Middle English Dictionary Entry
abīder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abīder n. Also abidar(e. |
| Etymology | From verb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who stays in a place, a sojourner, a dweller; (b) one who is constant or steadfast, one who perseveres.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)429 : Rennare or vnstable a-bydare: Fugitivus, fugitiva, profugus, profuga.
- (1449) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.245 : That no Scottish man..let not distrouble the saide Souldeours, Inhabitans, or Abiders of the said Town.
b
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)98/13 : If þe way seyme scharp & longe to þame þat lufis not, lufe..with schort labore fulfyllis þe abidars.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.17.8 : Most kinde iemme, the abiding of the abidere;
Note: ?New sense
Note: L gemma gratissima expectatio praestolantis
Note: WBible(2): A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith.