Middle English Dictionary Entry
concernen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | concernen v. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of persons: (a) to discern or perceive (sth.); also, observe; (b) to heed (sth.), be concerned about.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5838 : O myȝti goddes, þat þe world gouerne, And euery þing þoruȝ ȝour myȝt concerne.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Ad SS (Hnt HM 744)33 : Thow graunte vs grace..Our seekly freeltee beholde and concerne.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)412/899 : The lord of lordys..Of his peeple hauyng compassioun, Which of his mercy ther clamours kan concerne.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.1346 : For she..which cleerli can concerne, Douhter off God..Resoun callid.
- (a1449) Lydg.PPs.102 (Trin-C R.3.20(1))123 : Who loueþe þee and can..conserne Þy kyndenessis and þy gret bountee.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5668 : I maade ek, who kan concerne, Lawes off Cyvile and Canon.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8983 : Ma dame..yiff ye lyst se..Yiff ye lyst pleynly to concerne [etc.].
b
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2343 : To teche me..to concerne How that I shal me gouerne.
2.
Of things: (a) to bear upon (sth.), have reference to, be concerned with; (b) to be a matter of concern to (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.918a : Yeu shull mekely..Obey and Entend in all manere of thynges concernyng th'Excercice of Governance of the same Roialme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135b/a : Perticuler gouernaunce concerneþ [L concernit] i. biholdeþ 2 þingz.
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.232 : Þe seconde article contened in þe seid bille..concernyng þe endentyng with þe Kyng for þe places in þe marches of Picardie.
- (1445) Visit.Alnwick2.116 : Not to disobey thaym..in as mykelle as thai concerne or touche yowe.
- (1446) Proc.Privy C.6.49 : Certaine matiers that gretely touchin and concernen þe good wele and worship of oure landes.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)435 : The iije principal conclusioun concernyng and biholding the seid iiije principal gouernaunce.
- (1451) in Black Leathersellers30 : Eny thynge towchyng or concernyng unto the occupacion and konnyng of either of the same two Craftes.
- (1459) Will Fastolf in Nrf.Archaeol.2231 : Alle that concerneth or perteyneth to the fundacion of a College.
- (1461) Grant Arms in Hrl.Soc.77 (Add 14295)192 : To devyse A Sygne And a Cognisaunce in fourme of armes..concerninge the woorshipfull dispotion of his person & habilitie in all gentilnes.
- (1462) Stonor1.58 : All þe dedes þat consernyth here enherytaunse.
b
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)148 : All oþer materes wich shall conserne this counsell, as when a Counsellour dyeth, how a new counsellour shall be chosen [etc.].