Middle English Dictionary Entry
commodiǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | commodiǒus adj. Also commodose. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fertile (land, soil); marked by fertility, prosperous; (b) convenient, profitable, advantageous, useful, fit for purpose; (c) pleasant; affable.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3791 : For greyn and fruit a lond ful couenable..Riht comodious & wonder delectable.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.149 : Lond argillose, & not cley bi hit selue, Is commodose.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)8891 : Þat wurthy & comodyous yle, Wych of ould tyme clepyd ys Cycyle.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)684 : [Yrelonde] is fertyle for thynge that there do growe..so gode and so comodyouse [etc.].
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)46/180 (f.50rb) : The vij fatte oxen and þe vij eris fule betokene vij yere to come of grete plente and comodyous .. of grete fertilite and plente.
b
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)102/1 : Comodiouse and notable Fraunchises and libertees to þe Citezeins of london..graunted.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.177 : They sayn the pyne vnto al thyng vnder sowe Is commodose.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)8/40 : This Ile is also commodiouse to many contreyes: ffor Flaundris desirethe þe wolles..Gascoyne þe Irene & þe leede.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)31/20 : Þe portis or the hauenys more commodious & more profitable.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)137/27 : Grace considriþ not what is profitable & comodious [L commodosum] to oon, but to many.
c
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)53/24 : Forto reule peple in a pesable and comodiose cyuylite.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)128/18 : Aske þat þinge þat is not to þe delectable ner comodiose [L commodum], but þat is to me acceptable & worshipful.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chartier Dial.F.&F.(Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.43)23/1 : By the goode doctryne of oure fadres best and most comodyose cyteseynes ar made of þe best men.
Note: New spelling
Note: Belongs to sense (b).
Note: Gloss: of a person: having the necessary ability to bring about benefit or advantage.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may not be complete. For example: commodiouse, comodious(e, comodiose. (MED entry for -ǒus suf. does not have variant spellings -iouse or -iose. These suffixes probably should be added there, and if so, only comodious need be added here.)--notes per MLL