Middle English Dictionary Entry
afōr(e-writen ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | afōr(e-writen ppl. Also -wreten. |
| Etymology | From ppl. phrase. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Written at an earlier place in a book or document, aforesaid, above-mentioned.
Associated quotations
- (1434) Indent.Fotheringhay in Med.Mason248 : In forme and manere as is afore-written and devysed in thise same endentures.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick350 : That none of yowe hafe..talkyng wythe any seculere persone other wyse or in other forme then hit is a fore writene.
- (1443) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125182 : Every man..shal lose xij d. to be payed in the forme aforewriten.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)21 : All ȝowr craftes heyr a foyr wryton a waileth litull or nowȝt.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15162 : This accompte past be for the forseid parson and parysshons the xxvij day of Marche a fore wrytten.
- (1457) LRed Bk.Bristol2.185 : All such defautez..contrary to eny poyntt of the ordinaunce afore wreten.
- (1470) LRed Bk.Bristol2.133 : Which parsell and euerych afore write is trewe.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)382/18 : The afore-write couenaunte.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)190/35 : As is in this boke afor-written [Lamb: aforvrittin].
- a1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306)63 : The clerke..was brent in Smythfelde for the treson afor wretyn.