Middle English Dictionary Entry
aloue adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | aloue adv. Also alogh, alo(u)ȝ, allowe, alawe. |
| Etymology | From on loue. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. loue.
1.
(a) Of position or direction: low or lower down, below; downward; (b) of degree or rank: low; (c) of voice: softly, quietly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.234 : Why Adam ne hiled nouȝt firste his mouth þat eet þe apple Rather þan his lykam a-low [vr. alogh].
- (1447) Shillingford111 : Robert Boson..made another postern dore allowe yn his gardyn.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)238 : Jhesu..toke monkynde in vrthe here alowe.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)4186 : With hys wynges sprad a-lowe.
- c1450 Man a-mong (Lamb 853)46 : In helle..A low wiþ lucifir for to be.
- c1450 O glorius god redemer (Dc 1)9 : Enclyne alowe, of mercy, now thyne ere.
- a1475 VPhilibert (Brog 2.1)p.30 : My longe sorro..Wyche I suffyre doune alowe in heelle.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Spencer 19)1.34.33b : That other was reysed a lofte..But that oþer that was a lowe [etc.].
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.35 : As I beheld and kest myn eyne alawe.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.154 : And by this ilke ryversyde alawe, Ane hye way fand I like to bene.
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.222 : Of briddes and of bestes..to knowe, Why somme be alowe [vr. alouȝ] and somme alofte.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)118/3 : Þan bigynnen in vs þes graces first alow..and wexen euere-more vpward.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)670 : Sare..swer..Þat..ho laȝed never. 'Now innoghe, hit is not so,' þenne nurned þe Dryȝtyn, 'For þou laȝed aloȝ.'
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)5717 : He callyd alow vppon Clarionas.