Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēlīte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēlīte adj. |
| Etymology | From delīt(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Delightful, pleasing; (b) beneficial.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)40/691 : Ne nulle ich nawt, for a lust of a lutle hwile, þah hit þunche delit, awei warpe þet þing.
- a1500 Lydg.HGS (Lamb 306)318 : This pascalle Lambe..þis lambe moste [Lnsd: of most] delyte.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.360 : Ek to no tre their droppyng is delite.