† mountenancen.

Forms: Middle English montenance, Middle English montenaunce, Middle English montynaunce, Middle English mountenauns, Middle English mountennans, Middle English mountnance, Middle English mountynance, Middle English mowntenanse, Middle English mowntenaunce, Middle English mowntenawnce, Middle English mowntenawns, Middle English–1500s mountenaunce, Middle English–1600s mountenance.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mountance n.

Etymology: Alteration of mountance n., apparently after maintenance n. Compare mountenesse n.

Obsolete.

1. Amount in extent, duration, quantity, or value; = mountance n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun]

metc1225

mountancec1330

amountancec1380

mountenancec1385

quantityc1392

quantitya1398

substance1435

mountenessea1450

mountc1475

number1477

feck1488

quantum1602

valour1631

amount1668

amt.1744

volume1882

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1570 Of al the remenant of myn oother care Ne sette I noght the mountaunce [v.rr. montance, mountenauns, mountance] of a tare.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 29166 (MED) Þai sal..for þair foly Bren in þe fier of purgatori To þe montenance o þat plight.

c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 13 (MED) Yeue hem to souke and norssh hem þe mountnance of xx dayes.

c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) 1034 (MED) He was paste bot a while—The montenance of a myle.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 (MED) Take powder þo mountenaunce of a pownde.

a1500 Care of Horses (Cambr.) f. 70 Thanne anoynte þe poynte off the shulder before þer-with the mowntenanse off an handbrede euery day.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiii ^v As ferre in a momente, as in mountenaunce of tenne wynter.

1579 G. Baker tr. Guydon Quest. Chirurg. 30 The gaule..conteyneth peradventure a glasse ful, or the mountenaunce of a Viole.

?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 15 Doe not delay vs halfe a minutes mountenance.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 130 They satisfie themselves with a small quantity of meal,..which taken to the mountenance of a Bean would satisfie both thirst and hunger.

2. Total quantity, mass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > total quantity

mountenance1615

amount1668

abundance1889

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 35 The third Region comprehendeth the Muscles, Membranes, Bones, and in a word, all the Moles or mountenance of the body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mountenance
释义	† mountenancen. Forms: Middle English montenance, Middle English montenaunce, Middle English montynaunce, Middle English mountenauns, Middle English mountennans, Middle English mountnance, Middle English mountynance, Middle English mowntenanse, Middle English mowntenaunce, Middle English mowntenawnce, Middle English mowntenawns, Middle English–1500s mountenaunce, Middle English–1600s mountenance. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mountance n. Etymology: Alteration of mountance n., apparently after maintenance n. Compare mountenesse n. Obsolete. 1. Amount in extent, duration, quantity, or value; = mountance n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] metc1225 mountancec1330 amountancec1380 mountenancec1385 quantityc1392 quantitya1398 substance1435 mountenessea1450 mountc1475 number1477 feck1488 quantum1602 valour1631 amount1668 amt.1744 volume1882 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1570 Of al the remenant of myn oother care Ne sette I noght the mountaunce [v.rr. montance, mountenauns, mountance] of a tare. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 29166 (MED) Þai sal..for þair foly Bren in þe fier of purgatori To þe montenance o þat plight. c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 13 (MED) Yeue hem to souke and norssh hem þe mountnance of xx dayes. c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) 1034 (MED) He was paste bot a while—The montenance of a myle. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 (MED) Take powder þo mountenaunce of a pownde. a1500 Care of Horses (Cambr.) f. 70 Thanne anoynte þe poynte off the shulder before þer-with the mowntenanse off an handbrede euery day. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiii ^v As ferre in a momente, as in mountenaunce of tenne wynter. 1579 G. Baker tr. Guydon Quest. Chirurg. 30 The gaule..conteyneth peradventure a glasse ful, or the mountenaunce of a Viole. ?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 15 Doe not delay vs halfe a minutes mountenance. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 130 They satisfie themselves with a small quantity of meal,..which taken to the mountenance of a Bean would satisfie both thirst and hunger. 2. Total quantity, mass. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > total quantity mountenance1615 amount1668 abundance1889 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 35 The third Region comprehendeth the Muscles, Membranes, Bones, and in a word, all the Moles or mountenance of the body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1385
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