Middle English Dictionary Entry
cō̆rden v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | cō̆rden v.(1) |
| Etymology | From accō̆rden . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To come to agreement (with sb.); become reconciled, make peace; (b) to reconcile (persons); bring into agreement.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.369 : Charles..cordede [vr. acordede] with Rollo, so þat he schulde be i-cristned.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)44/22 : Þis world is ful of envie..þat noon vnneþ can corde wiþ oþir.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.101 : Þe housebonde..answeride..'Frend, Y do þee no wronge; for of a peny þou cordist wiþ me.'
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)303/309 : Caste þe to corde here!
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)878 : He comly hire kist, & cordis with hire faire.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9722 : Merci and hir sisters tua, Blithli wald i cord [Göt: acord] þam sua.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)92 : Cordyd or accordyde: Concordatus.
2.
(a) To concur in opinion; agree; ~ in(to) on; (b) to agree (that sth. is so); (c) to agree (with an opinion), assent (to a proposal); (d) to agree or consent (to do sth.); (e) to act in concord.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3003 : Touchyng his drem, thei corded all in on.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)299/183 : Lete hym drynke þe jws ful thynne..And, as þese maistris cordyn and seyn, He xal take his speche ageyn.
- a1500 I comawnde alle þe ratons (Rwl C.228)6 : Alle foure awangelys corden into on.
b
- a1500(?a1450) Lady BH (Hrl 3810)7 : The fonders of þe fayþe were cordid..þat god is very god in forme of brede.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)46.17 : To this they Cordeden Alle.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)118/27 : Vn-too the tyme that thou see wheder witt and reason be corded therto.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2350 : He comaundis Þat þai suld corde be na cas vn-to þe kingis hestis.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)91 : To þis sentens I suppose Austeyn to cord.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1357 : I cord with that assent.
d
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2652 : His doȝtir..cordid on þis condicion to couple hire to wyfe.
e
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)56/20 : Redars in Cristis chirche..schal coorde in charite, & do alle þingis in ordre.
3.
Of things: (a) to be in agreement; be compatible (with), agreeable (to); ~ in fere, ~ in on, ~ togeder; (b) to be proper, fitting, or suitable; -- usu. impers.; (c) to be identical.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)316 : Alswa þos says þe prophet David In a psalme þat cordes þar-wyth.
- a1425 Maidstone PPs.(Add 10036)149 : Tho testamentis cordiþ in on.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)208/226 : Oure awne lawe to it cordis will.
- c1450 In my ȝowþe (Lamb 853)111 : If her word & werk coorde not in fere, Þei mowe wite hem silf her owne woo.
- c1460 Erly in a someristide (Dub 432)158/64 : Þeire entent and purpos corden all in oone.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)22 : Þei how to felow hemsilf to gidir, os it semiþ bi þe decreis and sentence of doctors cording to gidir.
b
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1043 : If a peyntour wolde peynte a pyk With asses feet and hede it as an ape, It cordeth naught, so nere it but a jape.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)526 : It cordith wel to serche Out scrypture, Misteryes hyd.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1045 : Cuthbert, it cerdes [read: cordes] noght þe to, Agayne þi degre to do.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)30 : It cordiþ to hem [priests] to ȝeue comyn.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)98/312 : Emanuell is as much to saye as 'God with us'..therfore that name..to his sonne cordes wondrous well.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.224 : August in houris cordyng is [L respondet] with May.
4.
Gram. Of a word: to be in concord.
Associated quotations
- ?a1500 My lefe (Sln 1210)p.14 : Take gode hede..how a nowne substantyfe Wylle corde with a verbe and a relatyfe.