† mountancen.

Forms: Middle English montance, Middle English montaunce, Middle English montens, Middle English mountans, Middle English mountanse, Middle English mountas (transmission error), Middle English mountaunce, Middle English mountence, Middle English mountouns, Middle English mouuntance, Middle English mowntance, Middle English mowntans, Middle English mowntaunse, Middle English mowntawnce, Middle English mowtaunce (transmission error), Middle English–1500s mountance; Scottish pre-1700 mountaunce, 1800s mountance (archaic).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French montance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman montance, mountance, mountaunce, etc., equivalent, amount, and Old French, Middle French montance value to which something rises (late 12th cent.), number, length of time, duration (13th cent.) < monter to rise (see mount v.) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare later mountenance n.

Obsolete. With of and an expression of quantity.

1. Length of time, duration.In quot. a1500: the mountance of a mile is the length of time required to travel a mile.

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c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Harl.) 281 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 580 Al þat folc ful adoun..& leye in þe place..þe mountance of half a tide.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 6201 (MED) He had yben þere Þe mountaunce of half a ȝere.

c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) 2783 (MED) And so thei sytten in that doloure Welle þe mountaunce of an houre.

a1500 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Douce) (1890) 1158 (MED) Þey ne resteden but a whyle, Þe montaunce of a myle.

2. Extent in space, distance.

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a1325 St. Luke (Corpus Cambr.) 149 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 439 (MED) Þe montance of two Frensse mile..he bar is heued.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2391 (MED) Þe werwolf was out to-fore þe mountaunce of half a myle.

c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler Mittelengl. Medizinlit. (1919) 224 (MED) Schaue downwarde þe grene rynde þe montens of ij spannys.

c1465 Care of Horses (Yale Beinecke 163) f. 52^v A-noynte the poynte of the shulder ther-wyth mountaunce of a hand-breede euery dai.

a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Cambr.) 2734 (MED) They had redyn..The mowtaunce of a myle.

3. Amount, quantity; value. archaic in later use.Quot. 1821 is from a series of letters supposedly written around the end of the 16th cent., but actually composed by Scott.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun]

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c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 7540 (MED) Of cristen were slawe..þe mountaunce of four þousinde.

c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 255 Nat worth to thee as in comparisuon The montaunce of a gnat.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 5768 And withholde þerof no þyng, Þe mountouns of a ferþyng.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 91^v (MED) In þe mornynge at his mete þe mountaunce of a pynte wyne, & at his soper half a pynte.

a1475 in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 85 Salle-peter the mowntance of the ȝolke of an egge.

a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 6310 (MED) Ther was none þat fayled onyþynge The mowntance of a farthynge.

1821 W. Scott in Scribner's Mag. (1893) Dec. 747 Godes I had of hym, and sum monies; but..not above the mountance of cc marks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	mountance
释义	† mountancen. Forms: Middle English montance, Middle English montaunce, Middle English montens, Middle English mountans, Middle English mountanse, Middle English mountas (transmission error), Middle English mountaunce, Middle English mountence, Middle English mountouns, Middle English mouuntance, Middle English mowntance, Middle English mowntans, Middle English mowntaunse, Middle English mowntawnce, Middle English mowtaunce (transmission error), Middle English–1500s mountance; Scottish pre-1700 mountaunce, 1800s mountance (archaic). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French montance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman montance, mountance, mountaunce, etc., equivalent, amount, and Old French, Middle French montance value to which something rises (late 12th cent.), number, length of time, duration (13th cent.) < monter to rise (see mount v.) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare later mountenance n. Obsolete. With of and an expression of quantity. 1. Length of time, duration.In quot. a1500: the mountance of a mile is the length of time required to travel a mile. ΚΠ c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Harl.) 281 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 580 Al þat folc ful adoun..& leye in þe place..þe mountance of half a tide. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 6201 (MED) He had yben þere Þe mountaunce of half a ȝere. c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) 2783 (MED) And so thei sytten in that doloure Welle þe mountaunce of an houre. a1500 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Douce) (1890) 1158 (MED) Þey ne resteden but a whyle, Þe montaunce of a myle. 2. Extent in space, distance. ΚΠ a1325 St. Luke (Corpus Cambr.) 149 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 439 (MED) Þe montance of two Frensse mile..he bar is heued. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2391 (MED) Þe werwolf was out to-fore þe mountaunce of half a myle. c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler Mittelengl. Medizinlit. (1919) 224 (MED) Schaue downwarde þe grene rynde þe montens of ij spannys. c1465 Care of Horses (Yale Beinecke 163) f. 52^v A-noynte the poynte of the shulder ther-wyth mountaunce of a hand-breede euery dai. a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Cambr.) 2734 (MED) They had redyn..The mowtaunce of a myle. 3. Amount, quantity; value. archaic in later use.Quot. 1821 is from a series of letters supposedly written around the end of the 16th cent., but actually composed by Scott. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] metc1225 mountancec1330 amountancec1380 mountenancec1385 quantityc1392 quantitya1398 substance1435 mountenessea1450 mountc1475 number1477 feck1488 quantum1602 valour1631 amount1668 amt.1744 volume1882 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 7540 (MED) Of cristen were slawe..þe mountaunce of four þousinde. c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 255 Nat worth to thee as in comparisuon The montaunce of a gnat. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 5768 And withholde þerof no þyng, Þe mountouns of a ferþyng. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 91^v (MED) In þe mornynge at his mete þe mountaunce of a pynte wyne, & at his soper half a pynte. a1475 in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 85 Salle-peter the mowntance of the ȝolke of an egge. a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 6310 (MED) Ther was none þat fayled onyþynge The mowntance of a farthynge. 1821 W. Scott in Scribner's Mag. (1893) Dec. 747 Godes I had of hym, and sum monies; but..not above the mountance of cc marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300
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