Middle English Dictionary Entry
alō̆nd(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | alō̆nd(e adv. Also aland(e |
| Etymology | From on lō̆nd(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) On land; a water and ~, on the sea and on land, everywhere; lenden ~, alight on the ground; (b) ashore; gon ~, comen ~.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)82 : He deð al þet his wil is, a wettre and alonde.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)194 : And swinc a watere and a londe [Dgb: on se and on londe].
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)69/67 : He wende ouer al-so druyȝe ase it a-londe were.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)189/164 : We ne mowe him neuere ouer-come quik no ded, awatere ne a-londe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4178 : He wende al bi watere, vor he ne miȝte noȝt alond.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)393 : Qwen þe day-raw rase he rysis be-lyfe, Lendis a-lande fra þe loft.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)142/1 : Dyuers Perillis..fallyth throgh the wynde, a-land and in the See.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9234 : At Port-chæstre heo comen alond & stepen up a sæ strond.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)82/73 : Þer hi wolden hem self alonde.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)134 : Til horn bi þe stronde Seth men gon alonde.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2402 : Þo þis folc com alond, vorþ in to kent he drow.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.634 : Al siker hii were alond te gon, Ac swiche a strom hem cam upon [etc.].
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)76 : Þey made heore schip at hauene stand; Ercules and Jason wenten aland [Suth: to londe].
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2166 : And in an yle..He made his ship a-londe for to sette.
- a1450 Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)50 : In his lond Det wol alond.
- (1459) Let.Sou.in Sou.RS 22 (Sou SC.2/9/2)16 : I haue arrestid a carak of Jene leying withyn the porte..And haue a londe the Scriuen of the said carrak.
- a1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306)1 : They come alande wher they fonde no creature þerin.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)93 : In Surre was this goodman cast a lande.
2.
In the land, in or to this country.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)17 : Al swa hit is nu laȝe a londe.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1613 : Gret Maister þov woldest alonde beo.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1828 : Þare nas neuere a-londe pais sethþe þov bischop were.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2343 : Deuelen hi caste out of men ofte and wyde a-londe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7580 : He ȝef londes in engelond..þat ȝute hor eirs holdeþ alonde [B: on londe] monion.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8007 : He..destruede al þat lond, þat no god alonde nas.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.397 : Þat ȝere Austyn come alonde in þe est side of Kent, in þe ilond Tanet.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3747 : Ha lord, that he ne were alonde!
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)366 : I merueyle wher þe pryuelegis commen alonde, wherby owre colagis of monkis..claymen to be exempt fro þis bonde of þe olde lawe.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)51/1628 : Þe kyng of Masydonye com ryde With hys ost a lond.
3.
On earth, in the world.
Associated quotations
- ?c1250 I-blessed beo þu (Eg 613)27 : Whare a-lond alswo ich beo er ich honne wende, þat ich mote in parais wonien.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)392 : Vt of his [the whale's] ðrote it smit an onde, ðe swetteste ðing ðat is o londe.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)4/30 : Þritti winter..Haui ben wend alonde her.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)482 : Þulke time þat ore louerd was here a-lonnde.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4445 : Lucye ne wilnede noþemo no þing somoche alonde As to fiȝte mid a such kniȝt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1467) in Black Leathersellers34 : Divers persons..take Apprentice[s], and set them..a-work..in so great multitude, and after their terms come out they..suffer them to go up a-lande, and there work.
Note: Mod. gloss 2.