Middle English Dictionary Entry
alod predicate adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | alod predicate adj. Also olod. |
| Etymology | ?From on phrase, cp. ME lodder wretched, lodderlī miserably (akin to līther evil); ?or ppl., cp. OI af-lōa, af-lōga (see C.T. Onions, MA 1.206). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Miserable, in a wretched condition; ?scattered, widespread.
Associated quotations
- a1450 When adam delf (Cmb Dd.5.64)22 : For-þi gyf whils þou may lyf, or all gase þat þou gete: Þi gast fra god, þi godes olod, þi flesch fowled vndur fete.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)24/56 : Therfor I drede lest god on vs will take veniance, ffor syn is now alod without any repentance.