Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-maner adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-maner adj. & adv. Also (phrase) alle maner. |
| Etymology | Modeled on al-kin(nes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of every or any kind, of all sorts; ~ kind; on ~ wise, in every way; (b) adv. in any way.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2857 : Alle maner soun And gle.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1818 : Wiþ alle maner gode metes.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1905 : Þei made hem þan mirie on alle maner wise.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)235b/a : Ryndes þerof..abateþ alle maner sores.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)140/15 : In almaner hurtynge of þe heed.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7926 : Quit of alle manere raunsoun.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)339/158 : Almaner speche he hem tauȝt.
- (1450) RParl.in OHS 5835 : Almaner such grauntes to be voide and of non effecte.
- (1467) LRed Bk.Bristol1.17 : Alle maner merchaundise.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)32 : This peeple..is..apt & promte to alle-maner kynde of armys.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)3a : Allmanere: Omnegenus, omnimodus.
b
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)85 : To worschip þe ymage almaner, wittirly forbeed þu him.