Middle English Dictionary Entry
abẹ̄den v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abẹ̄den v. Also abuden. Forms: pr.sg.2 abust; p.sg. abēd, p.pl. abōde. |
| Etymology | OE ābēodan; ābēad, abudon; aboden. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To present or deliver (a message).
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4424 : Þa spec Brennes & his ærnde abed [Otho: bed].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1540 : Me selue þy message y wil abede.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1780 : Y schal be þe furste of alle þat our message schal a-bede.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1833 : Duk neymys..by-fore Balan ȝude..þe Message he gan abude..'Wel,' said he [Balan], 'y knowe ys wille fairer þou abust þy tale.'
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1924 : He comeþ by-fore þe Amyrel & ys message abed him þere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1985 : Hure message þay abode.