Middle English Dictionary Entry
aliēnāt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | aliēnāt ppl. |
| Etymology | L alienatus, p. ppl. of alienare. Cp. alienen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Deranged; beside oneself; ~ of mind; ~ from self; (b) estranged from long-held opinion, uncertain; (c) secluded, aloof; (d) sequestered.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1653 : So wood & wroþe was he, Fer from hym silf he was so alienat..Þat tempre hym silf..he ne myȝt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/b : For þai ar alienate [*Ch.(2): þai rauen; L alienantur].
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)131/18 : A pore man..fel in-to a maner of frenesy, so was his mynde alienat.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)8.274 (v.1:p.93) : Whan he came in and fonde hir dede, alienate fro hymself for sorowe, vnwarely he kest hir clothe..on hir.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)78.118 (v.2:p.79) : Five daies she langured in the accesse, so grevously laboured that she sempt to ben alienat somwhat from her wittis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)467 : The frere..feynede hym as alienate of mynde & distract.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)88.43 (v.2:p.106) : Wele I wote our wittis arn vacillant and waueryng and half alienat in our self.
c
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)70/23 : Loue wol be fre & alienat from all worldly affeccion.
- a1500 ?Scrope Ribot First Monks (Lamb 192)105/4 : So alienatt and strange [L aliena] fro worldly chargys, that they be not defyled ne dyscolowred be any fylthys.
- a1500 ?Scrope Ribot First Monks (Lamb 192)139/19 : It was hevy to the frerys that a strav[n]ge man, alienat fro the religion, schuld be the assygnacyon of the pryowr depart and delyuer the goodys of the relygion.
d
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.465 : Þe vse of goodes is alienate from yow as hit is from theyme [prisoners].