Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-what pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-what pron. Also al-quat, al-huet. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) All sorts of things, whatever; (b) in any way, at all.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)92 : Of him to habbe red a-non, Al-ȝwat him were of þat Maide is beste forto don.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4469 : A gift ye þam offirre, A quantite of all-quat of quike & of ellis.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)26 : Þet no man ne may his knawe al-huet þanne þet hi byþ uol wexe.