Middle English Dictionary Entry
emel(le adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | emel(le adv. Also imel(le, omel(le, in melle. |
| Etymology | ON ī or ā millum; cp. OI ī milli, ā milli and ī meðal, ā meðal between, meanwhile (orig., in the middle). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. emethen.
1.
Along with, besides; together.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11831 : Þe falland gute [Göt: goutt] he had emell.
- c1400 Dial.Bern.& V.(1) (Tbr E.7)706 : For þat mekyll wo..þat þou made omell.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)119 : Þis cumpani Praies ȝow hertly now omell, Þat he his tale forth might tell.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.24 : Hew þyn henne and do þer to þenne Þy henne and ȝolkes of eyren imelle.
2.
Altogether, utterly.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1451 : Ful oft he [the boar] bydeȝ þe baye & maymeȝ þe mute inn melle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4263 : All þat ouire mesure is to mekill emell we declyne.
3.
Concerning this, about this.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)488 : Crist in his godspell Of þis same makes minde o-mell.
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)263 : Dauyd, his derlynge, made myrthe þer emelle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Add the gloss '"in the interval" to sense 1. (to cover the meaning in the Ywain quot.