Middle English Dictionary Entry
vaunt-wā̆rd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vaunt-wā̆rd(e n. Also vantward(e, vandwarde & vaunward(e, vanward(e, vaumward(e, vaumewarde, vamward(e, vomwarde, fanward, faumwarde, famwarde & vauward(e, vaward(e, vawewarde, voward(e, fauward, fawarde, fowarde, wawarde, wowarde. |
| Etymology | Prob. AF; also cp. ME vaunt- combining element & wā̆rd(e n. & avaunt-ward n. Some forms without nasal, esp. those beginning with f-, may reflect confusion with fōr(e-wā̆rde n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. vaunt-gard(e n.
1.
The foremost division of an army, vanguard; also fig. and in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7478 : Hor vantwarde was to broke þat me miȝte wiþinne hom wende.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9006 : Hii smite to gadere vaste; Þe vantwardes [vrr. vamwardes; avaunt wardes] hom mette verst.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)40/7 : Þi self steerest þe schip…and art in vch a such fiht in þe vauwarde.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.188 : He praied þe kyng…he mot be first biforn, & he gaf him þe vamward, þe Sarazins oste to cleue.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.334 : Þer vaumward was sone dight…þei were…sone at þe fight & redy to assaile.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.58 : Clerkes…Sholde noþer swynke ne swete…Ne fyghte in no vauntwarde [vrr. vandwarde, faumwarde, famwarde, fawarde].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)23.95 : Elde þe hore was in þe vaunt-warde [vr. vaun-warde] And bar a baner by-fore deþ.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)283/26 : This was þe arraie of the Scottis…in bataile…In þe vant-ward of Scotland were…Lordes.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)13329 : Now gon to-gedur Troiens & Gregeis; The vanwardis met with gret hidoure.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.1904 : Charlis…gaf pocessioun To Guyot Maunfort for to haue the garde…and gouerne the vaunwarde [vrr. vawarde, vawward].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1767 : The kynge of Lebe before the wawarde he ledez, And…his…ligeman…ascriez.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)105/26 : Many mowe be slayn er þey schul eny help haue in þe vawewarde or þe middelwarde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)10462 : These viij forth pasten…and with hem foure thousend…the vomwarde to gouernen…The secund warde hadde Sire Bretel.
- a1450(?1419-20) Topias (Dgb 41)79/217 : Ȝe…stonden bifore in Anticristis vanward…in þe myddil & in þe rerewarde.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2191 : Þe vaunward is grauntyd me.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4053 : Kyng R. was þe ffyrste þat jn rode, And next hym Roberd…and Sere Bertram…reden in þe vawmewarde.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)429 : Þe fauward Titus toke…With six þousand soudiours.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)549 : Waspasian…þe fanward [vrr. vawmwarde, vannward] byholdeþ.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)276/25 : Sobernesse haþ…þe vanwarde among alle oþere vertues.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)378/4 : He wolde graunte hym þat day þe vawnt-ward yn his batayle.
- a1456 Shirley TContents(1) (Add 16165)52 : Duk…Edwarde…dyed in þe vauntwarde.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)736 : v choors stonde in the frounte aforn Or the vawarde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.195 : The wowarde [L acie] longenge to Pompeius hade xlti ml of foote men.
- (1476) Paston (EETS)1.494 : The berdyd hym…and hathe slayne the most parte of hys vamwarde and wonne all hys…artylrye.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2018 : In the formest batell for to be, he and his ayeris claymeth it…And the voward [vr. forwarde] to haue in gouernaunce.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)293 : It was the vowarde [F lauant garde] of kynge Arans.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)602 : Vyce…kepeth my vaward.
- a1605(c1471) Arriv.Edw.IV in Camd.1 (Hrl 543)29 : His vawarde…sore oppressyd them.