the, adj., pron.2, and n.1\nthẹ̄̆ def. art.\nForms thẹ̄̆ def. art. Also de, (chiefly N & NM) ye, (N & NM) ʒe, (N) thi & (WM & early, chiefly sg. fem. & pl.) þeo, (early SWM sg. & pl.) þea, (early, chiefly SWM, sg. & pl.) þæ, (early sg. acc. fem.) þie & (chiefly after t, d, f, s) s) te, (before vowels & w) th-, (before a, e, st) t-, (before a, i) y- & (error) then. Contractions: there (the yere), þile (the while). For the spellings THe, yhe see LALME 4.3.\nEtymology LOE þē̆, þēo, (Nhb.) ðīo, vars. of OE sē̆, sēo art. The form þie by analogy with the OE acc. fem. hīe; the pl. form þēo prob. due to the general association of pl. and fem. in OE pronominal paradigms or perh. by analogy with OE hēo, var. of pl. hīe. The sg. form þēo almost always occurs with descendants of OE fem. nouns, but there are occas. instances with descendants of OE masc. or neut. nouns (e.g., quots. a1425 in 1a.(a), c1150 in 1b.(a)), a few of which reflect ME natural fem. gender (e.g., quots. c1275 (1st) in 1a.(a), c1275 (1st) in 1a.(f)), and with borrowings of OF nouns (e.g., quot. a1425 in 1b.(a)).\nNote: Cp. se def. art. & pron.(1) & (2).\nReferring to a specific member of a class and used anaphorically, pointing to a person or thing previously mentioned: the, this, that; with plural: the, these, those: (a) with noun; also with adj. as noun or cardinal number as noun; (b) with pron.: ~ ilke (same); ~ self, the same one; also, myself, itself, etc. [see also self adj., n., & pron. 5.(d), (e), (f)]; (c) with noun, now further specified by an adj., a ppl. as adj., or a num.; also, with pron. further specified by an adj. [quot. a1420]; (d) with noun or occas. adj. as noun, now further specified by a prep. phrase; also, further specified by an adj. and a prep. phrase; (e) with noun or occas. a pron. or a sup. adj. as noun, now further specified by a rel. clause; also, further specified by an adj. or a prep. phrase and a rel. clause; (f) with pron. or num. as noun (or in noun phrase), referring to a member or constituent part of a pair or group; also, further specified by a prep. phrase; ~ on (other), ~ five (nin), ~ fifte (second), ~ first frend, etc.; (g) with adj. (comp. or sup.) as noun or in noun phrase referring to a member or constituent part of a pair, group, or class;—sometimes with the absolute sup. and the class understood; also, further specified by a prep. phrase or rel. clause; ~ best (gretteste, leste), ~ leste peine, etc.; (h) with noun or noun phrase denoting a person in direct address.\nShow 129 Quotations Hide 129 Quotations\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Ic..gife..þone abbode Saxulf & þa munecas of þe mynstre þas landes & þas wateres, [etc.].\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)89/18 : Wyð wæterseocnesse ʒenim þas wyrte, [etc.]..syle þri sceattes fulle; syyðe raðe sceal þeo sceonesse [read: seocnesse] beon ut atoʒen þur micʒþan.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1132 : He uuolde underþeden ðat mynstre to Clunie sua ðat te king was wel neh bepaht.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)16/25 : Þæt water sonæ wende of þam fixnoðe & wæs ðeo mere awend to brade feldæ.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)8/9 : Ða spæc ðe cniht to dauid diʒlum wordum.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1082 : He toc þe recless & te blod & ʒede upp to þatt allterr.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)107 (2nd occurrence) : Þe giuenesse of sinne is þe beste giue, and þie giue he giueð ech man in þe fulluht.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)69/759 : Þe reue..bigon to rowen swiftliche efter forte reauin hit ham & i þea sea senchen.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)126/34 : Heorte to bollen..& ihouen on heih ase hul, þeo heorte ne ethalt none wete of godes grace.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)142 : Heo funden..þet þeo wimon was mid ane sune.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3067 : Forð iwende þat hired swa þæ king hæhte.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)104 : Ne miʒte he for reuþe atte pette be þo.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)778 : Ðe king ðholede sorges strif.\nc1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)13/355 : Þe feend wiþ prede acombreþ ous Wiþ wreþe and wiþ enuie..Þoun-wyse.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)212 : Þemperour on his stif stede a sty forþ þanne takes.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Esd.13.1 (1st occurrence) : In þe [WB(2): that] dai..is rad in þe volume of moises.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)541 (1st occurrence) : Þei han laft him a-lyue but vnneþe seuene; Sikerli þe seuene weore slayen at þe laste.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8652 : All folud him..þat o þi [Göt: þe; Frf: þat] dum wald here resun.\n(1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.59 (last occurrence) : The for seyd priour hayd y receyvyd of the godys of the for seyde ʒourl..a mill' li' worth and mor and the mor to wath value we connauth say.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.104 (2nd occurrence) : This romaunce is of Thebes..we han herd..How the bisshop, as the book kan telle, Amphiorax, fil thorugh the ground to helle.\na1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)2309 : Magu wiþ þe seolue spere Þoruʒ þe wombe..gan him beore; Þeo spere to barst wiþ oute doute.\nc1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)79 (1st occurrence) : As the bolde at the borde was of brede seruyde, So come in..a senatour of Rome.\na1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)10 : The emperour and is wif Lovenden the child as hare lyf.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)21/17 : Hit fortuned both the kynges be there.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)89 (1st occurrence) : Ʒe moste breke up the aschys welle with the flote.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)362/191 : What seyde then [read: the] aungyl, moder, on-to you more?\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)451 : De dwerke was her squyer And seruede her.\na1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)180/11 : Who that takith not hede as grettely to the as to thenmyes, [etc.].\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)60/4 : Sume men þa sædon þæt hit ðe ylcæ were.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)59/508 : Ant seolf þe ilke is godes sune.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)6/34 : Þe ilke þet zuereþ hidousliche be god oþer by his halʒen..þe ilke zeneʒeþ dyadliche.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 5.28 : Þanne with þe same he shal ben smyten þurʒ with swerd.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.57 : Some..nolde faille To han..A peir Gussetis..A paunce of plate, whiche of þe silf be-hinde Was schet.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)53.134 : Aftyr Gaanon they seyde the Selve.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)676 : Myself I wolde have do the same.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)88 : Ʒe moste take to a dosyne iij pownd of alome, and to crimesons the same.\na1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)4.6 (2nd occurrence) : The offrand of rightwisnes is a sorowful gast, punyschand the [vr. it] self for synne.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Nativ.Virg.(Bod 343)124/241 : Him þa æteowde þe ilcæ enʒel eft on slepe.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/5 : Ne lufe þu þis lif, þat ðu on leahtrum wuniʒe & þine sawle forleose on þe soðe life.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1485 : Siþþen winndwesst tu þin corn..& gaddrest swa þe clene corn.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)30/9 : Þe blake clað alswa teke þe bitacnunge deð leasse eil to þe ehnen.\n?c1250 PMor.(Eg 613(1))345 : Go we þene narewe wei and þene wei grene þer forð-fareð lutel folc..Þe narewei is godes hes.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2001 : Þeo uniseli moder þus hire sune murðde.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)49/855 : Þe ilke bataille Cutberd gan assaille.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)185/33 : Þe ilke zelue boc zayþ, þet one mere draʒþ uorþ þet colt of anoþre, [etc.].\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3179 : For the Pite of him al one Mai al the large realme save.\n?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.27 (1st occurrence) : Þe þre kynges were slayn, þe toþer were affraied.\n(1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.38 : The forsaide Baillies..shul graunte to the forsaid sir Roger, [etc.].\n(1418) EEWills31/25 : I be-quethe viij s. iiij d. to do singe for me Soule, & for de Soules aforsaide, c masses in oo day.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.496 : In his scheld..he bar..Þe chefe of gold, of goulys a lyoun..and in his baner bete Þe silfe same.\n?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)78/17 (2nd occurrence) : Þe folk of þis party es blacker þan of þe este [Man.(1): toþer] party.\n(1425) MSS PRO in App.Bk.Lond.E.316 : The said parties to this endentures entrechangeably haue put her seals, y-yove at london the day and yere aboueseid.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)3 : Þerfore do þou þi-silf alle þe gode deedis.\n(1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15159 : Resceytes of syllyng of ale the same yer.\nc1460 Oseney Reg.56/16 : Þe bothe parties haue i-subiecte þem-selfe..to our Jurisdiccion.\na1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)20934 : The same sylue carpenter Dyde a-forn hys bysy peyne To forge hym [idol].\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)81 : Let hit stonde so vj wekys, and, after the vj wekys, opyne the vesselle softly.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)859 : Of þe selue colours..Was lyngell and trappure.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)131/15 (1st occurrence) : Castitas is þe clannesse of ðe likame.\nc1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)52/960 : Horn child wonede þere Fulle sixe yere; Þe seuenþe, þat cam þe nexte After þe sexte, To Reymyld he ne wende.\na1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1973 : We mot to þat ioie wenden þat euer lesteʒ withʒ outen enden, þat is, to þe [vr. ʒe] blisse of heuene.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)2/28 (last occurrence) : Of þe sseawynge þet sayn Ion þe godspellere yzeʒ..Þet uerste heaued of þe beste..Þet oþer heaued of þe beste of helle.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.7.1 (1st occurrence) : Þe tentys..of Madian weryn..at þe norþ cost of þe hyʒe hul.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.31.7 : The puple that was left of swerd foond grace in desert..singeth, and seith, 'Saf, Lord, thi puple, the remnauntis of Irael.'\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10060 : Hym þoght þe prest..bedde hym a morsel of þe flesshe with alle ʒe blode þer-on alle fresshe.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.189 : Were þe myddel of myn honde ymaymed..I shulde receyue riʒte nouʒte of þat I reche myʒte.\n(1435) RParl.4.489b (1st occurrence) : The Kyng, by yadvis of ye Lordes Spirituel and Temporel..wille and graunteth, [etc.].\nc1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)234/23 : Mans flessh may well be likened to a tauerner, and þe luste of mans flessh to vyne.\nc1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)97 : The more knowynge of yowr selff passyble, Þe more veryly ʒe xall God knowe.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)49 (1st occurrence) : Than seyde Pylate to the mastrys of the synagoge, [etc.].\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)60/2 : Næs þæs þe blinde mon..þe we iseaʒen sittæn simle wædliende?\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)32/27 (1st occurrence) : Ða nom heo arest þeo rode ðe þe sceaðe on hongode & hire uppon ðene deaden alæʒde.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)31 : Þe ilke þet is iseli, þis he wule don.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)51 : Hwenne þu scrift underuongest of þe sunnen þe þu idon hauest..þenne buriest þu þine sunnen.\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)10 : He leuede on þe false godes þat weren wid honden wroust.\na1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)41 : Þeo luue, þat ne may her abyde..hit is fals &..frouh.\nc1300 SLeg.Judas (Hrl 2277)89 (1st occurrence) : Ʒut were his fader betere habbe ibroʒt him of dawe..þan he hadde him aslawe Of þ'aplen þat þe schrewe whan.\nc1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.542 : Þis is nouʒt þe pilgrim y met ʒisterday.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.2.9 (1st occurrence) : The sterre, the whiche thei sayen in este, wente bifore hem.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6859 : Suilk was þi [Göt: þe] lessun and þi [Göt: þe] lare..Sceud drightin [Göt: Þat vr lauerd scheud] to moysen.\na1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)121 : [Neuer sau]gh I er that day The watir that so wel lyked me.\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)373 : Nature held on hire hond A formel egle, of shap the gentilleste That evere she among hire werkes fond.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)148/16 : We awt euyr to..thynkyn of þe dolful deth þat he deyd for vs.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.196 (2nd occurrence) : Þe usurer sellith þe þing þat he lendyth.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/2 : Þissere weorlde tide stondæþ on six ylde; Nu beoð þe fiue forð igan, & þeo sixte is nu andweard.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4931 : Mahhtess ehhte..Þehhtennde mahht iss..Moderr off alle þoþre.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : Innan þan sea weren vii bittere uþe; þe forme wes swnan.. þe fifte neddren, [etc.].\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)5/15 : Twa [rules] beoð bimong alle..þe an riwleð þe heorte..þe oþer riwle is al wiðuten.\na1250 Yche day (Mdst A.13)5 : Þru tidigge us cumet iche dei..þe þridde his of muchel kare.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1108 : He nom..þreo swiðe feire mæidene; Þeo an wes ihaten Astrild.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1508 : Ich wille mi dirhliche lond a þroe al to-dalen..Þea þridde del of mine londe ich bi-take þe an honde.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1936 : Remus & Romulus..iweren ibroðeren, ah þe an sloh þene oðren.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.23 : Tho were thothere glad ynouʒ tho hi ihurde this.\n?c1335 Nou ihc for þi (Hrl 913)49 : Þe x commandemens: Whos wold be sauid, ham ssold hold..Þe secunde so is þis: Sundai wel þat ʒe holde.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)46/20 (1st occurrence) : Þe zixte heaued of þe kueade beste is lecherie.\nc1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4383 (1st & 2nd occurrences) : Rychard ryʒd forþ wyþ ys knyʒtes..þe furste was Richard..þe secunde, of Nauntes þe duk Howel.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 17.17 : Wher ten ben not clensid, and where ben the nyne?\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.65 (1st occurrence) : Was Tales Millesus..þe firste of þe seuene wise men..Þe oþere sixe wise men were in þe tyme of þe transmygracioun of Iewes.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)404-5 : Þe fyrst twey maners..Beyn oure defaute..Þe ton ys for ouer mychel outrage, Þe touþer ys febylnesse of corage.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)p.361 head. : Twelue poyntes þyr are yn shryfte..Te seuenþe poynt of shryfte.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6557,6559 : I fynde wryten paynes fourtene, Thurgh whilk þe synful sal be pyned..aftir domesday ..Þe first es fire..Þe secunde es calde.\n?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)190 : Þes foolis schullen lerne what is actif lif & contemplatif..þanne þei myʒtten wite þat þei han neiþer þe ton ne þe toiþer.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)1 (1st occurrence) : Of tokenyngis and worchyngis of loue: The firste tokene of loue is þat þe louier submytte fully his wille to þe wille of him þat he loueþ.\na1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)685 : Thre men were to the cyte come..Kynge Rycharde..was the one man.\n(1466) in Cox Churches Derb.4.85 : ij ordinales, one gudde, the oder of smalle valore.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.281 : A ryche man..hadde þre frendys: Þe firste frend and þe secunde he louede.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.321 : Þe wal..was set & grondyt on twelue precious stonys: Þe firste was iaspis, þe secunde saphirus, [etc.].\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)63 : Dites full dere was dew to the Grekys..The tothyr was a Tulke out of Troy selfe.\nc1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)14/125 : Alles cunnes pinen..þe leaste pine is se heard þet hefde a mon islein..mi feader & mi moder, [etc.].\na1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)124/3 : Of alle..sunnes..schriues ow euch wike eanes..ireade ʒiues him [devil] to writen þe leaste þat ʒe eauer muhen.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6183 : Þat writ wes irad imæ[n]g þar Rom-leden; Þa speken sone þæ wisseste of Rome.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)5/27-8 : Twelf feren he hadde..Aþulf was þe beste & fikenyld þe werste.\n?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)106 : Hi bringeþ garlek gret plente, Þe best idiʒt þat man mai se.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1039 : With the rose colour stroof hir hewe, I noot which was the fairer of hem two.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2886 (1st occurrence) : Tho cam..Palamoun..And, passyng othere of wepyng, Emelye, The rufulleste of al the compaignye.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.79 : Among alle þe londes of þis worlde Ynde is þe grettest and most richest.\na1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)964 : Ten brode arowis hilde he there..Faire semblaunt..The leest grevous of hem alle.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2303 : He hath mad hym riche feste, And to his folk, the moste and ek the leste, That with hym com.\na1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)71/13 : They holdyn Ion te ewangelist the moste excellent man and the moste nest to God.\nc1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)8 : Where firste he was þe moost faireste was maide anoon þe moost fouleste.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1178/3 (1st occurrence) : Than was there..spurryng and pluckyng up of horse..sir Gaherys and sir Gareth..were..founde dede amonge the thyckyste of the prees.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.21.14a : Þe bihouiþ lufen..alle lawes and ordeinaunces mad bi prelates and rulours of holi kirke..Ne resceiue non opinion, ne fantasie..whilk contrarieþ to þe leste ordinaunce..of al holi kirke.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2400 : Þre prise goddes..the fairest of þo fele shull þat fe haue.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.18.6 (last occurrence) : Lo, as þe clei in to þe hondis of þe crockere, so ʒee in myn hond, þe hous of iræl.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3114 : My lord, the monk..ye shul telle a tale trewely.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)986 : Maistirs of Messedone..Ʒe Traces & of Tessaloyne & ʒe þe trewe Grekis, How likis ʒow nowe ʒoure lege lord?\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)236/3 : The sones or children of men, deme ʒe ryghtfully!\nReferring to a specific member of a class and pointing to a person or thing not previously mentioned, but instead understood from the context or already known: the, that; with plural: the, those: (a) with noun, ger., or cpd. denoting a specific person, place, institution, event, etc.; also, with ordinal number or adj. (comp. or sup.) as noun; (b) with noun or cpd. denoting a specific time, a period, or a stage in a process or an event; for ~ time, at that time; as for ~ time, as of now, for now; also, in adverbial phrases: ~ dai, today, nowadays; ~ mid-dai, in the middle of that day; ~ mene-time, ~ while (whiles), in the meantime, meanwhile; al ~ mene-time, all during that time; ~ night, on that night; (c) with noun denoting a specific person's or animal's bodily part, a person's possessions, kin, etc., expressing a possessive relationship: his, her, its, their, etc.; (d) with noun, now further specified by an adj. or a num.; ~ first dai, ~ same time, on ~ nexte dai, etc.; ~ ouen being (bodi, etc.), its own being (body, etc.); also, in adverbial phrases: ~ nexte (seventhe, etc.) dai, on the next (the seventh, etc.) day; ~ same manere, in the same manner; ~ same time, at the same time; ~ thrid time, a third time, this third time; (e) with noun or ger., now further specified by a prep. phrase; also, further specified by an adj. or a num. and a prep. phrase; (f) with noun or sup. adj. as noun, now further specified by a rel. clause, noun clause, or temporal or locative clause; also further specified by an adj. and a rel. clause.\nShow 128 Quotations Hide 128 Quotations\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.852 : On þis tima leot Ceolred, abbot of Medeshamstede & þa munecas Wulfrede to hande þet land of Sempigaham, to þet forewearde þet æfter his dæi scolde þet land in to þe minstre.\n?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/25 : Nim buccan hwurfban and bræde hit, and þanne þeo bræde ʒeswate, [etc.].\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1154 : Martin, abbot of Burch..sæclede..& ward ded..& te munekes..byrieden þabbot hehlice.\nc1175 Body & S.(1) (Bod 343)3 : Hit [grave] nes no idiht, ne þeo deopnes imeten.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)141 : Zacariʒe..Ʒede..till Godess allterr, Forr þær to þeowwtenn Drihhtin Godd..& all þe follc þær ute stod Þatt while onn heore bene.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)135 (2nd occurrence) : Þe apostel us munegeð here to..elmasdele..Gif þan bihaʒeð ðe, heo deleð, and neng sullen heom ðeo elmesse ah ʒefen.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1011 : Brutus..bi-heolde..þa muntes..þa medewan..þa wateres..he..scæwede þea [Otho: þe] leoden.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)87 : He cam toward his breþren, þat ternde ssolde bere.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)474 : Godard..tok þe maydnes..Of boþen he karf on two here þrotes..þe children biþ [?read: bi þe] wawe Leyen and sprauleden in þe blod.\nc1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)2 : I ne kan telle ʒou nowt Hou richeliche þe sadel was wrout.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)922 : Auntrose is þin evel, ful wonderliche it þe weves, wel I wot þe soþe.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.51.31 : Taken is his cite fro þe ouermost to þe ouermost.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2916 : Twenty fadme of brede the armes straughte.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)298/9 : It is inpossible þat oon man to kunne boþe þe craftis.\na1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)2117 : Els moght þe ferth..Haue bene wer þan al þa thre.\na1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)144/1839 : Ful sikir am y We geten now þeo maistry.\nc1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1993 : The kynge..Demenys the medylwarde..hym selfen..His archers on aythere halfe..ordaynede..He arrayed in þe rerewarde full riall knyghtez.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4854 : What he wrot..Y vnderstonde þus þentent.\n(1451) Lin.DDoc.55/27 : I will yt my iij pore clarkes..litill thom of ye halle, litill will oft stabull..haf Ilkon of yam iij s. iiij d.\n(1454) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 496 (2nd occurrence) : For ij bords boffte at Brystow..for caryage of the same borde..for costs yn the bargan makyng, [etc.].\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)77 : Grynde welle j li. of vertgrece..and put thereto a chyde of saffrone in the gryndyng thereof.\na1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)601 : He went thorough owt ye hall..curtesly he toke leue of them all.\nc1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)882 : In stede of the bettyr the worse ther they ches.\n1122 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1122 : Þæt fir hi seagon in ðe dæirime..þet wæs þæs dæies vii° idvs Decembre.\na1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)9 (2nd occurrence) : Þe engles in þe dai-red bleweð heore beme.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12960 (1st occurrence) : Þeo while com þe eotened [Otho: eatant] faren.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)843 : Alle dai hii..resden to þan castle Fort him com þe niþte..In þan castle..at þe midniþt [Clg: a þa mid-niht] inomen to rede.\nc1330 Body & S.(5) (Auch)p.24 : Als y lay in a winters niʒt In a droupening bifor þe day, [etc.].\nc1330 Orfeo (Auch)11/117 : Þo lay sche stille atte last.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1148 : Boþe partiʒes..aparaylde hem þat time of alle tristy atir þat to batayle longed and made hem alle merie in þe mene while.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.12.30 : Pharao arose þe niʒt & all his seruauntis & all Egipte.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 4.5 : Hisbosech..slepte vp on his bed þe myddai.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.157 : Two ʒere to giders he dwelled in a ponde þat was wiþ oute watir..unneþe he seyʒ þe sonne al þe mene tyme.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4234 : Aleyn wax wery in the dawenynge For he had swonken al the longe nyght.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)315 (1st occurrence) : Stedfastlych þey preyd..Tyl þat woke were alle gone At þe woke ende, spake þe ermyte, [etc.].\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)702 : Þe sun was þat time..Seuen sith brighter þen þe dai [Göt: to-day; Trin-C: now aday].\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)3889 : Þe while holde lya in bedde, þenne shal þou rachel wedde.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.8 : What shulde we wommen werche þe while [vr. wiles]?\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)23/15 : At te begining sal sho haite a-mendement of his faute.\n?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)81/9 : Of here variance were to longe to telle & so I wil leue as for the tyme withouten more spekynge of hem.\n(1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.155 (last occurrence) : Euery yhere atte the fest of Myghelmasse the same Craft schal chese..a Maister and two Wardeynesse, and to presente ham to fore the Maire, Shiref and Baillifs that schall be for the tyme.\nc1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)78 : On the newʒere daye..So come in sodanly a senatour of Rome.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)30/51 : Þat tyraunte to me tolde..That we shulde haue alle welthis in walde, wa worthe þe whyle!\na1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1171 : Ay wer þe ʒates vnget tille two ʒeres ende..Eleuen hundred þousand Jewes in þe mene whyle Swalten.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.46.31b : For þe time þe point of þi þouʒt is set vpon noþing þat is mad.\na1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)34/30 : Att the laste, the vnhappy wyʒt for sorowe and mystryste hangid hym-self and dyede.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)174 : Lete kepe the passages, that ther come to hem no more socour ne vitaile..and in the meene while..lete vs yeve hem bateile.\na1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)35/18 : The men-tyme, the Erle Rychard..was come to Suth Walis.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7348 : The Troiens..Slogh hom..Woundit hom..till þe night come..When the day ouer drogh & the derk entrid.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1013 : Ælfsige..bohte þa þær..sancte Florentines lichaman, call buton þe heafod, to v hundred punda.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi uuenden ðæt he sculde ben alsuic alse the eom wes.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 (2nd occurrence) : Hi..þrengde þe man þær inne ðæt him bræcon alle þe limes.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)41 (2nd occurrence) : He him sceawede þe wrecche saulen a-honge, summe bi þa fet..summe bi þe eʒen.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)8/11 : Makieð..a large creoiz mit þe þreo vingres vrom abuue þe vorheaued dun to þe breoste.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)161 : Wa wes him on liue þa þe [Otho: his] fader wes on deaðe.\na1300 Sayings St.Bede (Jes-O 29)144 : Þes chapmen..Ne reccheþ hwat hi swerie Bute heo habben biyete Þi sathanas..Þe saule wule derye.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2495 : Sket cam a ladde with a knif, And bigan Rith at þe to For to ritte and..flo.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1079 : Humber king..and his mochele ferde comen on Albanac his lond and sloʒen þeo leoden.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1415 : Wið gold and siluer..Ðis sonde made ðe mayden prud; Ðe broðer and de moder oc Riche giftes eliezer ðe toc.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1886 : Siðen ðo beniamin was boren, Rachel adde ðe lif for-loren.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)14/34 : He yzeʒ a best þet com out of þe ze..þe uet weren of bere.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.8.20 (2nd occurrence) : He seide to..his firste gotyn, 'Ris & sle hem,' þe whiche drowʒ not owt þe swerd.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.257 : Oo beste..haþ a large ryuel..vnder þe chynne.\nc1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)981 : Þe eʒen of vr inward þouht Lyft vp from slideri þinge, Þat hit take hede wiþ al þe miht To lyht euer-lastynge.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1060 : Þe chylde trespasyþ ful yl Þat wyl nat do þe fadrys wyl.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2277 : Fulbor he smoot vpon þe rygge—To þe nauel com þe egge.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2474 : He eskaped..vnneþe with þe lyf.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.882 : The which right sore wolde athynken me That ye for any wight that dwelleth there Sholden spille a quarter of a tere..it is nought worth the while.\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.61.11 : If ritchessis be plenteuouse, nyle ʒe sette the herte therto.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)394 : She heng hirself ryght be the hals.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3054 : He bedis þam..þe bake & bidis na langir.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)283/36 : Launcelot..toke hym on the hede.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)84 : Take brasylle..and put hit into an erthyne potte, with ly..sethe hit to the halvendele.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.207 : Wyckydnesse hat besechit þat cite & þat comonte be day & be nyʒt abouyn þe wallys.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)282/115 : I shall knap hym on the crowne.\na1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 (2nd occurrence) : Ðis gear æfter Cristesmesse on an Moneniht æt þe forme slæp wæs se heouene o ðe norð half eall swilc hit wære bærnende fir.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 (2nd occurrence) : Þa wenden þe eorles & te rice men þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.6 : Broþerr min Affterr þe flæshess kinde; &..i Crisstenndom Þurrh fulluhht..& broþerr min i Godess hus, Ʒet o þe þride wise.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)37/5 : Ne speoke ʒe wið namon ofte ne longe & tah hit beo of schrift, allegate i þe ilke hus..sitte þe þridde.\na1275 Stod ho (Tan 169*)26 : Lauedi..þi kare was ouer-comen, þe þridde dai þe ioie comen..Wwen þi sone risen wes.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)890 : Þe nexte daie we biddez furst þat ʒe it graunti nouþe ene.\nc1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)368 : Þe wynd..al in þoþer side..gan dasche adoun.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3377 : He let bi-aften de more del To kepen here ðing al wel.\n?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)97 : Þe xv tokingis ichul ʒou telle..Þe sefþe dai hit sal grow aʒe Har crop adun, har rote an hei.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.21.22 : Þe [WB(2): In the] same tyme seide Abymalech & phycol..to Abraham, [etc.].\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 20.10 : Joab..smoot hym in þe sijde..& is dead; ne þe secounde wounde he putte to.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22459 : Grete signes sal vr lauerd make..þe first dai sal i of rede..þar sal fall dun fra þe lijft A blodi rain.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2319 : Macan wiþ þe selue spere Þorouʒ þe wombe he gan hym bere.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.55 : I fond þere Freris; alle þe foure ordris.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1760 : Fayled þe sunne; Þenne blykned þe ble of þe bryʒt skwes, Morkenes þe mery weder.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3098 : Als þe fire of erthe..Es hatter þan þe beme of þe son, Ryght swa þat fire on þe same manere Es hatter þan þe fire es here.\na1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)8/12,13 : How a soule schal dispose it on þe owne partie for to distroie alle wetyng & feling of þe owne being.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)123/35 : On þe next day sche was browt in-to þe Erchebischopys Chapel.\na1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)23 : Sethe Chykonys..þan take Pepir, Gyngere, an Brede y-grounde, & temper it vppe wyth þe self brothe.\nc1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)238/15 : Take þe rote of wormot and sethe yt yn water and do a-waye þe vtmeste rynde.\nc1450 Kynge of grace (Trin-C B.11.24)10 : Herkenyth now þe tokenynge That þe firste day shal brynge.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)73 : Take bule and ceruse and gleyre, and saffrone, or the same manere take the scrapynge of ymages that be olde.\na1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)27/741* : The same & þe selue tyme..Fro þe cuntre of capadose come a kyd prince.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.263 : Why betist þu me now þe þredde tyme?\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : Ða þe munecas of Burch hit herdon sægen, þa wæron hi swa sari swa hi næfre ær ne wæron.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/7 (1st occurrence) : Þa iseʒen heo & eal þeo ceasterwaræ on ierusalem þet ðe leʒ wæs huru feowertiʒ fæðmæ heh.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)39/30 : Þe soðe luue of godd..is mare on werkes ðanne on wordes.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)26/15 : Eien beoð, þe earewen & te ereste armes of lecheries pricches.\na1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1041 : Of þis ded wol i be clene And of þe spilling of his blod.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 18.24 : What maner wise mown ʒee withstonden beforn oon satrape of þe leeste seruauntis of my lord?\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10053 : Þe blode yn-to þe chaleys ran Of þat chylde.\n?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)187a/a (3rd occurrence) : The eiʒte chapiter is off helpynge of þe thies and off þee parties abouten hem.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.153 : Egbertus..commaundede alle the inhabitatores of that londe to be callede Englische men.\nc1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1917 : Go he to..Januense..Wythyn the fourth part of hys gramer boke, Of thys matyre there groundely may he loke.\na1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1466 : Wyth that come Tryamowre In the moost of that stowre.\nc1500 Orfeo (Ashm 61)33/360 (1st occurrence) : He be-held þe werke full wele: The oueryst werke a-boue þe walle Gan schyne as doth þe crystalle.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 (1st occurrence) : Ic for beode þe & ealle þe biscopas þe æfter ðe cumon..þet ge nan onsting ne hauen of þet mynstre buton swa micel swa þone abbot wile.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)16/3 : Mucel bið þeo bene þæt þe munt aweiʒ fare of his aʒene stæde þurh aniʒne monne.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)89 (last occurrence) : Þis wune haueð þe biginnigge of þe holie procession þe ure helende makede to ward te stede þer he wolde deð þolen.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)115 : He makede ane heʒe burh..he ʒef heo his stepmoder..& Lauinion þene castel..þe his fader hefde imaked þe wile þe [Otho: wile] he on liue wes.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)479 : Ʒirne we to þane kinge..alle þa liðinde scipen..þat we mawen..varen wide ʒeond þat lond & fondia þeo leoden wer us beo iqueme.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12657 (1st occurrence) : Þe æreste king þe þer com, he wes swiðe kene mon.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)359 (1st occurrence) : Wane þou comest to þe cniþtes þe þane king bi-witieþ..clepe þou ham to and..spec, [etc.].\na1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)870 : Þe Ieues tok her wei..Til þei comin..To þe cite þare Heroud was.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2771 : Allas, the peynes stronge That I for yow haue suffred.\nc1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg.(Vrn)156/49 : Al þe while he was so seek, He feled neuere lisse.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1544 : In his thought gan up and down to wynde Hire wordes..and every countenaunce, And fermely impressen in his mynde The leeste point that to him was plesaunce.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.700 : That I was born, so weilaway the tide!\n1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5200 : The secunde persone euyn of you thre..took oure freelte..in a madyns bour..The leest drop of blood þa yssuyd oute Of hys blyssyd body, & hys circumcysyoun..suffycyent raunsoun Had been for al þe werdys wo.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)601/14 : Remembir ye me, and of the same dede that ye ded to me late at the castell.\na1500 Anoder yere (Add 40166)p.77 : Another yere hit may befall The lest that is withyn this hall To be more mastur then we all.\nWith noun, noun phrase, cpd., ger., adj. or ppl. as noun, or num. as noun, referring to a specific member of a class and pointing to a person or thing neither previously mentioned nor understood from the context nor already known: the, that; with plural: the, those: (a) particularized by an adj. or a num.; also, in adverbial phrases: ~ first thre daies, ~ nexte son-dai, etc., on the first three days, on the next Sunday, etc.; (b) particularized by a prep. phrase or by an adj. and a prep. phrase; also, in names of churches, cities, etc.: ~ chirche of osnei, ~ cite of bedlem, ~ rivere of temese, etc. [cp. sense 2b.(c)]; (c) in references to a day of the week or month, regnal year, etc.: particularized by a prep. or noun phrase or by an adj. or ordinal number and a prep. phrase: ~ eightethe dai of januarie, in ~ sixte yer of herode, etc.; (d) particularized by a ppl. or an inf. phrase or by an adj. and a ppl. or an inf. phrase; (e) particularized by a rel. clause or by an adj. and a rel. clause; (f) particularized by a clause of time: ~ dai as, ~ time that (whanne), etc., the day (time, etc.) when (sb. does sth., sth. happens); also particularized by an adj. and a noun clause [last quot.]; also, in conjunctive phrases: ~ while that (the), ~ whiles that, ~ while (whiles), while (sb. does sth., sth. happens, etc.), when; (g) particularized by a noun clause or by a sup. adj. and a noun clause.\nShow 119 Quotations Hide 119 Quotations\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)211/7 : Ʒef..ʒe ne beon nawt ihuslet i þeose isette tearmes, beoð hit þe neste sunne dei.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)615 : Ðe first moned and te first dai, He [Noah] sag erðe drie.\n?a1350 SLeg.Guth.(Corp-C 145)16 : Þo com þer out a womman of þe nexte hous þere.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 1.38 : Go we in to the nexte townes and citees.\n?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)141b/b : Fille þe wounde þe firste þre daies wiþ alumme zucarine and þe ʒolke of ane eye.\n(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2924 : He that was a boy the laste day..And afor-tyme in the kechyn lay Among the pottis..Now of neue haue [read: hath] take the ordre of kniht.\na1450(a1400) Titus & V.(Add 36523)2109 : We herd hym telle Þat he myght oure temple felle And make it rise on the thrid day.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2a : I seye nouht þat þou so lihtly on þe furste day mayest be tourned to hym in þy soule bi fulhede of vertues.\na1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)5 : In his tyme in þat toun þe temple alder-grattyst Was drawen doun.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7350 : All merknet the mountens & mores aboute.\nc1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)8 : Þe soþfestnesse and þe mancunnesse of ure drictin nes nawicht isuteled þurh werkes of richtuuisnesse þet vue heueden idon.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16764 : Þeʒʒ haffdenn herrd hiss spell..i þe burrh off Ʒerrsalæm.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)151 : Þis word..seide ure drihten..þa he wunede ine þe londe of ierusalem.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)19/12 : Vnderstandeþ..þe muchele ðolemodnesse of us on ðese liue, hv godd us meneʒeð alche dai..'Wandeð to me.'\na1250 Creed (Blick 6864)p.138 : He was akenned þurh þe mihte of þan halge gast.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4579 : Seoððe him comen þæ tiðinde of Crist, Godes childe.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)214/6 : Ure louerd godalmichti i bore was..i þe cite of bethleem.\nc1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)387 : In þe toun of wyricestre bi-tidde þat selue cas.\na1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)425 : Þe leste her of ʒoure heued ne worþ ylore amys.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9168 : King steuene..aʒen is vncle gan wende & þe erchebissop ..& þe hext of þe lond al so.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12/28 : Onder þo demere wes Iesu crist y-demd wyþ wrong to þe biddinge of þri kueade ieus.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)262/20 : Þis boc is uolueld..of ane broþer of þe choystre [read: cloystre] of sanynt austin of Canterberi.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3434 : Bi þe werwolf in his scheld wel he him knewe.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.379 : In his tyme bygan þe erldom of Flaundres.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1695 : Wher as he say thymage Of Cristes moder, hadde he in vsage..to..seye His Aue Marie.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)969 : O þi winning giue me þe tend; Of alkin fruit haf þou þe nine.\nc1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)238/14 : Þat same Bisshop hade..a fair Toure in making, in his cloos oppon þe ryuer of Tamise.\n(1418) MSS PRO in App.Bk.Lond.E.292 : We haue, at yinstance and prayere of ye said James, granted to Nicholas Horton ye kepyng of oure Castel of Oye.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.189 : Mi daies þinkyng &..of myn hert þinly aduertence..Was feithfully..Me to aquyte to euery maner wiʒt Liche his estat.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3282 : Vlixes..gaf in charge vn-to Thelamoun..to loue his broþer..To parte with hym tresour..& good As to þe nexte born of al his blood.\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deut.19.6 : This man schal flee..lest perauenture the next kynesman of hym..be prickid with sorewe, and pursue.\na1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)2238 : Þen sal þe bisschop of þat rike Swilk a priores sone depose.\nc1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)1/2 : Crist..Grawnt vs grace so to a skapyn þe sley ensaylingis of þe fende.\n(1451) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 492 (1st & 3rd occurrences) : For the takyng adowen of the old belle, and the hongyng up of the newe belle to the bellman, iiij s. iiij d.\nc1460 Oseney Reg.119/4 : Þe prelate of þe church of Osney i-chaungid the which is nowe, [etc.].\n(1466) in Cox Churches Derb.4.86 (1st occurrence) : Item, paynted clothes hengynge above the stalls in the quere.\n(1470) Paston1.422 : Suche thynge theryn as thei haue, or shalbe..obteyned by them..or by any other havyng therein title or interesse to th'use of any of them, shalbe equally dyvided.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)72 : To temper asure, grynd hit one a stone, with the thyrdyndele of gume.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.228 : Þe buschopys..sandalyys & þe schon..at messe betokenyn þe naylys in Cristis feet.\n1122 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1122 : Þæræfter þe Tywesdæi æfter Palmes Sunendæi wæs swiðe micel wind.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1154 : Þa was he..to king bletcæd in Lundene on þe sunnen dæi beforen midwinter dæi.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)47 (1st occurrence) : Ðanne wimman hadde cnaue child, on þe ehteðe dai efter his burþe dide þe lage þat wes of his hlichame.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10178 (1st & 2nd occurrences) : Þe bissopes..þe sonenday of þe passion amansede alle þe Þat avilede so holichirche.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10542 (1st occurrence) : Þe þorsdai þe witesonewouke to londone lowis com.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)75 : Þe ʒeres [vr. ʒeer] of grace fyl þan to be A þousynd & þre hundred & þre.\n(1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)45 (1st & 2nd occurrence) : In þe fest of Seint Swithyn in þe ʒere of kyng Herry þe fifte aftere þe conquest þe iij, y..make and ordeyne my testament.\n(1426) Paston1.7 : Writen at Leycestre, þe Friday þe thredde wyke of Lente.\n(1431) Paston2.4 (both occurrences) : Writen vndir oure seel..the viij day of Januier, the yere of oure lord mlcccc and xxx.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)21/13 : On þe Wednysday in Estern Woke..sche seyd, [etc.].\n(c1444) Paston2.14 (1st & 2nd occurences) : Wretyn..þe Wednesseday next to-fore þe fest of the Purificacion of Oure Lady.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.2 : In the mene while of this talking Cometh A messenger tho to the king.\na1450 Lond.Chron.Hrl.3775 (Hrl 3775)293 : The ffriday the xix day of Janyuer, were iiij moo drawen and hanged.\nc1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)1 : In the monethes [read: monethe] of Maye when mirthes bene fele, [etc.].\n(1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15156 (2nd, 3rd, 5th, & 6th occurrences) : The accomptes of Richard Batyn and Robert Core..fro the ix day of Averell yn the xxxij ʒer of King Henry the vj, vnto the xxvij day of Marche yn the xxxiij ʒer of the seid King.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)233/1 : In þis ʒere, þe nest day aftir Mari Magdalen, was a gret councel at London of all prelates.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)44 : Yt felle..yn þe xixth yere of Herode..yn þe viijth kalendes of Apryle, whych ys the xxviijti day of Marche..that Nychodemus wrote thys story.\na1525(?1451) Cov.Leet Bk.257 (1st occurrence) : The..Thursday next after the Close of Ester..a bille was put vp.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9403 : Þe wone & hus þat ʒe abbeþ euere ibe aboue Þat aʒte make ʒou abbe to fiʒte þe betere loue.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2413 : Me semeht [read: semeth] it þe best to buskes [read: buske] us of þe bere-felles.\n(1385) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)7.469 (last occurrence) : The forsaid Lordes are accordit..yat speciall Trew and Assurance sall be twix thaim..Havenand the force & effecte..as the nixt Trewe gangand be fore.\n(1386) RParl.3.226a : We prayen..that the Statut ordeigned and made bi Parlement..mowe stonde in strengthe.\n(c1400) Gower PP (Eg 2862)2 : O worthi noble kyng..In whom the glade fortune is befalle The poeple to governe uppon this erthe.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.697 : This nys naught..the nexte wyse To wynnen love.\n(1430) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.85 : This is thacord made atte ffarley Hungerford.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2056 : Al the folk that ys alyve Ne han the kunnynge to discryve The thinges that I herde there.\na1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)307/6 : I[t] behoveth that the roial maieste be gouerned after the lawes and rightes before muche approued.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.200 (1st occurrence) : He wil nout takyn it of hym into þe tyme assignyd of þe pay.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 (1st occurrence) : Ðas is se gife: fram Medeshamstede to Norðburh..to..Folies..& fra Raggewilh v mile to þe rihte æ þe gað to Ælm.\n?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/24 (1st occurrence) : Þanne is þis ðe læcecræft þe þe þærto ʒebyreþ.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)31 (1st occurrence) : Nat ic hwer heo beoð þeo men þe ic þene herm to dude.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)3 : To dai is cumen ðe holie tid þat me clepeð aduent.\na1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)213 : Leue me ðet ich mote soðliche seggen wið ðe meiden þet of þe seið, [etc.].\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)65 : Þe king was ihoten Latin þe on þan londe wes.\na1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)1/1 : Nou blouweþ þe niwe frut þat late bygan to springe, Þat to is kunde eritage mankunne schal bringe. Þis nywe frut..is oure Cristendom.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)102/6 : Þe candele is betere bezet þet serueþ to ane halle and uol of uolk þanne zy þet ne serueþ bote to onlepy manne.\n1372 Als i lay vpon (Adv 18.7.21)53 (1st occurrence) : Þe sepperdis þat wakkeden in þe wolde Herden a wonder mirthe Of angles þer.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1010 : Plight me thy trouthe..The nexte thyng that I requere thee Thow shalt it do.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14705 : Þe werckes þat i werc in his nam, Quat man þan mai wit resun blam.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)45 : Þer þe fest watz ilyche ful fiften dayes, With alle þe mete & þe mirþe þat men couþe a-vyse.\nc1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)37/454 : For þeo þynges þat beþ yʒiue to holy chirche, bysschopes..scholde parte to þe pore.\n(1451) Lin.DDoc.49/1 : I will my Nevew Robert..hafe the blak bedys of xxij yt [I] oft wered be my girdill.\n(1472) Paston1.586 : I am not the man I was.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.192 (1st occurrence) : God preysyd mor þe pore wydue þat offryd to helpe of þe temple but two mytys..þan..al þe ryche men.\na1500 Horse(5) (Sln 1764)167 : For to knowe an hors and the propertees that arun best in hym, [etc.].\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)21 (2nd occurrence) : Þe wrecche sunfulle ne elde nawiht þet he ne ga to bote þe wile he mei.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)97/14 (1st occurrence) : Ic ʒeu bidde þat ʒe me forberen and..swa stieren, þat ic mote folʒin and buhsum bien ʒing bam on alle gode werkes, þe litle hwile ðe we tegedere wunieð.\na1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)213 : Þeo hwile ðet ich truste uppo mon þu seidest, [etc.].\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)5 : Jn halle þu were ful kene, þile þu were aliue.\na1275 Serm.St.Nich.(Trin-C B.14.39)66/92 (1st occurrence) : Mon ne may nout in scleping lemen sterien ne werkes don þe wile þe sclep is him up on.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)148 (1st occurrence) : Þa þe time com þat þe cnaue wes iboren.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5202 (1st occurrence) : Seuarus..heold us swiðe riht þæ while þe we him walden heren.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)214/5 : We redeth..of te dai ase ure louerd..i-bore was of ure lauedi.\nc1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)686 : Þu ne miʒt nouʒt deie þe while he is þin.\nc1300 SLeg.Cuth.(LdMisc 108)3 : Þe ʒwyle þat he was a ʒong child..With ʒounge children he pleide atþe bal.\na1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)2/6 : Kyng he wes by weste þe whiles hit yleste.\nc1350 How GWife(1) (Em 106)158/13 (1st occurrence) : Þe wile þou sittest in þe chirche, þine beddes þou schalt bidde.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.14.7 : Strengþe wee wiþ toures & ʒatis & lokis, þe whiles fro batailes alle thingis ben quyete.\na1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)726 : I shal þe faile neuer moo, þe while y may ryde and goo.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19715 : Þair redes þar-for can þai run, Wit þe kepers o þat tun..to wait þe time Quen þai moght cum to murther him.\na1400 Cursor (Frf 14)15077 : Blessed be þou & þe time atte þi moder þe bare.\nc1405 Chaucer CT.Pard.(Elsm)C.439 : Trowe ye, the whiles I may preche, And wynne gold and siluer..That I wol lyue in pouerte wilfully?\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.47.19 (1st occurrence) : Ʒyue thou seedis, lest the while the tiliere perischith, the lond be turned in to wildirnesse.\na1425 Benj.Minor (Arun 286)18/6 : Þe whyles [Hrl 674: Whiles Ruben waxeþ, Symeon is borne].\n(1440) Visit.Alnwick359b (2nd occurrence) : Nunnes in the ouere stalles shalle stande the while thoe in the nether stalles sytte.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1906 : Y nyste how Ne where that Fame duelled, er now..Unto the tyme y hidder com.\nc1450 Lydg.FP (Ryl Eng 2)1.5 : There [Bod: He that whilom dede his dilligence The book of Bochas in Frensh to translate Out of Latyn..callid was Laurence..Yeer whan kyng Iohn..Was prisoner brouht to this regioun Whan he first gan on this translacioun].\na1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)1 : Sythe þe tyme þat god was borne, And Crystendome was set..Mane aventewres hathe befalle.\na1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)33/284 (2nd occurrence) : Lete hym put the stone afore hym vppon salt þe whiles þat þe man sittith at the borde.\na1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)17/6 (1st occurrence) : The whyll the hoste was thus in Ossory, befell that they weryn a-nyght y-logid in an olde castell.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)44 : Yt felle yn the xvth yere that Thybery Cesar had ben emperoure of Roome..that Nychodemus wrote thys story.\nc1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)42/707 : Hit is þe meast god þet hwen he [devil] greued þe meast..ʒef þu wel wrist te under goder wengen.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2624 : Heres þenchesoun whi þe wer & þat wo þo was in þat londe.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.32 : The cause whi it changeth so It needeth nouʒt to specifie.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3157 : Of a munke ʒede þe wurde ful ryue Þat he was of holy lyue.\na1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6530 : Sone herd he þe tiʒing tell, þat his fold ful euil had don.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1566 : Lat us faste go Right to th'effect..Whi al this folk assembled in this place.\na1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1219 : Þis es þe encheson why Þat þai sal al in a hows ly: Be-caus no idilnes sal vse.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)41/184 : Þou art þe why I scle hym so sone.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)28 : Shull ye telle me thencheson that my werke may not stonde?\nWith rel. pron. or adj., usu. pointing to a person or thing previously mentioned (as in sense 1a.), but occas. pointing to a person or thing neither previously mentioned nor understood from the context (as in sense 1c.): (a) for an animate antecedent: ~ which, who; whom; ~ whom, whom; ~ whos, whose; (b) for an inanimate antecedent: ~ which, that, which; also, of which [2nd quot.]; (c) for a temporal antecedent: ~ which, in or on which, when; in ~ which; (d) with rel. pron. used anaphorically & occas. cataphorically: ~ which, it; those; also, the one who; the one which; those who; those which; also, you who [quot. a1382 SSol.]; also, followed by pers. pron. in apposition: ~ which ye, you; (e) with rel. pron. used indefinitely: ~ whether (which), which (of two alternatives); (f) with rel. adj. or rel. poss. pron. as adj.: ~ which, which (illness, gospels, etc.); ~ whos, whose (nature, welfare, etc.); also, used anaphorically: ~ which, this (city, year, etc.); these (things, etc.).\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.3.6 : Þe womman..toke of þe fruyt of it & ete & ʒaue to here man, þe whiche [WB(2): and he; L qui] ete.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.8.15 : Lo zebee & salmana, vp on þe whiche ʒee mysseidyn to me.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.18.7 : Þer is oon man of þe whiche [WB(2): of whom; L a quo] wee mown asken þe wil of þe lord.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3313 : Now was ther of that chirche a parissh clerk The which that was ycleped Absolon.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4984 : Þis time will i do þam þat grace þat þai þe yongeist bring in place þat þai lefte at þeir fader in, þe quilk þai clepid [Trin-C: Whiche is called] beniamin.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)44/5 : A man..was prickid with a poyntel in þe pawme..to whom came oon of tisilies clerkis þe which took hede to heele alle woundis generaliche.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.976 : I hadde a lord, to whom I wedded was, The whos myn herte al was.\na1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.2.12 : Hafe ʒee mynde þat ʒee were..þe folc..þe whiche were þat tyme with oute crist, alyenyd fro þe conuersacyoun of israhel.\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)231/3 : Albucasis witnessiþ of þat ʒong man..þe whiche he curede..of the rotynge of the þighe bones.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)22 : It stiriþ þe soule to loue resonable creaturis, and moost hem þe whiche it perseyueþ moost loued of Crist.\nc1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)140/5 : They the qwyche haue leggys as gret beneth as at the calf..thei sygnyffe leccherusnes.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)176/7 (2nd occurrence) : He returned to the erle Fergus, the whyche thanked hym gretly.\na1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)238/9 : There were two felawes, of the whome one was blynde and the toþere brokyn the leg.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)356/111 : I go full securly to my fader, heuyns kyng The which..is mekill more then I.\na1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306:Everett)3 : Aftir kynge Locryne regned his wiffe Guendolyn, the whiche that hade a sonne.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Esd.6.5 : Be þei ʒolden & born aʒeen in to þe temple of ierusalem & in to þer place, þe whiche & ben put in to þe temple of god.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Esd.7.20 : But & oþere thingis þe whiche nede were in þe hous of þi god..þou shalt ʒyuyn of þe tresorie of þe king.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Eccl.2.19 : An eir after me..shal lordshipen in my trauailes, in þe whiche I haue myche swat.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)135b/b : Þey blowiþ out of þe hiʒe mounteynes, out of þe whiche þey comeþ to vs.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)116/2 : Þe brayn haþ sum substaunce of marie, þe which fulfilliþ þe voidenes of þe forseid panniclis.\n(a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)2/14 : No man haþ power to ordeyne statutes of þynges ouer þe whiche he haþ no lordschip.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5532 : His sone..an ymage dide make..Vn-to þe whiche..Of ygnoraunce..He dide honour.\n(1423) MSS PRO in App.Bk.Lond.E.308 : I..haue gyfun..to William Danyell..þe warde of halle þe londes & tenementes þe quyche werun Johns of þe Meles.\n(1430) EEWills87/3 : Y be-quethe to my brother..ij nobles of golde the which he owid me.\nc1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)14/17 : Fra thethyn he Schippede in-till Affrice, in thee whilke he fande bot fewe þat rebelled agaynes hym.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)3 : If þere come sumtyme temptaciouns and tribulaciouns þe whiche ben ordeyned for to ponesche and for to clense Goddis children..strenkþe þee þanne not þe lesse for to praie.\na1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)53/25 : Ther is an autir beforn the which Godfrey de Boloyne and Baudewen of Surry..lyn grauyd.\na1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)9/17 : Þer be manye werkis in þe whiche gold and siluir be meyngid.\nc1475(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)35 : Þe general kirk..haþ for þe ground, þe feiþ of Crist..hope for þe fowre walls..of þe wilk grouiþ charite heling al þe bigging.\na1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)98/31 (2nd occurrence) : Let oon bere the flowre of loue, þe whiche is the principal floure.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 23.6 : Þat tyme þe whiche Abiathar þe sone of Achymalech fleiʒ, he descendide to dauyd.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.6.31 : Þou..hast knowen þe hertes of þe sones of men, þat þei..gon in þi weyes alle daies þe whiche þei lyuen vp on þe face of þe erþe.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)7 : Sette þanne al þi studie and þi bisynes for to make redy a place..to þi Lord Iesu Crist..þat þe leest hour of þi tyme be not forʒete, in þe which þou hast offendid þi worþi Lord.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.9.9 (1st occurrence) : Trees..seidyn to þe Olyue, 'Comawnde þow to vs'; þe whiche answerde, 'wheþer may I forsakyn my fatnesse þe whiche and goddis vsyn & men?'\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.9.18 : Jeroboal..his lif ʒaf to perelis for to delyueryn ʒow fro þe hand of Madyan; þe whiche ʒee now han risyn aʒenst þe hous of my fadyr.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.13.11 : Art þow þe whiche spac to þe womman?\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.20.41 : Þe whiche befornhande feynedyn fliʒt turnyd þe face strengerely wiþ-stoodyn.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 11.3 (2nd occurrence) : Grawnte to vs seuene daies þat wee sendyn messageris to alle þe termys of israel; & if þer were not þe whiche defende vs, wee schul gon out to þee.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 25.15 : Þe whiche [WB(2): tho that] forsoþe were goldene..tooc þe prince of þe knyʒthod.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.12.24 : Þe hond of stronge men shal lordshipen; þe whiche forsoþe is slowʒ shal seruen to tributis.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.8.13 : Þe whiche dwellist in gardynes, frendis herknen þee.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.5.19 : Þese ben þat of Juda steʒeden vp fro þe caitifte of transmygracioun..þe sones of octatarpatros, þe whiche [of] enechadies & modie, foure hundrid & two & twenti; þe whiche of gramas & gabia an hundred & oon & twenty.\nc1450 Trin-C.Accedence (Trin-C O.5.4)38/320 : How knowest the secunde? That is the wheche hath an 'E' longe byfor the '-re' or '-ri' in the infinityf mode.\n(a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)122 : The expenses off wich housholde mey sone be estemed by the wich off olde tyme haue be officers therin and bi the clerkys off theschekquer.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1234 : Cheseth youre self which may be moost plesaunce And moost honour to yow and me..I do no fors the wheither [vr. which] of the two.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.34.30 : Þey destruyden þe cyte..þe schepe of hem..& assez & all þingez wastyng..þe which þingez fulldone hardylich, Iacob seide to Symeon & leuy, 'ʒe han distourbid me.'\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 8.19 : For þe whiche hidous gilte þei ben ʒyuyn in to swerd.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.211 : Remus and Romulus bulde Rome in þe hul Palatinus..Þe whiche citee of Rome was afterward wonderliche i-hiʒt wiþ walles.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.269 : In þe whiche ʒere bygan to faille þe hole kyngdom of Assiries.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3039 : The ferste of hem..Was Morpheus, the whos nature Is forto take the figure of what persone that him liketh.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128a/a : Þis nombre..tokeneþ þe ten hestis & þe foure gospellis, by þe whiche gospellis armes and wepene now of oure aduersarie is i-put of.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1359 : Yow write ich myn unresty sorwes..desiryng..To knowen..How ye han ferd..The whos welfare and hele ek God encresse.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.1.49 : Thou schalt wel knowe by the auctorite of God, of the whos reigne I speke, that certes the gode folk ben alwey myghty.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.2.39 : The soules of men..ben troubled by felonous talentz; to the whiche talentz whan thei approchen and assenten..encrecen the servage whiche thei han joyned to hemself.\n(1428) EEWills82/14 : I woll þat my best candelsteke..be sold..that Symken..And he woll, haue hem..he [read: be] xl s..and with the whiche mony I woll þat myne Executours parfourme this my testament.\n?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)122/12 : Ʒyf þis herbe be ʒewyn to a man þat hatz an euyl, of þe quyche ewyl þe matere is noʒt fully defyʒed, it schall harde þe stomak.\n(1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15148 : Item, seventeen quayers fully wrytten..in the margyne of the which quayers with more, made a hole Legend and the ende thereof.\nHaving unique reference: the: (a) with noun, noun phrase, or adj. as noun denoting God, the Savior, the Virgin Mary, the devil, etc.; also, used with personal name: ~ maudelaine [see also Maudelaine n. 1.(a)]; (b) with noun preceding a personal name in a title or an epithet: ~ apostle seinte jon, ~ king william, ~ lord jesu crist, etc.; (c) with noun, noun phrase, adj., or ordinal number in apposition to a preceding personal name in a title or an epithet: arthur ~ bold, david ~ right-wise king, elias ~ prophete, henri ~ ferthe, etc.; (d) used before an adj., a ppl., or cardinal number preceding a noun, noun phrase, cpd., or personal name;—sometimes further qualified by a rel. clause; also, with adj. following a noun [quot. c1385, 2nd]; ~ god job, ~ livinge lord, ~ wikked fend, etc.; (e) with noun followed by of or o phrase in a title or an epithet for a person, deity, etc.; also with personal name [quot. c1400]; ~ erl of chester, ~ lord o might, ~ goddesse of love, etc.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)14/11 : Ðe Hælend wæs ihaten from his cildhade Iesus from þam halʒan engle.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1847 : Godess Sune shollde wel Þe deofell oferrswifenn.\na1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)89 : Þe apostles speken to þes folkes igederunge.\na1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : Se hali gast..geð of þe fader and of þe sune ʒelice.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 (2nd occurrence) : Þa wes hit cud ouer al þe burh þet þe helind wes þiderward.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)457 : Tu..underuest þe an half & dudest adun þe oðere..as þah þe al-mihti ne mahte nawt þeos twa misliche cundes gederin to-gederes.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)44/17 : Þe deouel is leas & leasunge feader.\na1250 Creed (Nero A.14:Everett)217 : Ich bileue on..iesu crist..þet was ikenned þuruh ðe holi goste.\nc1300 Gabriel fram evene king (Arun 248)18 : Þurw þoligast sal ben iwrout þis ilche þing.\nc1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)18 : In þe Castel of Magdale þis faire wumman was i-bore; heo was icleoped in propre name, 'þe Maudeleyne.'\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)25 : God srid him in manliched..And unspered al ðe fendes sped.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6973 : Vor pite þat of þe Magdalein god adde, uor ʒif it me.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)819 : Þe deuel hereof hadde ond.\nc1350 Cum maker (Bod 425)29 : To þe fadir an te sonne be louyng maste, and to þe holi ronere with chaste.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.50.19 (3rd occurrence) : Þe puple..fellen in to þe face vp on erþe to honouren þe lord þer god.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.844 : The feend oure enemy Putte in his thoght that he sholde poyson beye.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.72 : The fortune of this worldes chance..Mai knowe, bot the god al one.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1773 : For be that cause the godhede Assembled was to the manhede In the virgine.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20502 : Þan spac þat leuedi to saint iohan, And to þapostlis euer-ilkan.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1063 : Þe Almyʒty watz her mynyster mete.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)12/2 : Þe angel þat here yemis yu dos hym at wit all yure dedis; sua sais te prophete.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5873 : Þis ilke enperour..Regned her seuentene ʒer Syn Crist cam of þe vyrgyne.\nc1475(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)28 : Ilk prest haþ þe same power to vse þe key in to ani man in þo poynt of deþ, as þe pope.\nc1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)175 : There was a ryalle mageste of the Trynyte, fulle of angelys.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)375/268 : She lookys like a saynt, And wars then the deyle!\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1066 (1st occurrence) : Þa þe cyng Willelm geherde þet secgen, þa wearð he swiðe wrað.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.257 : O þatt hallʒhe boc þatt iss Apokalypsis nemmnedd Uss wrat te posstell Sannt Johan, [etc.].\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6598 : Ta kingess turrndenn..Towarrd te Laferrd Jesu Crist, [etc.].\na1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)73 : Of clene liflade spec þe prophet isaias.\na1250 Creed (Nero A.14:Everett)217 : Ich bileue..on iesu crist..þet..iboren was of ðe meidene marie.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6563 : Sone gon of-ærne þe eorl Uortigerne.\na1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)75/36 (2nd occurrence) : Wyse were þe wordes þe seyde þe king Alured.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7956 : Þe king hom made echone þat he þer Inne vond & þe bissop ode al so vorsuerie engelond.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)76/31 : Þe leuedy fortune went hare hueʒel eche daye.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.928 : In this temple of the goddesse Clemence We haue been waytynge.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)580 : God almyʒt..yn þe vyrgyne Mary lyʒt.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)12084 : So seyþ to vs þe prophete Dauyd.\n?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.188 (2nd occurrence) : In þe vamward suld ride þe Soudan Saladyn.\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)253 : The god Priapus saw I..Withinne the temple.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)327 (2nd occurrence) : Sithen fro and bi the greet ricches in which the aungel Lucifer was sett and putt, came his synne, [etc.].\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)1/4 : I wolle you tell..how itt happenyd to the kyng Tiber of Spayne.\n(1472) Paston1.448 : Thys daye Robert off Racclyff weddyd the Lady Dymmok.\na1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)611 : The quene Sereyne wold right fayne se you ther.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)32/33 : Þa fullode siluester þe papæ þone iudam þe sancta helene þa rode tæhte.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10333 : Þeʒʒ wisstenn full wel off Helyas þe profete.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)115/32 : Ðu behete Dauiðe the rihtwise kyng: 'De fructu uentris tui ponam super sedem tuam.'\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12630 : Mete þer is vnimete & men swiðe balde..and him-seolf Arður þe balde.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)31 : Nou he sit in halle, Iacob þe elde man, & his sones alle from felde comeþ hom.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)235 : Þis king henri þe ʒongue..louede muche wel to do.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1861 : Oþer eir nadde he non bote seint eleyne þe gode.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)99/15 : God þe uader ous yhyerþ wel zone huanne we him biddeþ mid guode herte.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.1 : Seint Poule þapostle seiþ þat alle þoo þat willen..leuen in iesu crist shullen suffre persecuciouns.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1969 (2nd occurrence) : Why sholde I nat..eek telle yow al The purtreyture that was vpon the wal Withinne the temple of myghty Mars the rede.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.383 : Þere fil strif betwix kyng William and Ancelm þe archebisshop.\n(c1400) Gower PP (Eg 2862)1 : O worthi noble kyng, Henry the ferthe..God hath the chose in comfort of ous alle.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5653 : Na moment sal be unrekend þan, Als Saynt Bernard says, þe halyman.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)145 : Twolue barons þey sente..To sir Fortager þeo bolde.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.7.51 (1st occurrence) : Hercules caste adoun Antheus the geaunt in the [sondes] of Libye.\n?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)299/19 : Þe King of Scotlond..come into Engelond..about seint Lukes day þe euaungglist.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)442 : Also sawgh I how Sybile And Eneas..To helle wente for to see..Anchyses the free.\n(1459) LRed Bk.Bristol1.247 (4th occurrence) : Memorandum that the furst day of August the yere of the Reign of Kyng Henry the Sixte aftour the conquest xxxvijti come to fore Philpp Meede, Maire of Bristowe, [etc.].\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)8.43 (last occurrence) : Hit is schewede in the begynnynge of the decretalles by Gregory the ix.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)44 : Jewes..and wyth hem Judas Skaryothe, the falce awmonere of Jhesu Cryst, came to Pylate.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)120 : Oure Lorde toke Adam..and delyuered hym to Saynt Mychel the archaungel.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8211 (1st occurrence), 8213 (2nd occurrence) : Agamynon the grete gird on the last With a noyus nowmbur..The first..was Philoc the kyng.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)96/2 (1st occurrence) : To þam us læde þe leofæ Drihten Crist, þe þe is soð wisdom & sawle lif.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4756 : Follʒhe swa þe gode Job Þatt wass an king onn eorþe.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/25 : Ðe selue dieuel is icleped..fader of leasinge.\na1225 Seinte marie clane (Roy 5.F.7)8 : Sainte marie..bring me to winne wið þe selfd [read: self] God.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)4/10 : Lusten..hu ha shulen luuien þe liuiende lauerd.\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)99 : Þe angeles sulen quaquie..And te tulue aposteles þat eden mit im ouer londe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18 (1st occurrence) : An-oþer he nom on Latin þe makede Seinte Albin & þe feire Austin, þe fulluht broute hider in.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)746 (1st occurrence) : Ich graunti þat þe [read: we] go to dome To fore þe sulfe þe pope of rome.\na1300 Edi beo þu (Corp-O 59)27 : Heuene quene..of þe sprong þeo edi blede.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/3 : Þin holy blod þet þou sseddest ane þe rod uor me..Ich bidde þe hit by my sseld auoreye þe wycked uend.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.938 : The olde Creon..That lord is now of Thebes..Hath alle the bodyes on an heep ydrawe.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2349 : Among the goddes hye it is affermed..Thou shalt be wedded vnto oon of tho That han for thee so muche care.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.947 (2nd occurrence) : Thanne is she the vessel..of the blissed Magdalene that fulfilleth holy chirche of good odour.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13299 : Nu ches felaus wil he bigin..petre and andreu..þe less jam and sant Thomas, [etc.].\na1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)103 : Þei slowe þe ʒounge seynt Jame.\nc1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)355/20 : He was beryed besyde..his wiff, þat was douʒtur..to þe gode Henry, þat was Duke of Lancastre.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)150/37 : Whan the grete kyng alexander..had gettyn the Emperie Of the worlde, [etc].\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)328 : This Lamb was Crist which..List to be callid the blissid Lord Ihesu, For His hih meekenesse Lamb of most vertu.\nc1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)269 : Next vnto hyr..Sate the good Iupyter, in hys demenyng Full sad.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : & te eorl of Angæu wærd ded.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)26/20 : Mid scute of eien..mid sweorde of deadliche hondlunge weorreð lecherie..wið þe lefdi of chastete, þet is, godes spuse.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13603 : Þe eorl of Chæstre..þa ueorðe uerde heold mid him.\nc1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)291 : Þe Quiene of Saba Cam þare forth.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5152 (1st occurrence) : Þe king of west sex adde euere þe ouere hond.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2156 (2nd occurrence) : With Arcita..The grete Emetrius, the kyng of Inde, Vpon a steede bay..Cam ridynge.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2440 : Swich stryf ther is bigonne..Bitwixe Venus, the goddesse of loue, And Mars.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6282 : Þus him wreked, þe lauerd o might, On þam wreches.\na1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)24775 : Ye king of danmark on-ane herd þat king harald was slane.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.179 : Mede shal nouʒte meynprise ʒow, bi þe Marie of heuene!\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)52a/b : The maker of alle þinges made in man hondes.\nc1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)77 : Venus kysseth Mars, the god of armes.\nc1450(c1396) Chaucer Buk.(Benson-Robinson)29 : The Wyf of Bathe I pray yow that ye rede Of this matere that we have on honde.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)188/29 (2nd occurrence) : In þis same ʒere fel a contrauersie betwix þe kyng and þe duke of Lancastir.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.191 : Þer may no man comyn to God but þe fadyr of heuene drawe hym.\nc1613(a1470) Plumpton Let.16 (2nd occurrence) : Written att Toplife the ninetenth day of September. Therle of Warwick and Salisbury.\nHaving unique reference: the: (a) with noun, noun phrase, or adj. as noun denoting heaven, hell, a planet, a cardinal direction, etc.; (b) with the name of a region, mountain, etc.: ~ alpes, ~ marche, ~ red se, etc.; (c) with noun in apposition to a following proper name in a place name: ~ mount olivete, ~ mount sion, ~ se alexandrin, etc.; also, with noun and a following of phrase in place name: ~ forest of dene, ~ mount of sinai, etc. [sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1c.(b)]; (d) with noun or adj. in apposition to a preceding proper noun in the name of a city, river, region, etc.: jerusalem ~ cite, libie ~ heigh, etc.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/33 (1st occurrence) : Sume oðre forlæteþ ðe world and nimeð ðe cloðes of religiun.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)27/25 (2nd occurrence) : Ðe læche loceð, after mannes ikynde, þe newe oðer elde.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)86/7 : Þe heouene is swiðe heh.\na1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)269 : Þu art swa schene..þat te sunne were dosk ʒif hit to þi blisfule bleo mihte beo euenet.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)48 : Ʒit me þuʒte an oþer..Þat te sunne & þe mone fellen to mi fot.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)13702 : Þe wolkne gan to buuie, þe eorþe gan to dunie.\nc1300 SLeg.Kenelm (LdMisc 108)12 : A-bouten eiʒte hondret mile Engelond long is, fran [read: fram] þe South into þe North.\na1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)518 (2nd occurrence) : Þe sterren beoþ fer aboue for þer is swuþe heiʒ.\na1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)228 : Ich am moyses..þat hueld þe lawes þat þou byhete, þat þou ihesu..woldest to þe helle come.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)59/4 (2nd occurrence) : Vor þe guodes huerof he miʒte wynne þe heuene hi yeueþ uor a litel wynd.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.147 : I seiʒ an Aungel come adoun from heuen..& he liʒtted þe lond wiþ his glorie.\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)73.17 : Þe day ys þyn, and þe nyʒt ys þyn.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)650 : Ʒyf þou trowyst þat he [God] was noght Before or þe worlde was wroght..Hyt ys aʒens þys comaundement.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)293 : Þe mone in propre nature Of adamaunt bare þe coloure.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210:Everett)19/3-4 (1st occurrence) : Ʒif þou woldest sodeynly flee fro þe est to þe west þorow alle þe walles of þe worlde, þou myghtest.\n?c1425(c1390) Chaucer Fort.(Benson-Robinson)69 : The hevene hath propretee of sikernesse.\n(1436) EEWills106/13 (2nd occurrence) : I gif..to the Prisoners of the Marchalse xx s.\nc1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)16 : This riche lond..With Surry marchith toward thorient.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)11/54 : Thurgh hete of þe sun þai sal be hale.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1004 : Goddes gonne stellifye Bridd, fissh, best..As the Raven on eyther Bere.\nc1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)120 : Derk was this cave and smokyng as the helle.\n?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1491 : All þis wriched warldely state, It es vnstabill as ʒe se.\na1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12321 : Evene lych..The planetys alle seuene Holde her cours in the heuene.\na1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)289/2 (1st & 3rd occurrences) : That hath be the discrecion of that honnourable reawme of England..both above therth and in the bowelles of the erth.\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)171 : Whan wilde gees hihe in the ayer vp fleen, A pronostik o[f] snow & wedris colde.\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)357 : In al the world ther is no bettir wolle.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)149/22 : Tet folc of israel wende þuruhut þe reade see.\nc1300 SLeg.Kenelm (LdMisc 108)21 (2nd occurrence) : Þe kyng þat was of þe March..hadde al þat beste.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4740 : Wippe was king of þe march.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7699 : Game of houndes he louede..& is wodes & mest þe niwe forest.\n(c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3893 : This Iulius to the Capitolie wente.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.147 (1st occurrence) : Þe lasse Asia ioyneþ to Cappadocia in the est side.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2121 : Þe thrid part..lies mast vnto þe west, Al on þis side þe greckes see.\nc1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)280/19 : Kyng Edward..helde his parlement..at þe Newe-Castell oppon Tyne.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.3.5 : Thoughe he hadde his nekke charged with precyous stones of the Rede See..nevere ne schal his bytynge bysynesse forleeten hym.\n?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)175/10 : Toward the North it marcheth to Nubye & to the high Lybye.\n(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2880 : This marcial prince..Passyng the Alpies rood thoruh Germanye.\nc1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)372/17 : He hadde hopid to haue past þe grete se, and so forth to Ierusalem.\nc1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)229 (2nd occurrence) : The same mater schulde ben determenyd in there scholys..at the White Fryers in Flete Strete.\nc1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1837 : I suede hem to þe Grekyssch see.\na1500 Mercyful quene (Arun 249)39 : Prynce of knythode throwoute the grete breteyne..Holy seynt Albon, thou settest but in veyne Al worldly pomp.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3308 : He maden siðen fro elim Mani suriuren in ðe desert sin.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11482 : To þe forest of dene sir Ion wende þo.\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)47.2 : Þe mount Syon is founded in joie in alle þerþe.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.41 : Scylla and Charybdis..beeþ tweie perilous places in þe see of myddel erþe.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.563 : The flod which men Nil calleth..falleth Into the See Alexandrine.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)154a/b : Þe ryuer gyon hatte nilus also.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167b/a (1st occurrence) : The mount olyuete þat was þe mount of forʒeuenesse and of mercie..was clepid þe mount of gilt.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)189/25 : Owr Lord..mad hys preyeris to hys Fadyr in þe Mownt of Olyuete.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)155 : Seint Michaelis bonys resten in the Mount Michael.\nc1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)398/11 : Now wolle y telle you who weren the cheeff capteynys and gouernouris of the cite Rone.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.301 (2nd occurrence) : The pillers of Hercules haue prospecte towarde the mownte Atlantike.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)72 : Al thys was done vppon the mownte of Golgatha.\n(c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3337 : He twies wan Ierusalem the citee.\nc1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)613 : At seinte Marie þe Rounde Þer stont a chirche.\n?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)130/3 : Mauritane lastez fra þe hillez of Ethiopie vnto Liby þe hye.\na1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)6874 : That to yow shall be grete comfort, Vpon the Banke yow to pley Of Leyre the rever.\nc1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)1.942 : It was not seen er now That surry..and þat ylde þat hyghte Cande the ryche..Shulde be thus kyngeles.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.147 (1st occurrence) : Asia the lesse towcheth in the este parte Capadocy.\nc1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.11 (3rd occurrence) : Ther schalle the Rountabulle lese the renowun Be-syde Ramsay the riche, atte a ryding.\nHaving unique reference: the: (a) with noun, noun phrase, or adj. as noun denoting the Christian church or faith, its rites, beliefs, etc.: ~ chirche, ~ cristendom, etc.; (b) used before an adj. or a num. preceding a noun or noun phrase of the kind in (a); also, with adj. following a noun, occas. further qualified by a rel. clause: ~ holi rode, ~ seven dedli (hedli) sinnes, ~ ten hestes, etc.; (c) with noun, noun phrase, or cpd. denoting a religious season, feast day, ages of the world, etc.: ~ advent, ~ lenten, etc.; also, further qualified by an ordinal number or a prep. phrase: ~ fifte age of the world, ~ second age, etc.; (d) used with noun denoting the Bible or a part of it, a liturgical formula, etc.: ~ bok, ~ laue, etc.; also, further qualified by an adj., a num., etc.: ~ commune crede, ~ four gospelles, ~ holi writ, etc.; (e) used with noun denoting a secular institution; (f) used with noun denoting an abstraction: ~ deth, ~ lif, etc.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/1 (2nd occurrence) : Her onginnæð to sæcgæn be þam treowe þe ðeo rode wæs of iwroht.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5572 : He nafeþþ nohht All haldenn, alls himm birrde, Þe Crisstenndom wiþþ word & weorrc.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18198 : Þatt nass nohht onnʒæness Crist Þatt talde laʒhe stode, Till þatt te newe wære set Þurrh Cristess hallʒhe come.\na1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)209 : Iesu crist..ich bidde..þe..þurh þin akennednesse ine meidenes lichame..and þurh..þi deorewurðe deað oðe rode..iher mine bonen.\n(c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.538 : She..neuere cessed hem the feith to teche.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.18.17 : Ʒif he shal not heere the chirche, be hee to thee as an hethen and a puplicane.\nc1390 Disp.Christian & J.(Vrn)69 : Þou leuest not in þe Mes.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)723 : Þe pyne he suffred for þy gode.\na1425 Wycl.MCh.(Bod 788)412 : Petir was not heed of þe Chirche, but a capteyn of þe Chirche.\na1450 LFMass Bk.(Corp-O 155)2 (2nd occurrence) : The worthyest thynge..In alle þe werlde..is the mes.\nc1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)339/23 : A preste..said a mes for hym & offred þe sacrament for hym.\nc1475(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)28 (1st occurrence) : It is seid bi lawe þat is mad of þe kirk, þat ilk prest haþ þe same power to vse þe key..as þe pope.\na1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)26 : Lat vs renne swiftely to þe þoʒt of þe passion of crist.\nc1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)274 : Knowest þou ouʒt..a creatour on erþe..Þat folweþ fulliche þe feiþ and none other fables..as þe godspelles telleþ.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)489 : & talde laʒhess presteflocc Comm all off þa twa prestess.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5562 : Þe sexte ʒife off Haliʒ Gast Iss an rihht god reowwsunnge Þatt Godess þeoww..Her bereþþ inn hiss heortte.\na1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)75 : He hom helde mid his halie fif wunden þa he þolede for us ine þe halie rode.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)8/8 : Chearite..& þolemodnesse..& haldunge of þe alde ten heastes..& þulliche oþre..beoð godes heastes.\n?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)9 : Þou aʒtist tak gome, Þis world is ending how hit ssal be, Þe wondres þat sal com befor þe dome..Þe xv tokni[n]gis ichul ʒou telle.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)15/19 (last occurrence) : Þe zeue heauedes of þe beste of helle byeþ þe zeuen hauedliche zennes.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9787 : The secunde sacrament..Ys graunted of þe bysshop honde; Men kalle hyt 'confyrmacyon.'\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.167 (2nd occurrence) : Be þou neuere þe baldere to breke þe ten hestis.\n?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)35/27-8 : Whilis þis lijf duriþ in erþe, þis chirche is clepid militaunt; & whanne it slepiþ in purgatory, þanne is sche clepid þe chirche slepand; But whanne sche haþ rest of al hir traueile, þanne is sche clepid þe chirche triumphaunt.\nc1415 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Lnsd 851)I.387 : Nowe is it be-houely þinges to tellen whiche buen þe vij de[d]ly sinne.\nc1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)122/11 (1st occurrence) : Of þe four cardinal vertues speken moche þe olde philosofres.\na1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.10.93b : The chirche Militans, þat labourith here in erthe, hath in comon vsage to holde ofte tymes solempne festes.\na1500 The grace of the holy (Cmb Ff.2.38)p.534 head.(1st occurrence) : Here foloweþ þe xv tokenys before the day of dome.\n1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Ða sone in þe lenten ferde se ærcebiscop to Rome.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8893 : Forenn þeʒʒ Till Ʒerrsalæmess chesstre Aʒʒ att te Passke messe daʒʒ.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)211/9 : Ʒe schulen eoten from easter aþet te hali rode dei þe leatere..euche dei twien bute þe fridahes.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)30/20-21 : Holdeð silence..þe leinten þreo dawes.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1813 : Þene þridde day of þe Aduent bi-fore cristemasse it was.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)707 : Ðe ðridde werldes elde cam Quanne thare bi-gat abram.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.255 (1st occurrence) : And so [endeþ] þe fifte age of þe worlde.\n1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.19 (2nd occurrence) : It is ordeynede yat alle ye bretheren and sisteren..shul comen to-geder..on ye day of seynt Katerine, [etc.].\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9223 : O [Göt: Of] werld þe fourth eild es nu tald.\n?1403 Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.306a (last occurrence) : The poyntes of the gret cursing..awght..to be pupplis..thries in the ʒere..the first sonanday of lentyn..and also som sonanday aftir the maudelaines.\na1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)16 : He made a feste..Opon þe Witsononday.\n(1463-4) RParl.5.505a : It may please youre Highnes..to ordeyn..that noo Yoman..fro the fest of Seint Peter called th'advincle next comyng use..eny bolsters nor stuffe of Wolle.\na1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4613 : He brak & partyd yt to ech on..The Grete Thursday at hys maunde.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)35/14 : In me, Noe, þe secunde age in dede be-gynnyth.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)354/2 (1st occurrence) : Ryht worchepful souereynes liketh yow to here of the assumpcion of the gloryous moder mary.\na1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)86/13 : Þe sustris..schul resseyue..þe ful holi bodi of owre lorde..eche sonday in lentyn & in þe Auent.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.3 Dead (Bod 343)136/2 : Us sæʒð þeo haliʒe Cristes boc þet ure Hælend Crist arerde þreo men of deaþe to life.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11926 : All hiss þohht iss æfre..To don hem tunnderrstanndenn wrang Þe bokess hallʒhe lare.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)61/31 : Eft seið ðe boc of wisdome..'Dræd godd and hald his bebode!'\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)14/14 (2nd occurrence) : Buheð duneward..ed euch gloria patri & ed te biginnunge of þe Venite.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)19/27 : For alle þe sawlen þe beoð forð fearen i þe bileaue of þe fowr goddspelles.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)40/33 : Hit is a derne halewi, seið sein iohan ewangeliste inðe apocalipse.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)215/17 : Þo dede he somoni alle þo wyse clerekes þet kuþe þe laghe.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)131 : Hit is write in þe bok..þe prophet hit seyde, [etc.].\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)414 : Adam and eue..hadden childre manige..Mo ðan of telleð ðe genesis.\nc1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)562 : What wole hit helpe in eny stede Þe holi paternoster bede?\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)133/35 (2nd occurrence) : Þanne þou miʒt..ete of þe trawe of liue, ase god zayþ ine þe boc of ziʒþe.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.483 : The holy writ take I to my witnesse That luxurie is in wyn.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.578 : Looketh the Bible and ther ye may it leere.\nc1400 Wycl.Dominion (Dub 244)291 : Þe holy salme seiþ..schaak of ʒou rudenesse.\n?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)31/3 : Þe xii sterres..ben xii articlis of þe comune crede.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)16/7 (2nd occurrence) : Þan sal alle..nym þre lescuns, red o-pon þe lettrun, & by-tuixe þe lescuns þre respuns; and eftir þe þridde respun þe vers wid þe 'gloria patri.'\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)236/2 : Seid it is in the psalme of iustises and iuges that owen to deme: The sones or children of men, deme ʒe ryghtfully!\n(1466) in Cox Churches Derb.4.86 (last occurrence) : Item, paynted clothes hengynge above the stalls in the quere, one of stories of ye newe lawe.\nc1475(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)320 (1st occurrence) : Þe pater noster is þe best preyere þat ony pope or man kon ordeyne.\n(1399) RParl.3.452a (last occurrence) : The Lordes..decreen..that all the Patentes and Charters..be ʒolden uppe into the Chauncellerie, there to be cancelled.\nc1400 PPl.B (Trin-C B.15.17)4.29 : Þei hadde to doone In thescheker and Chauncerye to ben descharged of þynges.\n(1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8510 (1st occurrence) : John of Bolton..at his first commyng fra ye parlement, delyvered a lettre fra ye quene to ye Mair.\n?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)59 : Her patentes touching the fforseyde londes shulde be brought ayen into the chauncerye, ther to be annulled.\n(1459) Paston2.185 (last occurrence) : On Moneday last at Crowmere was the ore and the bokys of regystre of the Amrelte takyn awey fro myn Lord Scalys men.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)128/11 : Þenne þe deaþ cymæð, þenne sceolen heo forlæten heoræ æhtæ.\nc1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)66/569 : Leaueð þe lease ant luuieð þe soðe.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1687 : Roberd..hau[ed]e þarned [read: þoled] for hire þe ded.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)173/27 : He praizeþ lite his helþe þet him-zelue yziʒþ zik al to þe dyaþe.\nc1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)156 : Be monnes lode neuer so luþer, þe lyf is ay swete.\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)231/7 (last occurrence) : Þe membre may die when þe waies ben kytte by the whiche the lyf haþ comen.\nc1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn)18/11 : He thoughte all one his gudes & noghte one the dede.\nc1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)112 : He is bicome so blecched, so salt, so foul that he is werse than the deth.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)486/16 : Quene Morgause..ys the fayryst lady that beryth the lyff.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)151/9 : Whan the dethe hym [Alexander] caste doun, hym Suffysid a lytill graue of ve foote.\nHaving unique reference: the: (a) used with noun, noun phrase, or cpd. as the name of an animal, a language, ship, etc.; (b) in titles of books or treatises; (c) in personal names; (d) in place names.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2196 : Our king bigan þe rounde table.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.410 : His barge ycleped was the Mawdelayne.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)39 : Þis kyng lay at Camylot..With mony luflych lorde..Rekenly of þe Rounde Table alle þo rich breþer.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.108 : The..prynce..me comaunded the..pitus fate Of hem of Troye in englysche to translate, The sege also and the destruccioun, Lyche as the latyn maketh mencioun.\n(1450) Paston2.35 : He was yn the Nicolas tyl Saturday next folwyng.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)130/29 : We have lost eyght knyghtes of the beste of the Table Rounde.\n(1475) RParl.6.138b (3rd & 5th occurrences) : Henry Bodrugan..vitailled and manned twoo Karvels to the See, the oon called the Mary Bodrugan, the other called the Barberye of Fowey.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)533 : Gawein..smote the Gringalet that wey with Calibourne in his hande.\n1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.183 : At his death he gaue to Roome eche yere The Roome [Hrl: Petre] pence.\na1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)203/4 (2nd occurrence) : Here begynneþe þe boke made of þe governance of princes..þe whiche is..called þe Secrete of Secretes and Tresore Incomperable.\nc1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1870,1871 : The vniuersals..The predicamentes..She red theym all wyth other tretyse mo.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)16b/1 : Hire begynnyth the lese book compiled and made by maister Lanffrank of Meleyne.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1797 : At douere were kniʒtes ʒare..Sire Reinaud of wareygne and sire Randolf þe brok.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11134 (2nd occurrence) : Þe marcheis he adde sone as sir Roger þe Mortimer.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.311 (1st occurrence) : Among alle þese two lordes þe [vr. de] Mortymer took hastiliche citees in þe marches.\nc1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)239/10 (1st occurrence) : Þe Kyng..made Sir Hugh þe Spenser þe fader Keper and Conestable of þe castel.\na1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)30/1-2 : Sir Dauid þe Bruse was at distance When Edward þe Baliolfe rade with his lance.\nc1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)427/18 : There was take prisoner the Erle of Huntyngdon and the Erle of Somersette..and the Fytz-Watir.\n(1244) in Fägersten PNDor.6 : Attecliue.\n(1247) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)277 : Theveneswyndon.\n(1333) in Fägersten PNDor.6 : Atte Clyue.\nHaving generic reference: the; also, a: (a) with noun, cpd., or adj. as noun denoting a class or type of person, a race, or a representative of such a class or type; pleien ~ fol [see also pleien v.(1) 6.(c)]; (b) with adj. or ppl. as noun denoting a class or representative of a class; ~ hungrie, ~ naked, etc.; (c) with noun, cpd., or adj. as noun denoting an animal, a fish, plant, etc.; in comparisons: rodi as ~ rose, whit so ~ flour, etc.; pleien ~ lioun [see also pleien v.(1) 6.(c)]; (d) with noun or occas. adj. as noun denoting a bodily part, component, faculty, disease, etc.; in comparisons: bitter as ~ galle, etc. [see also galle n.(1) 1.(c)]; (e) with noun or cpd. denoting the body, heart, soul, an emotion, etc.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)53 : Þenne þe mon wule tilden his musestoch, he bindeð uppon þa swike chese.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)77/24 : Þe gaueleres ne cumen neure into heue-riche.\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)36/18 : Þe vikelare ablent þene mon.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)87 : Þe saxons..Seve kynges made in engelond.\nc1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)60/1685 : Þon-wyse So bryngeþ hem in suche peryl Þat hy ne mowe aryse.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.31.10 : Manye scourgis of þe synnere.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.153 (1st occurrence) : After þat þe Danes pursued þe lond.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1813 : Of thinges thre which strengest is, The wyn, the womman, or the king.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.124 : Thanne cam coueityse..With glosynges and with gabbynges he gyled þe peple.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.412 : If thow thus ligge a day, or two..The folk wol seyn that thow for cowardise The feynest sik.\nc1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11520 : Kyng benedab asked consell..what myʒt most avayle þe Ebrews forto dystroye.\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)97/34 : Ponthus..playd the foell befor theym.\nc1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)74 : The Shottys gaffe hym batayle and dyscomfyte hym.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.191 : Ʒe schul ʒeuyn þe preste to preyyn for ʒou.\na1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)57/14 : The lawe of the Iewes was þen suche þat a woman þat was delyuerde of a man-chyld sculd be holden vnclene, [etc.].\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/34 : Clepe ðo wrecches and to unmihti, þe blinde, ðe dumbe, ðe deaue.\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)28 : Moni fre bodi sal roten; be i nout te laste.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)504 : Þe riche haueð muchel rum to ræsen biforen þan wrecchan.\nc1275 Doomsday (Clg A.9)29 : Þer stondeþ þe riʒtwise on his riʒt honde.\na1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)79/78* : He schulle..þe poure and þe ryche demen ilyche.\na1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)26 : Ʒieue þe hungrie mete & te nakede iwede.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)18 : Þe gode ben al oway.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)27/15 : Þe enuious..him gledeþ ine his herte.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 24.10 : To þe nakide & to þe goyng wiþoute cloþing & to þe hungry: þei tooken awei erys.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.100.5 : Þe bacbitande priuely to his neʒebore, þus I pursuede.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3607 : Þou ert schotter wit [Frf: in] þe feist.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)163 : Alle arn laþed luflyly, þe luþer and þe better.\na1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Ezek.23.45 : Þese shul deme þem in dom of auoutresses & in dom of þe shedende out blod.\na1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Nah.1.11 : Of þee shal gon out þe thenkende malice aʒen þe lord.\n(c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)7/175 : Vysyte þe seke in preson lying.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3614 : Kyng, kayser, knyt..Pope, patriark..Lytyl and mekyl, þe more and þe les, All þe statys of þe werld is at myn renoun.\nc1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)105 : Nothing thinketh the fals as dothe the trewe.\nc1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)38b/b (2nd & 3rd occurrences) : The secunde gutt..is euermore empty boþe in þe quike & in þe deed.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3245-6 : Þe goode ben Goddes where þei go, And þe wicked ben fallen him fro.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)53 : Þe tadde..ne mei itimien to eten hire fulle.\nc1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)16/142 : He..iseh hire leofliche leor lilies iliche & rudi as þe rose.\na1275 Ful feir flour (Trin-C B.14.39)1 : Ful feir flour is þe lilie.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)175 : Ðe mire is magti, mikel ge swinkeð.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)3/14 : He was whit so þe flur.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)189 : In ðe moste and in ðe leste he forles His loueredhel [read: loueredhed] quuanne he mis-ches.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1729 : Laban..Bi-tagte him ðo ðe sunder-bles And it him boren ones bles.\na1350 Lenten ys come (Hrl 2253)7 : Lenten ys come..Þe þrestelcoc him þreteþ oo.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)62/31 : He is ase þe gamelos þet leueþ by þe eyr and naʒt ne heþ ine his roppes bote wynd.\na1350 Welle was hire (Rwl D.913)27 (2nd occurrence) : Maiden in the mor lay..wat was hire bour?..þe rede rose an te lilie flour.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)820 : Þei founde..briddes þat bliþeliche song, boþe þe þrusch & þe þrustele bi xxxti of boþe.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)247a/a : Þe Ellerne tree is hoot and druye.\n(c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)103 : Now for to speke of þe hare how he shalle be sougth and ifounde.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1950 : Hector on hem so pleyeth þe lyon, Þat to her tentes þei fled for socours.\na1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)3/27 : Litil worth is þe blosme but ony frute folwe.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1592 : Þe oþer alle had no foysoun Þan had þe lomb ageyn þe lyoun.\na1475 Herkyn to my tale (Brog 2.1)p.86 (1st occurrence) : The storgyn stode behynde the dore scharpyng stakys.\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)344 : The Goos may gagle, the Hors may prike & praunce.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)391/145 : Youre rud that was so red, youre lyre the lylly lyke, Then shall be wan as led.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/28 : Honestas..is niedfull alche gode manne..þe tunge hie wiðhalt.\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)91 : Of is side orn adoun þe water ant te blode.\nc1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)118 : Ane Man he helde of þe palasie.\nc1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)310 : Ech of is fingres hath is name..þe leste hatte 'luttle man.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)217/27 : Þe smeryeles ne is naʒt worþ to hele þe wonde..þer-huile þet þet yzen is þerinne.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)818 : Faire floures þei founde..þat sweto [read: swete] were of savor and to þe siʒt gode.\nc1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)69/474 : From myn eʒen ronnen doun þe teres.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11819-20 : In his heued he has þe scall; þe scab ouer-gas his bodi all.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)223/30 : Panaricium..sumtyme..makiþ a man to haue þe feuere.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6251 : Alisaunder..bisette..Taracunteys..And a folk..Alle blake..And rouʒ as bere to þe honde.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.63 : Hony is yuel to defye and engleymeth þe mawe.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1022 : Þe derk Dede See..is brod and boþemlez, and bitter as þe galle.\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.19.27 : Nether ʒe schulen clippe the heer in round, netter ʒe schulen schaue the beerd.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)65a/a (last occurrence) : Þe Inner pannikel [of the stomach] is..filled of þe succosite off þee chylus.\nc1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)1b : For to alargin þe brest..do hem for to hete lowe vndir her fete.\na1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)109 : I vow to God..yf he [read: i] haue þe gowt, [etc.].\nc1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)336/22 : The body is ill at ease..and the face bollen.\na1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)68/37 : Of oon euyl stomak and wayk, þes er þe tokenys..bolnynge of þe vesage, ofte openynge of þe mouth, heuynesse of þe eighen.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)16b/7 : Of tokenys of brekyng of the Skulle.\na1500 Throwe a towne (Trin-C O.9.38)42 : He beryth venom yn hys tayle That ys more bitter then the gall.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)94/12 : Oft bið þeo sawle on ane þinge oððe on ane þohte..bisiʒ.\na1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)151 (last occurrence) : Þe teares þe man wepeð..walleð of þe heorte rotes.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)5/15 (2nd occurrence) : Monie cunne riwlen beoð, ah twa beoð bimong alle þet ich chulle speoken of..þe an riwleð þe heorte.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)6/4 : Þe oþer riwle..riwleð þe licome & licomliche deden.\na1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)204-5 : Þauh þet werc nere i þe bodie, þe wil was in þe heorte.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)9 : Þat is þe soule ful loþ, & lef þe licame.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.15 (last occurrence) : By þe temptacioun of þe fende ben bitokned þe assautes of pride & þorouʒ tribulacioun & temptacioun of þe flesshe.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.260 : It thenkth to the manhode, The hevene is ferr, the world is nyh.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.893 : Thise rokkes sleen myn herte for the feere.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)408 : Þe touþer ys febylnesse of corage, As..yn feblyng þe body with moche fastyng.\nc1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)3 : When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng oþer elles, Suffraunce may aswaged [read: aswagen] hem and þe swelme leþe.\na1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.103 : Rychesse..ryven þe soule.\n(c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)114 : Mannys soule is..fre fro þe body and fro ech party of þe body.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.207 : Pictagoras..removede perturbaciones of the sawle with an harpe.\na1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)230 : A froward wil or a fleshli delectacion..makith foule the consienns and the perseueracion.\nHaving generic reference: the; also, a: (a) with noun or adj. as noun denoting an object, a musical instrument, metal, etc.; in comparisons: chalked) whit as ~ milk; shinen as ~ gold; (b) with noun denoting a natural phenomenon such as rain, wind, etc.; (c) with noun or cpd. denoting a place or location; (d) with noun or cpd. denoting a period of time, time of the day, day of the week, season, etc.;—often in prep. phrases or adverbial constructions: four sithes in ~ yer, four times a year; on of ~ clokke, one o'clock, etc.; ones in ~ weke, once a week; ~ sater-dai, on Saturdays; al ~ dai (night, yer) all day (night, year) long, etc.; (e) with noun or adj. as noun denoting a unit of currency or of measure for length, quantity, etc.; ~ elne (pece, yerde, etc.), per ell (piece, yard, etc.); bi ~ pounde (gret, etc.), by the pound (in bulk, etc.); of ~ pounde, per pound; etc.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)69/9 : Ne mai na more..ðe riche mann cumen in to heuene riche, ðanne mai ðe oluende cumen ðurh ðe nædle eiʒen.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2329 (2nd occurrence) : Þer mouthe men here þe gestes singe, Þe gleymen on þe tabour dinge.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3314 : Crul was his heer, and as the gold it shoon.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)334b/a : The harpe hatte cithara and was first y-founde of appolyn.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1007 (2nd occurrence) : Vch tabelment watz a serlypez ston..Jasper hyʒt þe fyrst gemme..Þe sexte þe rybe.\nc1405 Chaucer CT.ML.(Elsm)B.705 : What sholde I tellen of the roialtee At mariages or..Who bloweth in the trumpe or in an horn.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1384 : They shal forgon the white and ek the rede.\n(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.295 : He made a tretis..Vpon thastlabre.\nc1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1506 : Faire coddis of silke, Chalked whyte als þe mylke.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1644 : Thrughout every regioun Wente this foule trumpes soun, As swifte as pelet out of gonne Whan fyr is in the poudre ronne.\na1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)85 (1st occurrence) : Take coperase of the whyttest the quantite of ij benys for j skynne.\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)182 : Heerdis..Selle hem to fletchers, the grey with the whihte.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3985 : Ho was mesurably made, as þe mylke white.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1135 : Þa þestrede þe dæi ouer al landes.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1157 : Þe reyn was gret and suyþe st[r]ong.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4316 : He glyt away so dooþ þe fure.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)953 : Þe grete God..bygynnez..To wakan wederez..þe wyndez he callez..Þe rayn rueled adoun.\na1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)4073 (1st occurrence) : Jn amoretyde hit was, Þeo dropes hongyn on þe gras.\nc1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6708 : The brethe thei blew stode lyke a smoke, Hit ros ouer hem as the reke.\n(1428) Proc.Privy C.3.289 (1st occurrence) : Item, for bordes, lattes, and mattes boght for to stoppe the wynde fro the sayd clok, xxij d.\nc1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)106/21 : He had þis monke in-to a playn felde vppon a fayr day, whar þe wynde blew.\nc1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)320/27 (1st occurrence) : The kinge is in his reame as the reigne is in the erthe.\na1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)845 : Syr Garcy went crowlande for fayne, As rampande eyen do in þe rayne.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10971 (2nd occurrence) : All þaire colouris..were of cleane white, As the glyssenond glemes þat glenttes on þe sknowe.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)53/9 : Ðat wastme..maniʒe want to liue and ec sume to deaðe for ðare misbileaue..ðe me nimð hit al swa unwurðliche swa me nimð ðat bread of ðæ borde, mid fule herte.\nc1225 St.Marg.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)23/9 : Heo..smat smertliche adun hire cneon to þe eorðe.\na1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)111/343 : So is mony gedelyng godlyche on horse..wlonk bi þe glede.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)188 : Þe Gywes..veollen to þe grunde.\nc1350 How GWife(1) (Em 106)158/13 (2nd occurrence) : Þe wile þou sittest in þe chirche, þine beddes þou schalt bidde.\nc1350 NPass.(Rwl C.655)149/2074 : Þat þay schulde telle in ʒe toun [Cmb Gg 1.1: þei sworen..þat hii ne schold telle in feld no in toun] Þat he was rysun þourʒt non gret myʒt.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3866 : He..tombled ded to þerþe.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.52 : Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Abouen alle nacions in Pruce.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)534 (3rd occurrence), 536 : Þe fox and þe folmarde to þe fryth wyndez..And lyounez and lebardez to þe lake-ryftes.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2449 : Iason..sittyng at þe borde..Wexe..inpacient.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)31/28 : At te erþe sal sho take hir veine by-fore þam al.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)645 : Fortune..turneth..hyr false whel Aboute, for hyt ys nothyng stable, Now by the fire, now at table.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)19/3,4 : I counseyle þe to haue a zele..forto seye hem [prayers] dystynctly..so þat þi tonge be not in þe queere and þin hert in þe towne.\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)441 : This Sheep..Set litill stoor of swerd or arwis..Whan he..may pastur on the greene.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1024 : Te bisscopp sellf..Þær shollde cumenn o þe ʒer Ann siþe.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)217/28 : Ʒe schulen beon idoddet oðer..ischauen fowr siðen i þe ʒer.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)665 : Ne beo þe dai nost so long, nis no man weri hire songes to hure.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)71-2 : He [devil] was mad on ðe sunedai, He fel out on ðe munendai.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)213/10-11 : Þe zonday is more holy þanne þe zeterday.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.215 : He ordeyned for to faste þe Satirday.\nc1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)302/329 : Þe ffisch is he þat nul not hiʒe To do penaunce hastilye..Not once..in þe wike A pater noster to biseke.\n(c1391) Gower CA Suppl.(Hnt EL 26.A.17)5.7191* : Me thoghte it was no garnement Unto the god convenient, To clothen him the somer tide.\n(1392) Will in Bk.Lond.E.210/10 : And to þe presonis of newgat, a serteyn by þe weke duryng on ʒere.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2355 : In the wynter, freysshe and faire The floures ben.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)8.28 (2nd occurrence) : I shal sey þe..How seuene sithes þe sadman on þe day synneth.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.709,712 : She..al the day Stood..and loked on the place Ther she was born..And al the nyght wepyng..she lay.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)29/7 : Al þe wukis in þe summir sal ye faste ilke wuke tua dais.\n?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)64 : There they were all that day and alle that nyht tyl it was x on the clok on the morwe.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)21/10 : Þow must fastyn þe Fryday boþen fro mete & drynke, and þow schalt haue þi desyr et Whitsonday.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)94/5 : Þer was an holy mayden ʒaf þis creatur hir mete on þe Wednysday.\n(1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.154 (3rd & 4th occurrences) : Whanne a strange man of the seid Crafte schal come to the toune for to go vpon his passage for to wirche by the day or by the weke with eny maister, [etc.].\nc1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)92 (1st occurrence) : Euery day in þe mornynge, when þou shalt honge forþe þe pot..sture hit wel.\n(1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.201 (2nd occurrence) : The saide preste and his successours for euermore ones in the wike shall say a masse of oure ladi at oon day.\nc1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)204 (2nd occurrence) : The..batayle or jornay lastyd..fro one of the clocke tylle v aftyr non.\n(1477) LRed Bk.Bristol2.180 (2nd occurrence) : Diuerses persones of the Craft of Sutours and Cordewaners..haue vsed and yett vseth to sowe Shone and Botes the Saturday aftour nonne vn till darke nyght.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.189 : He wer no good frend þat lete his frend lyn in presoun al þe ʒer.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.192 : Mychil folc wenyth þat ʒif a prest take a peny in þe day to preyyn for a soule..he myʒte no mor takyn þat day.\nc1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)144 : M. selluth wax by the pounde.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4399-4400 : Outward he selleth be the lasse, And with the more he makth his tasse.\n(a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester8 : A bale of Pepyr and..merchandyse of sotit [read: sotil] were that is sold by the li.\n(1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill65 : Also payd for iiijc hert latthe, pris þe hondrid vij d.\n(1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill68 (2nd occurrence) : Also for echyng of þe same veil x elne & di. of lynne cloth, pris the elne viij di. ob.\n(1450) Proc.Privy C.6.94 : Item, iiij greter rebawdkins wth iiij chambres, price the pece c s.\nc1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)40/23 : Þe þridde is..whan a man haþ dyuerse wiʒttes and diuerse mesures, and bieþ bi þe grete and silleþ by þe smale.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)204/28 : William, archbischop of Cauntirbury..ʒet gat..bulles fro þe court to have iiii d. of þe pound, both of exempt [churches] and not exempt.\n(1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57170 : For iij yerdes of murrey engreyned, the yerde ix s.\na1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)51 : Eueryche off these erthis is worthe vj d., þe harowyng a j d.\nHaving generic reference: the: (a) with noun, adj. as noun, or ger. denoting an action, activity, a game, an utterance, etc.; (b) with noun or sup. adj. as noun denoting a condition, situation, an attribute, etc.; (c) with noun, sup. adj. as noun, or sup. adv. denoting extent, degree, manner, etc.;—usu. in prep. phrases: at ~ best, in the best way; at ~ fulle, fully [see also fulle n.(1) 1.(b)]; at (bi) ~ leste, at least [see also lest(e adj.(1) 3b.(a)]; for ~ best, for the best, etc. [see best adj. as n. 3.].\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)37/23 : Silence eauer ed te mete.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)29/474 : Kyng..þu leste A tale mid þe beste.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3965 : Þe kniʒtes atyled hom aboute..In feldes & in medes to prouy hor bachelerye, Some wiþ launce..Wiþ pleyn de atte tables oþer atte [B: at þe] chekere.\nc1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)73/706 : Þere he accuseþ him self at al Hou he pleyed at þe bal.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4384 : Ther they setten steuene for to meete To pleyen at the dys.\nc1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)53 : Ʒif my lege lorde lyst..me to bidde Oþer to ryde oþer to renne to Rome in his ernde, What grayþed me þe grychchyng bot grame more seche?\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.807 (1st occurrence) : Þer was founde, by clerkys..Of þe ches þe pleye most glorious.\n(c1420) Mazers in Archaeol.50149 : Hold ʒowre tunge and sey þe best.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7594 : Of þat wassail men tolde gret tale, & vsed 'wassail' when þey were at þale.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3055 : Þen quen þaim [Dub: þai] fange to ʒe fliʒt, was furth in with euyn.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4656 : He þat wayues at þe werst & wirkis þe bettir, Þat gome is gods gud frend.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)493/20 : Kynge Marke played at the chesse undir a chambir wyndowe.\nc1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)217 : But every man deme the beste tylle the trought be tryde owte.\na1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.17.14a : He is..an open lyere..euermore redi to don & say the werste.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)128/18 : Þenne þeo ælde on him siʒæð mid unhæle, all þare ʒeoʒeðe feʒernes aweʒ awit.\na1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)111/344 : So is mani gadeli[n]g, godeliche on horse..and un-wurþ at þe nude.\nc1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)215 : Iesu crist..is with-oute þe bi-guynningue and he is with-outen ende.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1039 : For holy preyere, and for þe pees, þe halyday god hyt chees.\n(c1400) Gower PP (Eg 2862)298 : Al stant in god, what thing men schal pourchace, Thende is in him er that it be begonne.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1324 : He took al for the beste That she hym wroot.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)532 : Scho dredis hire dede & doute for þe werst.\nc1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 174)15/5 : In þis artycle is vnderstonde acursyd..comoun ryserys aʒens þe pees.\na1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306:Everett)59 : She..put him dyverse tymes at the worste.\na1500 Det peruynkkle (MdstCKS U182.Z1)p.257 : Man of mightt, that al hed ydyght An knowys heuery wronge, Into de blysse dow ws wysse.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85/26 (2nd occurrence) : Hereð nu reisuns hwi me ah to fleo þe world, eahte ed te leaste.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)35/616 : He sloʒ þer on haste On hundred bi þe laste [vr. at þe leste].\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3958 : Womman ne kepte of no kniʒt as in druerye Bote he were in armes wel yproued & atte laste [B vr. at þe best] þrie.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)101 : He wist it schold be warded wel þanne at þe best.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)899 : Me lakketh both Englyssh and wit For to undo hyt at the fulle.\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)31/12 : So itt was gretly spoken of theym that faght the beste and gave the grettest strokes.\na1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)1419 : Þer ware metus with þe maste.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7623 : Hit was like, by the lest, as oure lord wold With water haue wastid all þe world efte.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10243 (1st occurrence) : In Sex monys, at the most, þe mighty Achilles Was hole of his hurt.\nWith noun or occas. cpd., adj. as noun, pron., or ger. having generic reference specified: the: (a) by adj. or ppl.: ~ english peple, ~ judeuish folk, ~ red rose, etc.; also, in adverbial constructions: ~ long yer, all year long, throughout the year; ~ right wei, directly; (b) by adj. (comp. or sup.) or ordinal number: ~ leste mede, ~ more iswinch, etc.;—often in prep. phrases or adverbial constructions: ~ nexte wei, by the shortest way; at ~ leste wei (marke), at least; for ~ more part, mainly, generally; (c) by following prep. phrase or pr. ppl. phrase; (d) by following rel. clause; also, by sup. adj. and following rel. clause.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 (2nd occurrence) : Þer efter com þe kynges dohter..& te Lundenissce folc hire wolde tæcen.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)132/22 : Ic sylle for þisse eorþlice swinke þæ heofenlice reste.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)188 : He shall turrnenn..Þe trowwþelæse leode Till all þe rihhte witt off þa Þatt all rihhtwise wærenn.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16476 : He þe temmple mihhte wel Binnenn þre daʒhess reʒʒsenn, Ʒiff þatt te Judewisske follc Itt haffden all unnbundenn.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)41/27 (last occurrence)-28 : Ðe dieule..ararð upp ðe wraððhes and þe cheastes and te bitere wordes and te forbodene werʒinginges [read: werʒinges].\nc1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)3 : [S]anctus beda..wisliche [writen] awende þat þeo englise leoden þurh weren ilerde.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2950 : Men funden blod al witterlike, But if it were in ðe lond gersen Ðor-inne wore ðe ebrisse men.\na1350 Welle was hire (Rwl D.913)27 (1st occurrence) : Þe rede rose an te lilie flour.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.21.31 : The rownende grucchere shal defoule his soule.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1337 : The nyghtes longe Encresen double wise the peynes stronge.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2739 : Hoom wente euery man the righte way.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.394 : The hoote somer had maad his hewe al broun.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.971 : In an houre He lest al that he mai laboure The longe yer.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1420 : Bet than old boef is the tendre veel.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)177/35 : Þe veyne..renalis scheweth itsilf bitwixe þe lift [read: lest] too & þat oþer too next.\nc1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)96/16 : Seynt Gregor sent seynt Austyne into Engeland..to conuerte þe Englisshe peple.\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)347 : The false lapwynge, ful of trecherye.\nc1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)17 (1st occurrence) : Ther shulde no man bere thilke swerd that can not wel discerne..bi twixe the gret meselrie and the mene and the litel.\n(1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15150 : ij bosces of copper and ouer gylt, to serve for the pryncepal festes.\na1475 Mourn.Hare (Brog 2.1)29 : Att wyntter in þe depe snove Men wyl me seche for to trace.\na1500(c1380) Chaucer Rosem.(Benson-Robinson)3 : As the cristal glorious ye shyne.\na1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)644 (2nd occurrence) : To the Sowdon they toke ye redy way.\na1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)240/29 : How shulde this beginne among the membirs if it faile in the high persones?\na1500 Herb Salad in James Cat.Cai (Cai 414/631)487 : Herbes for a saled, letuse..crop of mageron, crop of þe rede brere.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)130/11 : Þa heahʒæ torræs..eac þe mare rune nimæð ʒyf heo feringæ to eorðe fællæþ.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15277 : Þe þridde lott..Addleþþ þe læste mede.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/4 : Ʒif ðu wilt on ðare woreld beleauen, and..land teliʒen and weriʒen, ðu scalt hauen ðas te more iswink.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)33/554 : For þi me stondeþ þe more rape.\nc1330 Otuel (Auch)437 : He þoute þe nekste weie to ride.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)143/34 : Þet zed o mostard..is hot ine þe uerþe degre.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1936 (2nd occurrence) : No man..schuld mow devise men richlier araid..þe grete after here degre in þe gaiest wise.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 16.10 : He that is feithful in the leeste thing is feithful also in more.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1121 : And but I haue hir mercy and hir grace, That I may seen hire at the leeste weye, I nam but deed.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3858 : Diuerse folk diuersely they seyde, But for the moore part they loughe and pleyde.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.505 : Now of my fifthe housbonde wol I telle..was he to me the mooste shrewe.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)206b/a : Brymstone is hoote and druye in þe fourþe degree.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.247 (2nd occurrence) : He..ladde his knyʒtes..To þe Grekis holdyng þe nexte weye.\na1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)2246 : He is of Cesarys kynde..Of þe more felonye he is.\n?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)133/10 : Manye siche bigynneris..feynte and defayle, anoon rennynge to the sayle for þe leest wynd þat comeþ.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2481 : And hom he goth the nexte wey.\na1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)154 : Fro goddis syʒt, who may stele Word or werk, þe lest þouʒt?\nc1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)131/2 : At þe leste marke, þou suld hafe compassion of þine awn blude.\na1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)182/809-10 : The more myrthe þat eche man makes, The more sorow Dame Elyn takes.\nc1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)34b/a : The herte is þe moste principal membre in mannys body.\na1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)48/29 : At the leste weye I wolde have them to knowe that Ihesus Criste is their soueraigne Lorde.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/33 (2nd occurrence) : Sume oðre forlæteþ ðe world and nimeð ðe cloðes of religiun.\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)70.5 (3rd occurrence) : Ha my God, defende me fram þe honde of þe synʒer, and fram þe honde doand oʒains þe lawe.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.42.10 (2nd occurrence) : Syngeþ to þe lord a newe song; his preising fro þe vtmostis of erþe.\n1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.34 (last occurrence) : Alle the breþeren and the susteren schullen ben to-gedere on the half thursday..And also, on the fryday nest folowende..alle..shullen ben at a messe of requiem.\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.25.32 & 33 (1st, 3rd, & 5th occurrences) : A greet whirlwynd schal go out fro the endis of erthe, And the slayn men of the Lord schulen be..fro the ende of the erthe til to the ende ther of.\na1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.315 (2nd occurrence) : A corde is a good þing, and þe tree is a good þing, but ʒit þe hanging on þe galewis is harmful to þis þef.\nc1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)48b/a (last occurrence) : Dai natural..bigynneþ in þe morownynge of þe day and lastiþ vnto þe morownynge of þe day next folowynge.\n?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/22 (1st occurrence) : Ad nectalopas, þæt ys on ure þeodum, þe man þe ne mæʒe nengi [read: nenig] ʒeseo after sunna upgange ær sunna eft on setl ga.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)130/30 (1st occurrence) : Hwær beoð þæ rice caseres & þa kyngæs þe we iu cuþæn?\na1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)39 (1st occurrence) : Þe Mon þe wule siker bon to habben Godes blisse do wel him solf hwile þet he mai.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12623 : Arður is þe kenneste mon þat we æuere lokeden on.\na1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)13 : Al to longe slepð þe mann þat neure nele awakie.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)9 : He was þe wicteste man at nede Þat þurte riden on ani stede.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)6/31 : Þe ilke þet [Vices & V.(2): Who-so] zuereþ hidousliche be god..zeneʒeþ dyadliche.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)162/17 : Þe oþre byeþ to huam þet þe wordle anoyþ uor þe perils and þe zennes and de pinen huerof hi is al uol.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.4.16 : Thouʒ the ilke that is withouteforth oure man be corruptid, nethelees that man that is withinne forth is renewid.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1308 (1st occurrence) : What is mankynde moore vnto yow holde Than is the sheep that rowketh in the folde?\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9908 : Wit mislik sal he neuer be ledd, þe man þat þider-werd es fledd.\n(a1419) Let.Whitchurch in MLR 2274 : Seth..ʒe be þe meste worþy & mest suffisaunt styward þat ever we cnewyn here, [etc.].\na1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.315 : Whi shulden þei not have þe goodis þat þei robben fro oþer men?\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)220 (1st occurrence) : Tho was I war of Plesaunce..And of the Craft that can and hath the myght To don..a wyght to don folye.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)974 : She was yit the fayreste creature That evere was yformed by Nature.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.272 (1st occurrence) : Al is pasyd away as a schadwe & as þe schip þat pasyth þe wawys of þe se.\na1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)507/461 : I made the day..the nyght..they sterrus that be so bryght.\n?As rel. adj.: which [could be construed as sense 1a.(a), but cp. L quæ].\na1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)146/10 : I am no god of dissencion but of pes, þe [vr. þe whiche; L quæ] pes stondiþ more in very mekenes þan in propre exaltacion.