Middle English Dictionary Entry
aida(u)nt ppl. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aida(u)nt ppl. & n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Giving aid; (b) mil. auxiliary (i.e. lightly armed, or allied with the main body of an army); -- also as noun.
Associated quotations
a
- (1450) RParl.5.178a : So was the seid Duke of Suffolk falsely and traiterously adherent, aydant and confortant to youre grettest Ennemyes.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)659 : Footmen o tweyne is to dyuide & dele: Or legiaunt or aydaunt for to be. Confederat men aydaunt is to se, That is to sey, by trewce or toleraunce, As Frensh ar suffred here and we in Fraunce.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)669 : Thi legyaunt forthi to multiplie Is right, but aydauntys a fewe applie.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1211 : The chiualer, be he legionary..or aydaunt, that is auxiliary, On hors or foote.