Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-gāte(s adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-gāte(s adv. Also alle-gate, al-gayte, al-gatt(e. |
| Etymology | ON phrase; cp. OI alla götu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gate.
1.
In all ways, in every way or respect; entirely, altogether.
Associated quotations
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)25/29 : Godes dom is..þet heo hit ȝelde allegate.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)181/20 : Ȝif þi luue nis nout forto ȝiuen, auh wult allegate þet me bugge hire.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1263 : He..seide, algate he wolde preue Þat ich am in mis beleue.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.318 : Algate ybrend in this world shul we be!
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.246 : They speke of sondry hardyng of metal..Which is vnknowe algates vnto me.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1431 : Algate, by sleighte or by violence, Fro yeer to yeer I wynne al my dispence.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.185 : Philip now wille me faile, & alle gate wend me fro.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.15.4 : And algatis [WB(2): outerli] nedi and begger there shal not be among ȝow.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.12 : Algatis Joon made redi men for to trowe in Crist.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)9 : Algatys or allewey: Omnino, omnimode.
2.
(a) All the while, unceasingly, continually; (b) for ~, forever; (c) at all times, on all occasions, under all circumstances.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)23 : He aros of deaðe and wunede mid his apostles..noht alegate, ac stund-mele.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)1136 : Alle gate he nom his wei bi niȝte that he awaited nere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3670 : Þat hors..faste gan neye and loude braye, Al-gate ase a ȝede.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)358 : He bad hem algates wake and pray.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)270 : We ouȝte algatis haue contynuaunce of þese ij bodily goodis to gidere.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)21.34 : A wondir fair Man..Sitteng Algate In that same plas.
b
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1900 : For ȝe shulle come to me nowe for algate.
c
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)21b : Ful hit is to seggen..& swa hit is allegate.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)196 : Wher ich am, my seruaunt wiþ me ale-gate is.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2841 : That man that..wole algates han werre shal neuere haue suffisaunce.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1564 : His wyf ful redy mette hym atte gate, As she was wont, of old vsage, algate.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.646 : Whan that the world divided is, It moste algate fare amis.
- (c1395) WBible(2) Prol.Is.(Roy 1.C.8)226 : Algatis loke wel that the sentence takun of the text be trewe.
- (?c1415) Hoccl.Hen.V Money (Hnt HM 111)18 : O lige lord, þat han be plenteuous Vn-to your Liges of your grace algate, Styntith nat now.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)20 : I woll algatis holde it.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)84/12 : Soche algatis be sent, whoche been honeste.
3.
(a) In any event, in any case, at any rate; (b) especially, particularly; (c) nevertheless; ~ yet.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)231 : Bot his harp he tok algate, And dede him barfot out atte ȝate.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1096 : For shame of hym my chekes wexen rede. Algates they bigynnen for to glowe, For reednesse haue I noon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16392 : We haf us chosen nu baraban; him haf, algat, we will.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1171 : Algates, songes thus I made Of my felynge, myn herte to glade.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)234 : Whether love breke or elles dure, Algates he that hath with love to done Hath ofter wo then changed ys the mone.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.1401 : Ye wil wete, algatis, what I desyre.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)14/166 : Now weynd before, ill myght thou spede! syn that we shall algatis go.
b
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.24 : Ye [Venus] fierse Mars apaisen of his ire, And as yow list, ye maken hertes digne; Algates hem that ye wol sette a-fyre, They dreden shame, and vices they resygne.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.29 : Crist tauȝte þe Chirche to flee pride, and algatis prestis, for pride is more perilous in hem.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.40 : Alle þes perilis shulden be fled and algatis forȝeting of God.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.67 : God plantide a vyneȝerde, whanne he groundide holi Chirche; and algatis in Jerusalem, for þer was myche siȝt of pees.
c
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)15a : Ȝef he wule allegate habben a sihðe, lokið þet hit beo ful scheort.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85b : Þe hali mon..wes lað to seggen a sunne of his childhad, ant his abbat bed him allegate seggen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.520 : A maner Latyn corrupt was hir speche, But algates therby was she vnderstonde.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.87 : Wilt thou, Dawe, allegates compere ȝou to the kyng?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7152 : But yit algate they shal abide.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.3.41 : For al be it so that thei mai chaungen the lymes of the body, algates yit thei may nat chaungen the hertes.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.4.67 : Although the prescience ne hadde nevere iben, yit algate..it is certein thing that [etc.].
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)72 : Yf he wille all gates hunte, late [hym] kepe hym from sych huntyng that may doo hym harme.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Clarke Crafte Lymmyng (Sln 73) 204/5 : Take a barel þat is clene and swete, and set þerinne a galon of vinegre or of eysel, and..stoppe alle gates faste þe mowþe þer þat non eyre come oute.
- a1500 Ashm.1393 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1393) 158/6 : Seþe yt fort it be sode to a quarte, and þen worche it hote oþer colde, and alle gate stoppe it well.
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