Fame, subst. 1) rumour, report: “I have played the part of Lady F.” Ado II, 1, 221; cf. Troil. III, 3, 210 and Tit. II, 1, 126. “all-telling f. doth noise abroad,” LLL II, 21. “thou art no less than f. hath bruited,” H6A II, 3, 68. H6C III, 3, 63. “having heard by f. of this assembly,” H8 I, 4, 66. “so is the f.” Ant. II, 2, 166. “vulgar f.” III, 13, 119. f. answering the most strange inquire, Per. III Prol. 22. “when f. had spread their cursed deed,” V, 3, 95.
2) renown: Lucr. 20. Lucr. 20 Lucr. 20 Lucr. 20 Lucr. 20 Lucr. 20 Sonn. 80, 4. 100, 13. Ado V, 3, 6. Ado V, 3, 6 LLL IV, 1, 32. All's II, 1, 17. Tw. III, 3, 23. H4B IV, 3, 56. V, 5, 46. H5 I, 2, 162 (fem.). III, 2, 11. III, 2, 11 IV, 1, 45. H6A III, 2, 76. IV, 4, 46. IV, 6, 39. IV, 6, 39 H6B I, 1, 99. V, 2, 60. R3 III, 1, 81. R3 III, 1, 81 IV, 5, 13. H8 V, 5, 47. Troil. I, 3, 144. Troil. I, 3, 144 II, 2, 202. III, 3, 228. IV, 5, 143 (fem). V, 1, 48. Cor. I, 1, 267. I, 3, 14. I, 8, 4. II, 1, 181. V, 6, 36. V, 6, 36 Tit. I, 390. Hml. IV, 4, 61. Oth. III, 1, 48. Ant. III, 1, 15. Cymb. III, 3, 51. Per. III, 2, 98.
3) reputation: “beauty and virtue strived which of them both should underprop her f.” Lucr. 53. “my shame be his that did my f. confound,” Lucr. 53 “she that her f. so to herself contrives,” Compl. 243. “shame hath a bastard f., well managed,” Err. III, 2, 19. “f. that all hunt after,” LLL I, 1, 1. “too much to know is to know nought but f.” I, 1, 92, i. e. outward estimation without intrinsic worth; cf. R3 I, 4, 83. “it confounds thy f.” Shr. V, 2, 140. “I am in good name and f. with the very best,” H4B II, 4, 82. “he wrongs his f.” H6A II, 1, 16. “my meed hath got me f.” H6C IV, 8, 38. “that's their f. in peace,” Troil. I, 3, 236.
4) high praise, panegyric: the noblemen yielded Collatinus the victory, and his wife the f. Lucr. Arg. Troil. I, 3, 236 “I have letters sent me that set him high in f.” All's V, 3, 31. “very envy and the tongue of loss cried f. and honour on him,” Tw. V, 62. “I have been the book of his good acts, whence men have read his f. unparalleled, haply amplified,” Cor. V, 2, 16. “set a double varnish on the f. the Frenchman gave you,” Hml. IV, 7, 133. “a maid that paragons description and wild f.” Oth. II, 1, 62. “your fine Egyptian cookery shall have the f.” Ant. II, 6, 65.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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