Middle English Dictionary Entry
adjācent adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | adjācent adj. |
| Etymology | L ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Adjoining, bordering (on sth.); nearby; ~ ner, neighboring; besiden ~, lying nearby; (b) ~ aboute, bordering on; of a boundary: surrounding.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3793 : To þe Ile besiden adiacent, Vn-to þe men þe childe in haste is sent.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5972 : Þe phane and placis adiacent Wern defouled.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)563 : A castel..Adiacent be syyt of the contre.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)931 : They gon to a forest large, Adiacent vnto [vr. to] this contre.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.41/19 : Hit did grete harme yn townys neir adiacent.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.1375 : Ther wer too contres therto adiacent.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)60/11 : Þe fomynge wawes of the adiacente see.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.St.Giles (LdMisc 683)114 : This myracle..Was at Tuskan, to Gasceygne adiacent.
b
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2750 : The contrees adiacent aboute.
- c1440 ?Lydg.Charters (Add 14848)p.231 : I wyl..this fraunchyse..stonde..within ther boundys aboute hem adjacent.