 2253)9 : Y not non so freoli flour ase ledies þat beþ bryht in bour wiþ loue who mihte hem bynde.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)792 : Sorwe so tristrem band, Miȝt no man make him bliþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)756 : William for wo was bounde so harde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)896 : So a botteles bale me byndeþ so harde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.72 : He drinkth the wyn, bot ate laste The wyn drynkth him and bint him faste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.620 : No gentilesse of blood may hem bynde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)252b/a : Enchauntours vseþ a ȝerde, to make serpentes as it were bounden.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11543 : Sorowe oghte..þyn herte bynde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12114 : For ic am sundri..To bunden be til erthli lai: Of your laues i am vttan.
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)187 : It inflawmes þe affection & byndes þo thoght.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.663 : Love hadde hym so bounden in a snare.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1358 : How koude ye withouten bond me bynde?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4594 : Love..may do hool on me his will. I am so sore bounde hym till.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4667 : He yaf me rewles..And wente his wey..And I aboode bounde in balaunce.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5127 : Love, that hath thee so faste Knytt and bounden in his las.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)43/11 : Þer be sum bownyd with þe wikkid sprete of pride.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.8.23 : The amyable Fortune byndeth with the beaute of false goodes the hertes of folk.
- c1440-a1500 Eglam.(Schleich)149 : 'How faris sir Eglamour, my knyght?'..'Lyes bowndyn for þe luf of the In langynge and in care.'
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)189/130 : He schall brynge þam to blys, Þat nowe in bale are bonne [rime: sonne].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)804 : He fyl to grounde, As man þat was jn woo jbounde.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)910 : Sho þan teld..In what disees þai had bene boun [rime: sonn].
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)39/145 : Whantynge of eye syght in peyn doth me bynde.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)3648 : Ever the fayrer that it [the Rose] was, The more I am bounden in Loves laas.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2971 : Icc amm i min bedd þurh slæpess bandess bundenn.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)656 : Site nu stille, chaterestre! Nere þu neuer ibunde uastre.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1316 : Man is bounden..to letten of his will, Theras a beest may al his lust fulfille.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)308/49 : Wiþ redi tokne I schal þe bynde, hou þou schalt þat Mayde fynde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5340 : I am..Bounde & compelled of necessite..to make redempcioun..Vn-to my foon.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.7.21 : Sche boonde [WB(1): grenede; L irretivit] hym with many wordis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.13.13 : He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith [WB(1): oblisheth] hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredith the comaundement, schal lyue in pees.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.166 : Syn that the thought of God..byndeth and constreyneth hem to a bytidynge by necessite.
- a1450(1413) Glade in god call (Dgb 102)134 : Eche man is bounden to resoun.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)41/615 : Man..brak goddys comaundement..and was boundyn to bodyly deth.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)8/35 : Merlyn was bounde to come to the kynge.
6a.
Of feudal arrangements, the relation between master and servant, etc.: (a) to exact or impose allegiance or a duty; refl. pledge allegiance; (b) ben bounde(n, be under obligation, be in duty bound; (c) bounde(n, having the status of a vassal or serf; ~ and fre.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.35 : Edgar..went to Kerlion, þe Walsch men he band With homage & feaute in right & in lawe.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)289 : But if her sugettis and vndirlingis ben diligent to obeie to her ouerers as ferforþ as þe lawe of her subjeccioun bindeþ hem.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.62 : He bande hym..Denmark to holde of Belyn.
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1149 : Thou art ybounden as a knyght To helpe me.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)72a/b : The þridde manere of seruautes [read: seruantes (or) seruauntes] is bounde frelich & by here owne good wille.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2646 : They wern bounde..of lygeaunce..Redy to don what hym list devise.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1106 : Ech estat..Shal dewly..As they ar bound doon ther Observaunce.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)8 : Right as youre liege peple be bundun and sworne to obeye your Majeste..yn the same wise bene ye sworne and ensurid to kepe youre peple.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)127 : His reaume is bounde by right to susteyne hym.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)61/26 : Þe lawe charge and boond bi which a souereyn is bounden to his vndirlingis or bi which þe vndirlingis ben bounden to her souereyns.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)333 : By þat peny, bounden wer thay fforto be obedient to þe emperour of Rome for ay.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)493 : I am bounde to the kyng To be his man her and in euery place.
c
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)19/4 : Þe comoun pople..thoȝt þam ouer mykill thralled and bun in awe.
- (1446) Proc.Privy C.6.44 : In Englond was not so bonde a citee as this citee of Coventre is in kepyng and observyng the said custom.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1081 : Alle þe reme of Englond, bounde & fre, Sayden þat he was worthy to bene a quene.
6b.
To put (sb.) into service (to a master craftsman); ~ apprentis.
Associated quotations
- (1450) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.324 : Unto the tyme that the same foreyn be bounden apprentice to a persone barbour.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2097 : This child..Whoom his ffadir..Boonde and dyspasyd to crafft mechanycalle.
- c1500 The shype ax (Ashm 61)269 : The preste that bounde me prentyse.
7a.
(a) To assume an obligation, obligate or pledge (oneself); ~ bi oth, ~ to avou, etc., pledge solemnly; -- refl.; (b) binden forward, to make a promise, pledge; ~ treuthe, pledge loyalty; (c) to impose an obligation or duty on (sb.), obligate; ~ to counsel, bind (sb.) to secrecy; (d) to be obligatory; binding, obligatory, binding.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)2a : Hwa se..bihat hit godd as heast forte don hit, ha bint [L astringit] hire þerto.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2414 : To this avow I wol me bynde..I wol..been thy trewe seruaunt whil I lyue.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2937 : Therfore we oblige and bynde vs..for to do al his wyl.
- (1409) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125179 : The said craftes..hafe assented and frely boun thaim.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.359 : I yow nought requere To bynde yow to hym thorugh no byheste.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Num.30.3 : If ony of men..byndith [L constrinxerit] hym silf bi an ooth.
- (1425) Doc.in Bk.Lond.E.229/31 : John Couentre, John Carpenter, and William Grove bynde hem to paye..iiijxiiij marc.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1386 : Said Thomas Thomas John John and John eueryche of theym by thes presentes bindith seuerally hym self vn to the said William in x li.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)47,48 : He bynt him to perpetuall obeisaunce, And she bynt her to loven him for evere.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)301/24 : Þai..band þaim & þer successurs..yerelie to giff vnto þat abbay [etc.].
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3494 : My mastir must hym bynde..by vowe [etc.].
- c1460 Oseney Reg.152/14 : He Bunde hymselfe..þat he neuer of þe saide pasture schall sowe no-þyng.
- (1466) in Willis & C.Cambridge 394 : The same parties byndeth theym yche of hem to other alternatly fast by these presentes.
- a1500(1396) Indent.Francisc.in RS 4.1 (Vit F.12)526 : The sayd Mayer bynds hym and hys successors for euermore to paye yerly vn to the sayd Wardyn..xl d.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)42/66 : Of mercy haue I herd thi cry, Thi devoute prayers have me bun.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)46 : A forward fast þai bond.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2898 : Þer he gan treuþe binde.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.39 : He bonde þe peple wiþ oþ.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2759 : Liche as þe statut of my dom hem bonde.
- a1450(1412) Glade in god þis (Dgb 102)31 : So god bond man in charite.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)181/27 : He hath bounde me for to kepe his people.
- (1463) Paston (Gairdner)4.77 : Your certificat is sufficiant in lawe and shall bynd any of the parties to sey the contrary.
- (1464) Let.Ormond in Fortescue Works27 : The Chaunceller of England and other persones..have sufficiaunt auctorite..to bynde the reaume of England..for the repayment of alle suche costes.
- (1470) Paston (Gairdner)5.89 : Thow he scholde bynde my Lorde to concell.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)100/8 : Good werkis wherto þe lawe of god vs byndiþ not.
- a1500 3rd Fran.Rule (Seton)55/1 : Þis reule & order byndithe not vnder payne of dedly synne eny of þe brethern & susters.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.316 : The maner of the boondis & condiciouns, how..the maistris schulden be bounden for the comoun goodis of the craft.
d
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)152/38 : Þe comaundement forto not were a clooþ maad of lynne..and þe comaundement forto not eere londe wiþ an hors and asse couplid to gider, abiden now and binden.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)189/27 : A speche promyssory..which bi setting to of þe ooþe..is þe more binding.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)192/34 : Ech comaundement of god, so streiȝtli bynding.
7b.
ben bounde(n, be under obligation or in duty bound; be subject (to rules); also, obliged (as in gratitude): (a) with regard to laws, custom, Christian morals, the code of chivalry; (b) with respect to Christian doctrine; (c) with respect to monastic rules; (d) with regard to debts, services, surety, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 How GWife(1) (Em 106)75 : Bunden is þat ȝiftes takitz.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1149 : Thou art ybounden as a knyght To helpe me.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3562 : To alle women I am so moche bounde: Þei ben echon so goodly and so kynde.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.6.2 : If thou hast bihiȝt for thi freend..Thou art boundun [L illaqueatus] bi the wordis of thi mouth.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2997 : I am bounde to youre servise.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4594 : I am so sore bounde hym [Love] tille, From his servise I may not fleen.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3020 : To sewe yaim yat be reconysannce er bon for to uphold yaim.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)112/18 : Ser, I will be bowndyn to kepe þis woman in saf-warde.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)231/28 : Hir dowtyr-in-lawe, þe whech was most bowndyn & beholdyn to a comfortyd hir.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)338 : The child..is bounde to reuerence his fadir and modir.
- (1444) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12153 : Whoose ryghtez yhe are..bun to susteen and defennde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)18.216 : There nis now no man lyvenge That I am so moche bownden to In Alle thinge.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4815 : Euery criston-mon we ben y-bounde to help in his nede.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)366 : Þat prestis schulden not now be bunden to þes lawis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)160/267 : With owr wordys we were bownde, That we xulde cum a-geyne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)165/80 : As I am bound, now wyl I do.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.108 : I seye nat..that thow art bounde to shewen hym al the remenaunt of thy synnes.
- c1390 In a Chirche (Vrn)25 : To þonke & blesse him we ben bounde.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)20/288 : Obey obedyens þat ȝe bene bowndon to.
- (1428) EEWills79/19 : Tho that I am boond to praye for.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)99/88 : Þat he es bownden till, thorow a vowe, or comawnded.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)43/241 : Hym for to wurchipe..we beth gretly bownde.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)16/29 : Alle moral vertuose dedis whiche a man is bounde to kepe and wiþ whiche he is bound to serue god.
c
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)270 : I holde þis medled lyf best & most bihoueli to hem, as longe as þei are bounde þerto.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick186 : The memoryes of seynt Benet..the whilke ye are bounde dayly to say at your matynes.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)699 : Who so wil be bown To lif bi rewle of religiown.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)51/2 : It is not semly þat he whech is a religious man and boundyn to chastite schuld excite oþir folk to fleschly lykyng.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)67/18 : Certeyn clerkis..boundyn to streyt reules.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)82/13 : & been bowndin be obediens for to dwelle enclosid wiþ in þe cloyster of þe abbey.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)86/23 : Þey be nat boundin to fast.
d
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1520 : For he was bounden in a reconyssaunce To paye twenty thousand sheeld.
- (1414) RParl.4.58b : To be bounde to hem..in singuler obligacions in mm li.
- (1421) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.9 : Þe forsaide sir Thomas, knyght, sall hafe a place of þe forsaid William þat es called þe legh..And þat es þe forsaide William boun be trouth of his body.
- (1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7308 : Labours..for whiche thei stonde bounde by obligacon to diverse men.
- (1448) Indent.Cmb.in PCmb.AS 938 : Holden and..bownden to the forseid master Andrewe Dokett in an hundred pound of good and lawfull money.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)53a : Gedre vp by trewe officeris þe tributes..þat townes ben ybounde to paye to þe werres.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30224 : An obligacon that thai were boundon inne unto Sir Thomas Rempston.
- (1462) Acc.Howard in RC 57149 : My mastyre and Thomas Howe are bowndyne..to my lord off Cawnterbury.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)99/37 : Þe dettis whoche þe hous owiþ..& to whom þey been bowndyn.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.316 : The maistris to be bounden in a plain obligacioun of the summe..of the value of the seid goodis.
8.
(a) To impose (a burden); impose or prescribe (rules); (b) to enjoin or impose (a penalty, penance, etc.); punish, condemn; ~ fro grace; (c) binden and unbinden (lousen), to bind and unbind, i.e. (usually) impose penance and absolve sins, inflict a curse and grant indulgence; also fig.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6900 : They wolde bynde on folk al-wey..Burdons that ben importable; On folkes shuldris thinges they couchen.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.61 : For þes folk bynden grevous chargis..and putte hem on mennis shouldris.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)86/24 : Whoche been ordeynid & bowndyn generali bi holi chirche.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2973 : Ther nys no thyng so good..as a thyng to be vnbounde by hym that it was ybounde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.540 : I am al redy forto bere Mi peine..For who is bounden, he mot bowe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.859 : To Cerberus yn helle ay be I bounde.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)76/14 : His disciples..fond the xij iuges that had bound him.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)28 : To assoile him or ellis to bind him fro grace.
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)37 : Þe preost..hauefð þa ilke mahte of Sancte petre to bindene and to unbindene.
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)3 : He mai binde & to-breke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)172 : He ssel zeche zuch ane confessour þet conne bynde and onbynde.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.16.19 : What euer thou [Peter] shalt bynde [L ligaveris] vpon erthe, shal be bounden and in heuenes; and what euer thou shalt vnbynde vpon erthe, shal be vnbounden and in heuenes.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11585 : A wyse shryftfadyr behoueþ hym chese, And þat may bynde and vnbynde.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.101 : Þe power þat Peter had to kepe, To bynde and to vnbynde, as the boke telleth.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)424 : Whatevere þou byndes upon erthe schal be bownden in heven.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3841 : Thurgh whilk he [the Pope] may, be law and skille, Louse and bynde at his wille.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3851 : Alle þat þou byndes in erthe..Sal in heven bunden be.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)41/869 : [God] may boþ louse and bynde, Graunt merce and grace.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)341 : Þise keyes shulden opyn and bynde, to for-ȝyue synnes and opyn men heuen.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)78/16 : I may bynd and lowse of band, Euery thyng bowys vnto my hand, I want none erthly thyng.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.39 : Gif that he [love] Be Lord, and as a God may lyve and regne, To bynd and lous, and maken thrallis free.
9.
boun(den with barn, child, burdened (?confined) with child, pregnant.
Associated quotations
- c1440(?a1400) St.John (Thrn)71 : Þe bryde so bryghte, with birdyn ȝode bun.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13718 : And ho boundyn with barne with þe bold Pirrus.
- c1450 Yk.BPrayer(2) (Yk-M 16.M.4)71/28 : All women þat er bun with childer in þis parichin.
10.
(a) To join in marriage; marry (sb.); also, unite in love; (b) to have sexual intercourse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15275 : All þatt follc þatt wiþþ weddlac iss bundenn.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.7.27 : Thou art boundyn to a wyf [L ligatus..uxori].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1623 : He mot him binde To such on which..Of wommen is thunsemlieste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1262 : That holy bond With which that first god man and womman bond.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1285 : Ther as a wedded man..Lyueth a lyf blisful..Vnder this yok of mariage ybounde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2192 : Whan that the preest to yow my body bond.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.40 : For boldenes he wild him bynd to som berde in boure.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)93 : His wole I be, to whom þat I am bownde, Whyle he lyueth.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4813 : Love..is a syknesse of the thought..Which male and female, with oo cheyne, So frely byndith that they nyll twynne.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)5/134 : Fore þou art boundon, go were þou goo. When þou hast ressayu[e]d þe sacrement, þer is no man may hit vndoo.
- a1475 How GMan(1) (Hrl 5396)133 : Bundyn [Cmb: Laddys þat are weddyd].
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)862 : Þi fader þi moder gan hide; In horedom he hir band.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.B.2720 : Most fowlyst lechery..As with commen women to ly þem bye And synfully with þem to be buown and alyed.
11.
To join together, connect; combine, unite, unite harmoniously; ~ woh til woh, join or add wrong to wrong.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15820 : To draȝhenn hemm till helle, Þurrh þatt teȝȝ bundenn woh till woh & sinness uppo sinness.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/1 : Ðese haliȝe mihtes us bindeð ec to-gedere.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2991 : With that faire cheyne of loue he bond The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond In certeyn boundes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2811 : Sche which mai the hertes bynde In loves cause and ek unbinde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)47a/a : By þe tonge þe soun of spekinge bindeþ wordes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/b : Oncia haþ þat name for he ooneþ and byndeþ [L complectatur] al nombre of weiȝtes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)355 : Þis elementȝ þat al thinges bindes, Four er þai.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.8.15 : Al this accordaunce of thynges is bounde with love, that governeth erthe and see.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.9.20 : O thow Fadir..Thow byndest the elementis by nombres proporcionables.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.41 : Yif ther ne were oon that contenyde that he hath conjoynid and ybounden.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)430 : Of Troius sones þyse ar þe kyndes, þat bothe in-to Noe byndes.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)54 : Lufe es Goddes derlyng; lufe byndes blode and bane.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)3 : Þe fadir is schaply eendeles myȝty, þe sone enndeles witti, & þe hooly goost eendeles comfortly, & soþly byndyng of al dyuynyte.
12.
(a) To fix or keep (sth. in mind); (b) to make (the heart, love) stable; bounde in balaunce, kept in suspense.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.6.21 : Bind hem bisili in thin herte.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)144 : Bot word fares as dose þe wind, Bot if men it in hert bynd.
- a1456 Shirley TContents(1) (Add 16165)93 : Whane ye haue..þe sentence vnderstonden, With Inne youre mynde his fast ebounden, Thankeþe þauctoures.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1870 : Þat Hercules wer nat strong to bynde..Wommannes herte, to make it nat remeve.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4667 : He..wente his wey..And I abood, bounde in balaunce.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)146/5 : By worshipp and by curtesie..ye shall hold the love of hire bonde vnto you.
13.
(a) To enclose; include; close; (b) to confine under pressure.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.159 : For Iames þe gentel bond hit in his Book, Þat [Fey] withouten [fait] Is febelore þen nouȝt.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)322 : Bourez and wel bounden penez.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)372/1 : & axkid hym whi his een war-so wate & so bownyd.
b
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1590 : In a cave..This Eolus..Held the wyndes in distresse..they gonne as beres rore, He bond and pressed hem so sore.
14.
Of reasoning: to conclude or prove (sth.); support (by argument or authority).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)329b/a : Þis figure is y bounde to none principles.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6593 : Yhit wille I speke..Of þe general paynes..And with som autorities þam bynd.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.2 : I assente me..for alle thise thinges ben strongly bounden with ryght ferme resouns.
15.
To consummate (sth.); terminate.
Associated quotations
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)211 : Þe last word bint þe tale.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1750 : Love, that..couples doth in vertu for to dwelle, Bind this acord.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)16304 : Longe hit is þys was bygonne..& ȝit wot non how hit wyl bynde [vr. will ende].
16.
Physiol. & med. (a) To constipate (the bowels); (b) to occlude or stop (a function); (c) binding, styptic.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)76a/a : Salt watir ofte I dronke wastiþ humours & byndiþ & makeþ hard wombe [L ligat et constipat].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)103a/a : Medycyne..dissoluynge & vnbyndinge, constreynynge & byndinge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)302a/a : [The bear] secheþ an herbe & eteþ it, to make lax þe wombe þat is þanne hard and y bounde [L constrictum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)315b/b : If þe stomak is voyde..soure þynges druyeþ it..byndeth [L constringit] it wiþ colde.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)77a : To men that beþe harde y-bounde þu moste take more and to lite bounde men lasse..in neshe egis oþer in ale.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)241/18 : Ette mettys that more ben byndynge and lasse solubles.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)280 : The water of sisternes is byndyng and the tothere laxatif.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)77a/a : Whanne þe hete is depe wiþinne..þe comoun witte is I bounde [L oppilatur].
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)234b/b : Som mirtus..is byndynge [L stiptica].
17.
(a) To contract (matter); (b) to congeal; binding frost, black or killing frost; (c) cook. ~ up, to bind or thicken (a liquid); (d) to adulterate (wine).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)106b/a : Hete neisschiþ matiere & departiþ it, and coldenesse gaderit and bindiþ hit [L frigiditas..aggregat et constringit].
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.3.69 : Byndynge frost and colde.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)11/55 : With cald yf þai [herbs and trees] be closid or bun, thurgh hete of þe sun þai sal be hale.
c
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)33 : Ȝif þou wylt haue hym [cawdel] chargeaunt, bynd hym vppe..with whetyn floure.
d
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)100/40 : To gumme, rase, bynde..or in eny oþer wyse contrefete or medle with þe vndewe makyng or contrefetyng of ony manere wyn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Quot. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson) 3.517 now removed from sense 15. to upbinden v., q.v.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Quot. a1250 Cristes milde moder 123 ("Mid swuðe luðere lasten mi soule is þuruh bunden.") now removed from sense 5.(a) and treated instead under thurghbī̆nden v., q.v.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)3905 : Bruttus nemen refteres longe and rihte, mid hyre wel ibunde, and hi-sote in þan grunde.
Note: These beams are reinforced with iron on their ends.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 3.(d), where it is needed for date.--notes per MLL
- (1435) in Salzman Building in Engl.489 : The forsaide Richarde bynes hym bi this endentourez that the quere of the Kirke of Catrick sall be made newe.
Note: New form: 3.pres.sg.: (?error) bynes.--per MLL
- (1465) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1452b : Thomas Dikson and everye of his felowes schalbe bonde in severelx obligacions unto the saide governours.
Note: New spelling: P.ppl. bonde. (Note that this form does occur in several of the quots. The form section needs revision.)--per MLL
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)103/18 : Þe ealleofte hwelp is ifed wið supersticiuns, wið semblanz & wið sines, as beoren on heh þet; heaued, crenge wið swire, lokin o siden, bihalden on hokere, winche mid ehe, binde seode mid te muð.
Note: Needed for date in sense 1.(a).
Note: Add phrase: ~ seode mid the mouth, to purse the lips, pucker.--notes per MLL
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- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)18/8 : The egge of the circumference shal be bownde with a plate of yren in maner of a karte whel.
Note: Needed for date in sense 3.(c).--per MLL
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL
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- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.21rb (1.4) : Sum seyn þat diuertik is byndand, as wyn byndyth at þe breste, and stiptik sooure and harsche, os peres or þai be rype.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.59va (2.7) : 'Stomacus,' þe stomac of man..is 'frigidus' & 'siccus'..be cause þat it schulde be of gode retencioun, i. schulde holde & kepe þat comeþ þider in, for þo qualites ar kindly retentif, i. holdand & byndand.
Note: Additional quots., sense 16. Editor's gloss: byndand, v. pr. ppl. 'binding, constricting, styptic'.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.92rb (3.6) : 'Viscus' is birdlym and þerof comeþ 'viscosus' (anglice: ropand and cleuand togedre) and gluten is glue & þerfor it is saide glutinowse, byndand.
Note: Additional quot. Editor's gloss: byndand, v. pr. ppl. 'glutinous, sticky'.