Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒublen v.
Entry Info
Forms | dǒublen v. Also doubli, doblen, dublen. P.ppl. i)dǒubled. |
Etymology | OF dobler, doubler, dubler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To duplicate (sth.); ~ wive, take two or more wives; doubled, paired; (b) to consist of two different kinds or colors; ~ on brede, spread out in two directions; (c) to 'second' (a song), join in.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)249/21 : Lemes y-dobled, ase þe eȝen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62b/b : Kynde doubleþ wel nyȝe all þe membres þat, if on is I greued, þe oþer may haue compassioun and helpe.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)1528 : Lameth..was þe firste on lyue þat bigon to double wyue.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)30a/b : Gemineus: dobeled.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11a/b : Gemelled & doubled sencitiue organez..þat, if þe tone of þam suffre, þe toþer may serue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51b/b : Þe ventriculez geminate i. doubled.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)125 : Dobelyn or dublyn: Dupplico.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)87/17 : Our Lord put first in his mynde to make a congregacion of women, and now newly he hath dobiled þis ȝift whan he gadered þese men.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)39b : To Dwbyll: bimare, binare, duplare, geminare, con-, in-.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)99/31 : Þis Inuentari schal be regestrid or dowblid in alle poyntis acordinge & enselid wiþ þe seeles of þe Abbesse.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250a/a : A playinge borde þat men pleyeþ on at þe dys..þis manere of table is doubled and y-hight with dyuerse colours.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151a/a : Hermifrodisia is nature of kynd doubled.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4966 : The brede of his [a tree's] bowes..Large and longe..ffro the dese to the dorse doblit on brede.
c
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)413 : Doubil me this bourdon!
2.
(a) To become twice as great; ~ an hundred-fold, increase a hundredfold; ~ in noumbre, be twice as numerous as (sth.); (b) to make (sth.) twice as great, strong, numerous, etc.; ~ daies, double the number of days; ~ an hundredfold, increase (sth.) a hundredfold; ~ the dai, make the day twice as long for (sb.); ~ thrice, treble (sth.); (c) to do (sth.) twice or repeatedly; (d) math. to multiply by two; doubled, as noun: a number which has been doubled.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1199 : Þi Ioye doublede an hondrut-folde, Þo he from deþ vp rysen wolde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3861 : Þe Troyans doubled hem in noumbre, Þat outterly þe Grekis þei encombre.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2817 : Thi joye shall double..Whanne thou thenkist on hir semlynesse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7662 : For the dethe of þat dere doublit his sorow.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)45/3 : Þis synne [adultery] doubleþ oþerwhile, as a man maried wiþ anoþer mannes wif, and also a womman maried wiþ anoþer man y-maried.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)300 : I-doublet it worth nouþe for ov, ase ȝe i-seoth wel her.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)602 : We wollez..doubli al is wo, And so we wollez a-wreken us.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5221 : Mi strengþe is dubled bi god aboue.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)60/20 : Hy leueþ and dobbleþ and moreþ hit of hiren, al-huet þer is more lyeasinge þanne of zoþ.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1298 : That doubleth al my torment and my wo.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)70 : In lentone is an holy grace, Vche pardon is doubled in þat place.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.180 : Þauh þou..habbe Indulgence I-doubled..I nolde ȝeue for þi pardoun one pye hele!
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)332a/a : Centuria is a feld of two hundred Jugeres..and was afterward y-doubled.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6954 : Þis iosue..faght truli for godds lai, For-þi godd duble[d] him þe dai.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17032 : He has a hundret sith dublid þis ilk pain.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.903 : Allas! for me hath he swich hevynesse?..Iwis, this sorwe doubleth al my peyne.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)175a/a : Distil with softe fire..And after be þe fire doubled.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)97 : Ȝif ther be eny that be put to prison..and goo out of prison with oute leve of his keper, be his penaunce dubled.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)522 : Hir grete bounte doubleth hire renoun.
- a1450 Þu wost wol (Sln 2593)p.322 : Thou mytyst telle sum man thi woo; He wol it were dublyd thryis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)309/30 : The Rede Knyght wexed wroth and doubled his strokes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)324/17 : He lepe..and dowbled his pace unto the Rede Knyght.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)57/24 : Yf a woman wer delyuerd of a mayden-chyld, scho schuld dowbull þe dayes of comyng to chyrch.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/b : Þe satirday þat hatte Sabbatum in albis, whan þe alleluya is I-doublid [L duplicatur].
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.63/1 : Callynge one hym bisily with ynwarde herte..and duplynge prayers.
- a1450(a1400) Wycl.10 Com.(1) (Bod 789)84 : Crist techiþ..to have oure wordis þus, 'ȝhe ȝhe' and 'nai nay'..Þere he doubliþ his wordis, as if he wolde seie, -- Ȝif ȝe seie 'ȝhe' in ȝoure soule, seie 'ȝhe' wiþ ȝoure mouþ.
d
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)15/1,19 : Whan þou hast writen þet nombre, þou schalt be-gyn at þe first figure in the lyft side & doubulle þat figure..doubulle 2, þat wel be 4..þan doubul 5, þat wel be 10.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)48/4 : Fynde a-noþer digit vnder the next figure bifore the doublede.
3.
(a) To fold (sth.) so as to make it double; line (a garment); (b) to bend (a knee or arm); of an eyelid: fold under; ~ aboute, curl around (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)54b/a : Som men forsoþ shapeþ in streynyng a cloþe doubled.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)39 : Take a pese of fayre Canneuas & doble it.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)97b : Scheldes..to hele or stoppe þe gappes of þe enbatelmentis..or elles dubbled sages of heer hanged byfore þe opoun bataillynge to schake of the schot fro þe walles.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)8 : Arme ȝowr crop..with a lyn of vi herys & double the lyne.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)167/4 : She clothed her in a symple cote hardye, not doubled.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/b : It helpeþ for to double þe arme and for to strech it.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105a/a : When it is streyned..be not þe knee doubled or bowed with hastynez, bot litel bi litel vnto it be aleged.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)128b/a : Relaxing of palpebrez..in so mych þat it is doubled, & þe herez entreþ þe eie & hurteþ it.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)247/15 : Þe serpent clappid aboute his throte, & dubbled evyn aboute his nekk.