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meimement (1121-35)

meimement (1121-35)

maement,  maiement,  maimement,  maiment,  maimment,  maismement,  maisment;  meement,  meemement,  meesement,  meesmament,  meesmement,  meesment,  meiement,  meisment,  meismement,  memement,  mement,  mesmement,  mesment;  meyement,  meymamant,  meymement  (meoment  Foedera1 iii 897 miesment  Deviance and Power 341)  
  FEW:  ipse 4,808a Gdf:  meismement 5,220a GdfC: TL: mëisme (mëismement)  DEAF:  mëisme (mëismement)  DMF:  mêmement  TLF:  mêmement  OED: MED: DMLBS:

Some of the forms overlap with maismement. Included here are senses that derive etymologically from ipse.

adv.

likewise, in the same way
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Quant ceste mue beste Nus mustre si bel estre, Li hom memement En dait prendre esperment  Best ants 889
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  nepurhuc par sa prescience ne lor donat que eles fussent faites, mais maiment humes li dunere[nt] force  Eluc 57.23
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Mult s'esmaient li reis de cel afaire E maimement Joram de Samaire  Anc Test (E) 15417
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  il n'ot ordre de prestre Ne congié ne commandement De l'apostoile maismement  Dial Greg SATF 1370
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et mesmement un roy de Armenie qe estoit moult vailant prince y veilla jadis [...]  Mandeville 290
meimement si
even if
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  quant serunt parcreus, plus vallent, maiement se il soient espaez  Waterford busby 269.S72.14
( 1266-1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  a l’esplen fet nusaunce, meismement si la char seit dure  Waterford busby 297.S120.19
( 1323-25 )  saches qe depart dessa le pot plus damatger qe de nulha part du monde, meymamant si il a l’aliaunssa de Espayna  St Sard 127

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See also:

meimes 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
meimement