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ˈprime-sign, ˈprimsign, v. Now only Hist.
Also 3 (Orm.) primmseȝȝnenn, 4 primsene, pa. pple. yprimisined, 5 primsein(e.
[ME. primseȝnen, ad. ON. prim-signa, f. eccl. L. *prīmum signāre, implied in prīma signātio ‘the first signing’, the signing of a person with the cross as a preliminary to baptism: see prime a. and sign v. The ME. form primse(i)n(e was perh. ad. OF. prim-, prinseign(i)er (c 1170 in Godef.), which was perh. from ON. OF. preseign(i)er (:—L. præsignāre to mark before or in front) was also used in the same sense.]
trans. To mark (a person) with the sign of the cross before baptism; to make a catechumen.
c1200Ormin 16560 Þatt tu ne mahht nohht husledd ben..Þohh þatt tu be primmseȝȝnedd rihht, Ȝiff þatt tu narrt nohht fullhtnedd. c1315Shoreham Poems i. 331 Þe children atte cherche dore So beþ yprimisined. 1340Ayenb. 188 Martin yet nou y-primsened me heþ yssred mid þise cloþe. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. 64 That the chyldren, at þe chyrche dorre shullen ben I-primseined [catechizentur] of the prestes hond, & yn þe holy fantstones yn har moder chyrches to be I-fulled. [1874Vigfusson Icelandic-Eng. Dict. 479/1 Primsigndra messa, the mass for the ‘prime-signed’... These ‘prime-signed’ men, returning to their native land, brought with them the first notions of Christianity into the heathen Northern countries. 1893S. O. Addy Hall of Waltheof 218 They were also admitted to a special part of the mass, known as the mass of the prime-signed.] |