Middle English Dictionary Entry
dillen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | dillen v.(2) Also dellen. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI dylja. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To hide (sth.), conceal, keep secret; (b) to hide oneself.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)202 : Iuus wit þer gret vnschill Wend his vprisyng to dill [Frf: dille; Trin-C: stille].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1081 : His broiþer ded sua wend he dil [Frf: he walde haue hid].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4271 : Ioseph lette he wist it noght; He wist and dild [Göt: dilled] it.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13031 : He..tald him þer-for mani skill, Þat naman aght it thol ne dill [Frf: atte na man miȝt ham dyle; Göt: þat no man au it thole no dell].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9292 : Fra him for-soth sal nan cun dil [Frf: stele].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 My dere sone wher (RwlPoet 143)231 : If youre houndes at a chace rennen þer ye hunte And þe best begyn to reuse as hertes ben wonte…Or dil so þat your houndes can no ferre ga Then shal ye sey, ho so amy, sa, sa.
Note: Postdates word: belongs to sense (b). Gloss: "of a hart: to conceal itself."--per MLL
Note: Revise form section to read: Also dil(le, dile, del(len; ppl. dilled & dild.--per MLL
Note: Gloss: