Middle English Dictionary Entry
alōthen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | alōthen v. Also alaðen. Perf. 3 is alōðed. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. lothen.
1.
(a) To become or be odious to (sb.), disgust (sb.); -- with dat. obj.; (b) alothing, showing aversion or reluctance.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25930 : Mi lif me is a-laðed [Otho: laþ].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29987 : Al hit him aloðede þat he on lokede.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1277 : Noȝt so leof þat hit ne aloþeþ, Ne noȝt so glad þat hit ne a wroþeþ.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)630 : Þuru hoker ant lesing þe aloþed.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2258 : His leofe doþter was Locrin a-loþed [Clg: atlaðed].
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.Luke(1) (Dc 369(2))142 : Leste we schulde be seid not to schewe God as wel to men willinge, as to profite to men aloothinge.
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.Deeds (Dc 369(2))508 : He wolde rathir schewe in schort word, than to haue schewid ony thing lengir to men aloothinge.