Middle English Dictionary Entry
folwen v.
Entry Info
Forms | folwen v. Also folwien, folewen, -owen, -u, volewen, folouthen, folough, fol(e)ȝen, folien; and fil(i)ȝen, fileghen, filien, fulien, vul(i)en, feolien, felowen. Forms: p. folwed(e, -ewed, -owed, folud, follede, ful(i)ede, etc. |
Etymology | OE folgian, ge-folgian & fylg(e)an, ge-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To come after (something)in space; ~ face, to go forward without looking back; intr. to come after or behind, move later; (b) to come or occur after (something) in time, to succeed (something); intr. to happen later, to occur in succession; (c) to be next after (something); to follow (something in a book, in the zodiac, upon an astrolabe, in a list or enumeration, etc.); (d) to proceed, continue, persevere.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)87.38/2 : Do sona þon læcedom aweȝ, þi læs þæs innoþes dæl þær æfter fyliȝe.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)269 : On swimmeð bi forn & alle ðe odre folegen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1842 : Whan þei went in þat wise, wiȝtli he hem folwes.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)4.25 : On a wayn [witti] and wisdame Ifeere Folweden hem faste.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)113a/b : In oþer tyme he [Venus] folewiþ þe sonne & þanne he is I clepid vesper.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15193 : Folus [Frf: folowes; Trin-C: foleweþ] forth þat ilk man.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)978 : Loth and..his lefly two deȝter Ay folȝed here face, bifore her boþe yȝen.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)654 : Þe water is baptem..Þat folȝed þe glayue.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2772 : Eneas with many a worþi Folwede after..And Paris þanne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.739 : And folwe me..But bid and lat me gon biforn a lite.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2758 : Wemen and chylder ȝyng then next þem fowled fast.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1555 : All þe cite in sorte felowis him eftir.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)98/2 : When he sawe men entre in at the gate, he foloed in aftre theym.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)11/338 : Seynt petyr doth folwe..to se with Cryst what xuld be wrouth.
- c1475 Little Child.Bk.(1) (Eg 1995)97 : Yf þou walke wyth a bettur mon Þen þi selve þou art won, Lett þi ryght schyldur folo is bak.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9565 : Þe reord gaþ aȝȝ Biforenn i þi spæche, & siþþenn follȝheþþ aȝȝ þe word Swa summ þe reord itt ledeþþ.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2367 : The nexte houre of Mars folwynge this.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.15 : Ye sonday next folowande ye Epiphany.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.247 : The goode werkes..ben al mortified by synne folwynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)14b/a : Aftir purgacioun folewiþ illuminacioun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19135 : Þe toþer dai þat folud [Trin-C: folewed] neist.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)120/12 : Þis rigor..is þe worste signe tokene of deeþ, & if þe crampe folowe, it is deedly.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)86 : So may he habbe, ȝif he wele, þre folwande somaunces [OF: trois continueles sumunses].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2918 : It fil in experience Liche as I tolde, in party and in al..It folwede as I dide expresse.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.758 : Ye feste of seint Joh'n Baptist next eftir fillovande.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1062 : After wynter foloweth grene May.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)53a/b : Þise passiouns folowen hem self.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)100/3 : Solas of synly bonde ilk odyr filoynge [L succedentibus] in on astate neuer abydes.
- (1439) RParl.5.5b : Bi iii yere than next folowyng.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)201 : The tyme which folewiþ þe departyng of þe soule from þe body.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)138/3 : Whann good werkis go befor..and aftir þoo folowyn glorious miracles.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)142 : The next ȝere folowand was Mary..mad abbes of Berkyng.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)101/35 : I charge litil what worship folue here aftir.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)115/15 : Þe daye folwinge after þe fest.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12 : Þe þridde article and the vifte þet uolȝeþ efter belongeþ to þe zone.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1 : Þise byeþ þe capiteles of þe boc uolȝinde.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)41 : Whiche schal be holden & ruled in þe manere þat folweþ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.389 : As shal be declared in hire chapitres folwynge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.p.31 : Heere folwen the wordes of the Frankeleyn to the Squier.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)109a/b : Som signes beþ iclepid domus succedentes for louynge angulis, as taurus þat folewiþ þe signe þat hatte aries.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)14/545 : Þe fift article .. þat folougthes .. falles to his manheade, þat is þis: 'Descendit ad inferna.'
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.495 : Hadde hue loked on þe lift half and þe leef turned, Hue sholde haue yfounde folwynge fele wordes after.
- (1414) RParl.4.57b : The Peticions afore rehersed, and alle othere Peticions that ben folwynge.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)2/43 : Þen fileghes þareafter, 'Creatorem celi & terre'; þat is, makere of heuen and of erthe.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)13/29 : Þis schalle be þe nombre here foloyng whan þou hast subtrayd.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)2/4 : xij artikils of þi fayth..als in þis holy boke filouynge.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)5/31 : Mor openly þan doth þe next folwyng.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)11/14 : Commune witt is placid in þe forhede; ymaginacioun is in a selle next aftir folewing, toward þe myddis of þe heed.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1213 : Here folowyth an Inventory of the Vestimentes.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)1.10.1 : Next the cercle of the daies, folewith the cercle of the names of the monthes.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)76/1032 : And þusgaite folos þar-on þan.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)36/2 : Here-aftir volowith his wordis.
- (1458) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.57 : Comprised and specified in articles hereafter foloing.
- (1472) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3257 : To be dischargid of the said chantry, in forme here followyng.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)53/17 : Yf y hadde neuer sayd to þe but þis folowand techinge, it sholde suffise to þe.
d
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)166 : Uerst he him yefþ noble herte, greate þinges to nimene. Efterward he him yefþ ane greate hete and a grat wyl to uolȝy and grat hope uor to uoluelle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12197 : Ihesus þam folud on his speke.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3829 : Þan aires him on ser Alexander..Ay foloȝe furth by þe flumme at I first tald.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1350 : Quen he broken had þe bery..Þar folowis [Dub: flowe] out of fresche wyne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)156/127 : Folwith in stownde vpon þis grownde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)148/70 : Lete us ffolwe with all oure myght.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)358/16 : Ther come blode ffollowing out of þe wound, as of a lyving mane.
2.
(a) To advance along (a path, etc.); ~ for, ~ steppes, ~ sti; also fig.: ~ fet, ~ steppes, ~ trace(s), ~ treden, to follow in the footsteps (of someone), take as a guide, authority, or model; (b) to be guided by (an authority), to translate (a book); ~ the letter, ~ word bi word, to translate literally; (c) to imitate (someone), follow (an example); to resemble (an ancestor).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4914 : Þa follȝhesst tu þærþurrh þatt stih Þatt Cristess þeoww birrþ follȝhenn.
- a1250 HMaid.(Tit D.18)19/193 : He [the virgin] seþ þe folhen [Bod: folhin] hire treoden.
- (a1333) Herebert Herodes (Add 46919)4 : Þe kynges..foleweden þe sterre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)25b/b : He..voleweþ þe voores of bestis..by smel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)289b/b : [The heifer] is..compelled to folwe euene and forth right þe stappes and fores of oxen.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11435 : Þai folud [Trin-C: follewed] o þis stern þe leme.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)4575 : Me þouȝte I folewed a sty Into a felde.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1062 : Folȝ þe fet of þat fere.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)127 : Þe fyrre I folȝed þose floty valez, Þe more strenghþe of ioye myn herte straynez.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.308 : Hym lyst som whyle The tracys folwe of Omeris stile.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2018 : The same weye he may returne anon, Folwynge alwey the thred.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)115/18 : Qwhen þe feynd seis o mane..cristis steppis felow.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)536 : Euyr he followid his steppis.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2090 : The steppes of virgile in poesie Thow filwedist eeke.
- ?a1450(c1380) Chaucer Gent.(Benson-Robinson)3 : What man that claymeth gentil for to be Must folowe his trace.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)381 : Crist haþ suffred for vs, leuynge ȝou ensaumple þat ȝe filow þe steppis of hym þat did no synne.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)90 : Cassiodorus..mad a nobel werk upon the Sauter, folowyng mech the steppes of Seynt Augustin.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)283 : Folow þe steppys of hym, my own swete son.
b
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.83 : Bothe haue I the wordes and sentence Of hym that..The storie wroot, and folwe hir legende.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.358 : [Guydo] folweth hem by swyche convenience That in effecte the substaunce is the same.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.49 : Myn auctour shal I folwen if I konne.
- a1425 This blessyd boke (LdMisc 286)41 : This holy man, in expownyng he fologth holy doctours.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1002 : I coude folwe, word for word, Virgile, But it wolde lasten al to longe while.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)21 : First folowe I Stace, and after him Corynne.
- c1450(c1390) Chaucer Ven.(Benson-Robinson)81 : It ys a gret penaunce..To folowe word by word the curiosite Of Graunson.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)4 : In the translacioun i folow the letter als mykyll as i may; And thare i fynd na propir ynglis, i folow the wit of the worde.
c
- a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss.(Rwl G.57)24 : Imitare: filȝe þu.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8058 : Uss birrþ..Hiss hallȝhe bisne follȝhenn.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)185 : Wule nu þanne foleg seinte andreues faire forbisne.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)62/675 : Bisech hire aa þet ha þe lihte & ȝeoue luue & strengðe forte folhin [Tit: folhe] i meiðhad hire þeawes.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)36.1 : Ne wil þou nouȝt filȝen [L emulari] in þe wicked.
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)387 : Þulke god folewe [L imitare deum] bisiliche.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1156 : He was born of a gentil hous..And nyl hym seluen..folwen his gentil auncestre that deed is.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1189 : Folweth Ekko, that holdeth no silence.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)192a/a : Þe wylde scottes and Irysshe, þey countede grete worshepe to folowe here forfadres in cloþing, in tong, and in lyflode.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2319 : Now mvste I..Myn auctor folwe & be compendious.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)40a/b : Matrizo: to folwe moder.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.89 : It folwith and resembleth thilke thing that it ne mai nat atayne to.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2549 : As in that poynt..Thow folwest hym, certayn, and art his ayr.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)71/1 : Be wilful pouert criste filoand.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)169 : Folwyn, in maners and condycions: Imitor, sector.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)121/16 : Þat he folewe cristis lijf and holi seintis lijfis.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)248 : The principal clerkis..fillen into idolatrie..and the sympler partie of hem folewiden the worthier and the more wijs partie.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)102/196 : And we folow þam in erth, we moun be with þam in heven.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)87/28 : Þe psalm was begon in a medull voyce, & all þe monkis felowd after in þe same voyce.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)49b : To ffolowe fadir in maners: patrisso.
3.
(a) Of persons: to accompany (someone); esp., to attend (as disciple, servant, or helper); to follow (a leader in battle); (b) of things, actions, conditions, qualities: to be connected or associated with (something), to belong to, to attend.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)20/18 : Ic halsiȝe þe..þat ic mote beon fuliȝende mid ðe þam halȝæn mæȝene.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12768 : He fand ta Filippe & seȝȝde..'follh me.'
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)187 : Manie mannisshe folgeden ure drihte.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Moni..fulieden ure drihten.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)175 : Venite post me. Cumeð after me, and folgeð me.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4140 : Oþere leoden to folien [Otho: folȝen] me..for seoluer & for golde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20051 : Moniennes cunnes men uuleden [Otho: folwede] Colgrimen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)23509 : Him weore fuliende [Otho: folȝende] fifti þusende.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)129/14 : Uirginitas..ðat is, maidenhad, ðe folȝið ðe hali lombe and him his neȝest.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2308 : Mine feolahes, þe folhið [Tit: folhen] him oueral i þe feire ferredene.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)3/21 : Þat he us, ðe him to wuldre fylian nellað,..to eceum wite ne sylle.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)26b : Ut of þis hehschipe of þis muchele menske & folhe [Nero: foluwe] heorde of geat.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)389 : Ich folȝi [Jes-O: folewi] þan aȝte manne.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)49 : Michel volk hym vulede.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1885 : Cometh swiþe and folwes me.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)18/498 : Hȝe, bliþe myȝten hy be Þat folwede cryst in londe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1498 : Kniȝtes folwed him forþ, fiue oþer sixe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.443 : Ther ben also somme..That folwen Simon ate hieles.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)8.308 : A gyde Þat myght folwen ous ech fot for drede of mys-tornynge.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)68/16 : He ȝede & selde alle his godes and ȝaue it to pouer men & com and folowȝed hym.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1698 : Vpon Grekis, þese worþi knyȝtes alle, Folwyng Hector, sodeynly ben falle.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2490 : Him foloud many a joyful man.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6339 : With me folwith my loteby.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)14/552 : Loke þen so mikell wrychenese of man þat ne will folough Crist to heuen when he foloughed man into hell.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)109/32-4 : Go, sell all þat þou has & gif it to pore, & cum & fylo [me], crist..All felois not criste þat þer gudys has forsakyn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)169 : Folwyn, in felaschyppe: Comitor.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)398 : A swayne one a fresone folowede hym, in faye.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3295 : Þe Archebysshop folewode þe kyng Knoude euermore & prechede hym þe lawe of gode.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)111/32 : Þe right-wismen sal schyne as þe son, fowlowyng þe lamme.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6314 : Patroclus..With all þe folke þat hym folowet.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)51/255 : I am redy with ȝow to gon: I xal ȝow folwe with hert full fre.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)830 : Nass nan esstemete þær Þatt follȝheþþ gluternesse, Ne þær ne fand he nænne drinnch Þatt drunnkennesse follȝheþþ.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1487 : Wisdome him fulede [Otho: folȝede].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5603 : Belin wes swiðe wis, & warscipe him folweden [Otho: folwede].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14833 : Him uulieð unrædes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28959 : Seouen hundred scipene..wið uten þa feoliende.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10991 : Coel, þu ært wis mon & wisdom þe folleweð.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)32/297 : Se swote smeal ham folheð hwider se ha wendeð.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3848 : Longe abuten munt seyr folgede hem Ðat skie scir.
- a1350 Heȝe louerd (Hrl 2253)48 : Euel ant elde ant oþer wo foleweþ me so faste.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)306b/b : It nedeþ nouȝt þat unyte of kynde folweþ unyte of liknesse of colour.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)22.8 : Filigh [L subsequetur] me sal þi mercy Alle daies ofe mi life.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)918 : His fooschip me folȝez.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2422 : Þes wer forne þe freest, þat folȝed alle þe sele.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6499 : For loue folweþ fredam comounly.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.185 : Faith with-out þe faite is riȝte no þinge worthi, And as ded as a dore - tre but ȝif dedes folwe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.363 : No resoun hem folwed.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.3.87 : How gret peyne felawschipith and folweth hem.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)5 : Inward willingis and affecciouns to god, which needis cost folewen love and withoute whom loue can not longe tyme weel be.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)46/18 : Sorwe foluiþ [L comitatur] euer þe glory of þe worlde.
4.
(a) To obey or be subservient to (someone); (b) to keep or observe (a rule, a law), to act in accordance with (advice, a command); (c) to accept or approve (an opinion, a desire); (d) to be in accordance with, correspond to, agree with.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/20 : Gif we Criste ðeniæð, we sceolen him fyliȝen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10502 : Þatt laþe flocc..deoffless hafeþþ follȝhedd.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)25 : Þo þe swo ne don habben to fader þe deuel, þe fet hem alle, þo þe him folegeð.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/1 : Ðo ðe bieð aȝeanes him and dieulen folȝieð.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4073 : Ðe mestres of ðise hore-men, ðe fendes folgen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)189 : Bliþe was eche a barn ho best miȝt him plese, & folwe him for his fredom & for his faire þewes.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1165 : Þay forloyne her fayth and folȝed oþer goddes.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 18.21 : If the Lord is God, folwith hym; forsothe if Baal, folwith hym.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)13/12 : We folih þe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)829 : Þe to felsen ne to foloȝe fallis me na mare.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/23 : We sceolon..Godes bocæ teachunge ȝeorne fylȝean.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.119 : Þatt teȝȝ Goddspelless hallȝhe lare Wiþþ fulle mahhte follȝhe rihht.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26750 : Rideð þenne ich ride, and fulieð [Otho: folweþ] mine rede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)16756 : We beoð alle dæde buten we fulien þissen ræde.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)23/11 : Ðu folȝedest mare ðin aȝen iwill ðanne ðu dedest mine rad.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)15/15 : Ic min aȝen iwill swa habbe ifolȝed.
- a1225 PMor.(Eg 613(2))342 : Þa ðe eal folȝeð [vrr. volȝeð, feleweþ] his iwill fareð bi ðusse strete.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)307 : Þe hauec folȝeþ [Jes-O: foleweþ] gode rede.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.34 : Folu god and godes redes!
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)40 : Seynte peter..pyned is on rode For to volewen vre fader his wille.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)401 : Summe sulen folwen fendes red, And ben in sorwe after ðe dead.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2381 : Alle þing mot neode beo yffolwed and ffolffuld also Þat in Moyses lawe..beoþ ydo.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)99 : Þis uerste word,..yef hit is wel onderstonde and yuolȝed, hit þe ssel yeue al þine playnte.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.528 : Cristes loore and his apostles twelue He taughte, but first he folwed it hym selue.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)9.45 : Folewe þi Flessches wil.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.623 : I loued neuere by no discrecioun But euere folwed myn appetit.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22777 : All þaa þat..folus [Frf: folowes; Göt: folud; Trin-C: folwede] leli alkin laghes.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)22.33 : Men..þat folwen [B: folweth] nat hus lawes.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)12/13 : For þi ar þai rotyn þat folyȝed wicke wylle.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)114/22 : If þis passioun...move þe wil aȝens þe doom of resoun, þan it ouȝte to be refreyned and not folewid.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)530 : Oure crystyndom we wole folewe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)252/608 : Ȝyf ȝe wole folwe myn intent, my mayster jhesu I wele ȝow selle.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.40 : Ich foule with his fere folwith his kynde.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)21.16 : Hundes folus ther custom in berkyng and bitynge.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)306/23 : It were tayn hede, if any felowse felow his red.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.244 : Hastiliche god answered and eytheres wille folwed [C: alowede], Bothe Marthaes and Maries.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.7.66 : We, in folwynge the opynioun of the peple, have confessid..thing that is unable to be wened to the peple.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)27 : Manye oolde philosophris..helden and folewiden opynyoun þat mannys soule is departable fro þe body.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)319a/a : Alle melk foloweþ kyndeliche þe complexioun and kynde of þe beste þat he comeþ of.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)145 : His wombe & his wast were worthily smale & alle his fetures folȝande in forme.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)859 : Tapytez tyȝt to þe woȝe..& vnder fete, on þe flet, of folȝande sute.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7249 : That her wordis folowe her dede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)107a/a : Sikenesse of þe iuncturez haþ 4 tymez, and þay folweþ [*Ch.(2): folowe] þe mouyng of her matierez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)24b/b : Apostemes folwen [*Ch.(1): seweþ] þe anologye of here maters.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)89/1 : Þis gos into exill, filowande þer vanite ar made þame-selefe vayne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8723 : The body..Most follow by fourme the freeltie of man: Hit may not long vpon loft ly vncorruppit.
5.
(a) To pursue, persecute, or attack (someone); to hunt (a game animal); (b) to follow through, keep on doing; (c) to prosecute (at law); (d) of a disease or vice: to afflict (someone), to seize upon; (e) to urge or prod.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Hi wurthen war wid uten & folecheden heom & namen Rodbert eorl of Gloucestre.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)396 : Þe ich font & habbe ifolhet [Roy: ifulet] me to wraðer heale.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)880 : Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa.
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)st.15 : Fleiis ȝow folowith, ȝe swolowiþe ynow.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)33 : Þe couherdes hound..feld foute of þe child and fast þider fulwes.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1001 : Þay folȝeaþ after wiþ rendouns.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4323 : Qua folus lang wit-outen turn, Oft his fote sal find a spurn.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)118.161 : Princes filiyhed [L persecuti sunt] me selfwilli.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)17.41 : I sal filghe [L persequar] mi faas.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)7.1 : Lauerd mi god, sauf me..Fra al me filyhand [persequentibus me; vr. filiand].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1164 : Ay rachches in a res radly hem folȝes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4454 : Þei toke a schip and folwyn anoon.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)12/24 : Þe dragoun folowed and tuke þe knyght.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2758 : Than felewes fast to oure folke wele a fyve hundreth Of freke men.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)338 : Sir Degreuant with his men Folous faste in þe fen.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2923 : Bot þe Jaylardes folowedone þis theff fulle fast & purseweden after hym in to þat chirche.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6854 : Þe troiens tite tynt of hor purpos..folut no lengur.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)90 : Raches..Funde fute of þe bore, Faste folutte to him thore.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)39/13 : He dide so for doute that his fellowes wold fylloy hym.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)43/5 : Kynge Pellynor folowed the questynge beste.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)118 : The Erle tyll nyght folowed þe chace.
b
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)310 : Euur folowe þou on þe flesh tylle þou haste hym falleth.
c
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)43/87 : If any debate be bytwene any of þe brotherede..non of hem schal folwe aȝen oþer in none maner, til þe wardeines & þe bretheren han assayed wheþer þey mowe accorden hem in gode manere; & if þey nulleth nouȝt accorden in þis maner, vche do his beste by þe lawe.
- [ (1425) Act Parl.Scot.(1)2.9 : The party scathit sall folowe and the party trespassande sall defende, eftir the cours of the auld lawis of the realme. ]
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)169 : Folwyn, or suyn yn' purpose: Prosequor.
d
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)7/15 : Þat sar fylȝþ lanȝe þan heafode.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)641 : Þe pride þat hem gan folewe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)436 : A fers feintise folwes me oft.
- a1450(a1387) PPl.A(2) (RwlPoet 137)12.67 : Me folweþ such a fentyse, I may no ferþer walke.
e
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.51 : Free wil and free wit folweþ a man euere To repenten and ryse.
6.
(a) To seek after (something), to seek out (someone); to search for; to strive for (a virtue); (b) to attempt or undertake (a task), compete (for a prize); (c) to frequent or engage in (tournaments); to consort with (a woman); (c) to reach or arrive at (something); to obtain (a blessing).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)124/12 : To hwam þu..sunne to swyðe fyliȝedest?
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3513 : Forr þatt he lufeþþ alle þa Þatt soþ clænnesse follȝhenn.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : Se gode man þe godes lufe hað ȝefolged.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)107/2 : Ðese hali mihte ðu most luuiȝen and folȝien.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)620 : Ilk der ðe him hereð to him cumeð & folegeð him up one þe wold.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3187 : Moyses it folwede ðider it flet.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)162b/b : Foules neden to folow þe erþe and liȝt adoune þer to fynde þerynne seedes and mete.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)12.185 : That ich ne shal folwie þy felaushupe.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)24.22 : Innocentis..drogh to me, foloande my conuersacyon.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.650 : Þi companye wil I folwe.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)61 : Folwe mesure in euene syse.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)109/33 : In filoynge of cristly þinges he schewis þer is perfeccion.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)236/13 : Enforce the to eschewe eville and to volowe goodnes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)36/47 : Enforme hem..Synne to for-sake..and vertu to ffolwe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)152/25 : Fro Saba haue I folwyd fferre the glemynge of ȝon gay sterre.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)33 : Dekunis to be chast..ne fowlowing fowle wynning.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23868 : In eldrin men vr mirur se, Quat for to folu [Göt: fulv; Frf: folow; Trin-C: folwe], quat for to fle.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.277 : Þei don hem to donemowe..To folwen for þe flicche.
- a1400 Cato(3) (Frf 14)63 : Þer didis ken quat werk þou folow salle.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)36 : Hi destrueþ and makeþ beggeres þe knyȝtes and þe heȝemen þet uolgeþ þe tornemens.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.40 : Þauh lerede and lewede hedden leyen bi þe alle, And þauȝ Fals hedde folewed [B: yfolowed] þe þis Fiftene winter.
d
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7b/a : Assector: to folwe, gete.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)74b/a : The sexte is þat, in spredynge abrode, the ende be not folwede of þe cliftes [*Ch.(1): he sewe not or gete not þe endez of þe fissurez].
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.77vb : The iij nyght ye shal folowe [L (Vulg.Tob.6.21): consequeris] the blessyng that sones may be begoten of you bothe, & after the thyrde nyght thou shalt take the vyrgyne wyth drede of god .. that thou mayst folowe the blessyng of Abraham in hys seed..
7.
(a) To result from (something), to be caused by, to follow as a consequence; (b) to follow (as a consequence in logic); to be the conclusion of a syllogism; hit folweth, therof folweth, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2987 : Sinne..Forrblendeþþ all þin heorrte, Swa-þatt itt litell nimeþþ gom Hu mikell pine itt follȝheþþ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.514 : O, wiste a man how manye maladies Folwen of excesse and of glotonyes!
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3503 : If charite be take on honde, Ther folweth after mochel grace.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)28b/b : Hete worchinge in moistnesse dissolueþ it first..and þan comeþ in drines þat folewiþ þe hete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)306b/b : Medlyng of coloures foloweþ þe medlyng of elements.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2892 : Þe wrak þat folus [Göt: foluis].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1680 : When he meveth vnder þe cliptik lyne, Þe clips mote folowe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.614 : Harmes myghten folwen mo than two If it were wist.
- (1464) Let.Ormond in Fortescue Works28 : I trust sume frute shalle folue.
- a1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)25/736* : As þi foly was before, so foloweth aftir.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.229 : So it foloweþ þat þey þat beeþ wel i-cloþed..forsakeþ nouȝt al þing.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2658 : Ouer muchel suffraunce is nat good, but yet ne folweth it nat ther of that euery persone..take of it vengeance.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)14/16 : Wole ȝe þerfore sey þat hit foleweþ þat ȝe schal knowe & deme of al þat longeþ þerto?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.899 : Sith thy lady vertuous is al, So foloweth it that there is som pitee.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4459 : Whanne she wole make A full good silogisme..ther shal in deede Folwe an evell conclusioun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.126 : It folweth by strengthe of the premisses.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)65 : Wherfore folewiþ þat þi larges, freenes and gentilnes ben infinite.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)113 : Þer of muste nedis folewe þat [etc.].
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)306 : Out of þis next bifore going trouþe folwiþ þe xiije trouþe.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1012 : Hyt folowed wel she koude good.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.6vb (1.2) : Þou may se in þe nexte chapitre folweand.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.16vb (1.4) : As aneþes man or woman or oþer beste, se anone in þe nexte condicioun folowing.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.22va (1.4) : By þe grace of God I schal teche by þe 2 bokes folowende os bokes & auctoures of þis faculte speken and techen.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.42va (2.3) : Of þe 3 spices of ydropisy, se in þe next chapitle folwend.
Note: New spellings (pr. ppl.): folweand, folowing, folowende, folwend.