Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-ǒut adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-ǒut adv. |
| Etymology | From adv. phrase. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To the fullest extent or degree; utterly, completely, entirely, altogether.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)320 : Ȝif he hadde of is owene flesche al-ovt þe seignorie.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)278 : Betere hit is to by-leoue wel and somdel do amys Þan fforsake god al out.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7728 : He was riche him sulf & þat lond pouere al out.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7987 : Þis Macolom..Dude king willam omage & bicom is man al out.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)7 : It may not be forȝeten al out.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)8 : Þe leches..hele hem alout.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4326 : I see he wolde..a newe bargeyn leere, The which all oute the more is deere.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1522 : Þair prayer will be hard all oute.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4808 : He spared na man..And did þaim harme all oute.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.12.12 : Þe wrathe of þe lord is turned awei fro hem & þei ben not don awei al out [WB(2): outirli; L penitus].
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Note: al ~, 'thoroughly, completely'
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5113 : Þe king cadwal dude al out þat þe aungel & he him bede.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5229 : Anoþer ȝer hii [the Danes] come & destruede kent al out, & londone nome.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)3/32 : Þo ansuered Marie & þonked God and seide þe psalme of Magnificat al out.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3537 : Ye shulde hym spare more, all out, Than hym that is bothe proud and stout.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)244 : Men..were sent to breke the legges of hem that were crucified and to slee hem al oute.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2131 : Slyke signes of gude he schewed all oute, Þat þe pople..thanked him [God] of his graciouse gyft.
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- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)120/88 : His face es fair, whith-outen threpe, And his eghen er all outstepe.
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Note: !Quot. used also in NE outstepe adj.--JL