Middle English Dictionary Entry
com(m)aunde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | com(m)aunde n. Also comande. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An order or command; a stipulation; (b) control, authority.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13848 : Þat he be tane & done in bandis..& qua þis comande [Vsp: couenand; Göt: comandment] haldis noȝt [etc.].
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)42 : Forto reule and dresse and move mannis wille into choicis withinforth and into comaundis and outward deedis.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)589 : Quod Kay, 'Ane ȝe wold gif me leue'..'ȝisse,' quod the King, 'on þat comande, Þat o payn of life..ȝe do him no wrunge.'
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)186 : We yiven thee pleyn power and commaunde to alle grete and smale, that to thee thei ben obeisaunt.