Middle English Dictionary Entry
dai-light, daies light cpd. & phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | dai-light, daies light cpd. & phr. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The light of daytime, daylight, sunlight; brod ~; (b) the light part of a natural day, daytime; bi, on ~, in daytime; (c) daybreak, dawn.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)125/499 : Þanne þonke þu þi louerd..of þe daies liht & of alle þe murhþe þat he þe for man makede.
- a1350 My deþ (Hrl 2253)2 : My deþ y loue, my lyf ich hate, for a leuedy shene; heo is brith so daies liht.
- (1370) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35181 : Itte es ordayned..yat all ye masonns..be ilka day atte morne atte yare werke..als erly als yai may see skilfully by day lyghte for till wyrke.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)41b/b : Þe matere of ȝelewhnes..whanne he is ioyned to þe day liȝt, he is moche to schad.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17344 : Þar he o naman suld ha sight, Ne nankins leme o dais light.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)5/28 : He myth se as wel..as euyr he dede be-for be daylyth & be candel-lygth boþe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)88/16 : Many tymes sche was a-ferde..for sche sey hem as wel on nytys in dyrkenes as on day-lygth.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4238 : On þe morwe, at brode day liȝt, The fadir roose.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)486 : In derkenesse dymme as I so lay, Yet hoped I after the clere day lyght.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1918 : Att twenntiȝ daȝhess ende Off Ȝol..biginneþþ uss Þe daȝȝess lihht to waxenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19153 : Þer ileste þat fiht þurh þene dæi-liht.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)23221 : Al þene dæi-liht ilaste þis muchele fiht.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)104 : Also schon þe Mone a-niht So doþ þe Sonne on day-liht.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.881 : For nadde they but a shete..And a brat to walke in by day light, They wolde hem selle and spenden on this craft.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10222 : So bryȝt As þe sun on days lyȝt [vr. day-liht].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6194 : Drightin self þam ledd þair wai..Wit cluden piler on dai light, Wit firen piler on þe night.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)704 : Þe mone was þat time alsua bright Als is þe sune nu on day light [Trin-C: dayes liȝt].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1365 : Bi þat þe daylyȝt watz done, þe douthe watz al wonen In-to þe comly castel.
- (1427) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)25.1232 : A toure to be vppon day-light a redy bekyn, Wheryn shall be light gevyng by nyght to þe vesselx þt comyn into þe seid Ryuer of Humbre.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Endure(1) (Hrl 2255)45 : Nor an owle that fleth be dayes lyght.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1274 : A dragon huge and cumbrus..lyith in hys den a-day-lyght euer onmeuabyl.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)14/7 : Not oonly by nyght but also by day-lyghte.
- a1500(c1445) Lydg.Mir.Edmund (Ashm 46)173 : A saphir skye ladde Israel be day-light Toward the lond of promyssyoun.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5667 : Þat faht bi-gon at midniht & þat hit wes dæi liht [Otho: and laste forte dai liht].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19201 : Æuere heo uerden alle niht þat hit wes dæi-liht [Otho: dai-liht].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19661 : Nu wenden forð þa cnihtes al bi dæies lihten.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)332 : Þu singest allelonge niȝt, From eve fort hit is dai liȝt.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)124 : Al þe day & al þe niȝt, Til hit sprang dai liȝt.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)280 : Longe he sat þer aboute forte hit was neȝ dailiȝt. Þo hit was toward þe dai, anapped he was sore.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)39/867 : Til to morewe hit be dai liȝt.
- c1390 KTars (Vrn)36/112 : A morwen, whon hit was day liht, He sent his messagers..in haste.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)233 : Alsone als it was dayes lyght, Forth to fare sone was I dyght.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1182 : Fro that it was mydnyghte Till it was euen at daye-lighte.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.524 : He wolde have ben Aforn day-lyhte At the Castel.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)9750 : Respyt they tooken that nyht Tyl vppon the Morwen hit was day lyht.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)27/20 : Whan hit ys daylyght, dresse youre batayle evyn before them.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)231 : A morwe er it were day-lyȝt..Charlys to chyrche ȝede.
- a1500 Octav.(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)488 : As glad they were of that syght, As fowlys be of day lyght And of the sonne leme.
- a1500 Octav.(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)1309 : On the morne, when hyt was day lyght, The folke can them to batelle dyght.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)495 : Forthe þey went be day lyght, Tyll hyt drewe to the nyght.
- c1500 King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)78 : Whyle I may ye dey liȝht se, Better is to loge under a tre.
- 1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.ST (Croo:Craig)236 : Hit ys far within the nyght, Full sone woll spryng the day-lyght.