Middle English Dictionary Entry
contempnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | contempnen v. |
| Etymology | L contemnere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To slight or spurn (sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.32/14 : Ther is no so preuy mane of crystis secretys that may contempne the reuerence of holy place whiche deputat ys only to dyuyne vse.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.45/21 : Who that trustith [in God] ys nat confowndid, and who that callith hym in-to hymself is not cotempnyd.