Middle English Dictionary Entry
al awei phr. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | al awei phr. & adv. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) All (gone) away, all gone, etc.; (b) in every way, by far (greater); (c) on and on.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/31 : Ac wæs þeo gastlice sihðe..eft all aweȝ iwiten.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/1 : Þeo untrumnesse all aweiȝ awat.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)18 : Þe gode ben al oway Þat our elders haue bene.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2504 : Our bred, our wyn ys al away.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)75 : Wreth fra hym walde al away, þof he wer never sa wylde.
b
- ?a1430 ?Hoccl.Poems PS Compl.Virg.(Hnt HM 111)170 : Thow al away art gretter than he is.
c
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)48/19 : And stere al a-way with-oute bullyng, tille hit be cold.