Middle English Dictionary Entry
elchien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | elchien v. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE ǣ-lecung allurement, ō-leccan flatter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. elkenen.
1.
To feel pleased or flattered.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/7 : Ac ne cwæð þu na mid wordum þæt þu wylle mildsiæn, & ælciȝe swaðeah wiðinnæn ðinre heortan.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)102/36 : Sune, ne elca þu na to Gode to gecerran, for þan þu nast, hwæt se towearde dæig þe bringeð.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)102/37-103/1 : Se þe elcað, þæt he to Gode ne gecerð, he deð on plih his agene sawle, for þan þe se deað hit na ne elcað na.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)103/2 : Se deað gyf he cumeð to þan þe elcað, þæt he to Gode gecerran nele, but tweone he hine lædeð to þan ecen wite.
Note: Supplementary material.
Note: Etymology:(DOE) [OE elcian v.].
Note: Gloss: To delay, procrastinate.
Note: Correction: both gloss and etymology for the existing entry needs to be changed. It is more likely that the word here means "to delay, procrastinate" and is derived from OE elcian v.--notes per MP
Note: Forms to consider for form section: infinitive: æciȝe; imperative sing.: elca; 3rd pres. sg.: elcað.--per MLL