Middle English Dictionary Entry
enflaumen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | enflaumen v. Also enflamen, inflammen. |
| Etymology | OF enflamer; L inflammāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To kindle or light (something), set (something) on fire; (b) to be aflame.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mal.4.1 : Alle proude men and alle doynge vnpite shuln be stobil; and the day cummynge shal enflawme hem.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)14b/b : Seraphin is a multitude of aungelis, þat is to menynge brennynge oþir setting a fire..þe ner þey beþ to god, in so moche þey beþ þe more inflawmed..in þe clerete of þe liȝt of god.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jas.3.6 : The tunge..is enflawmed [WB(1): enflaumed or set afijre] of helle, and enflawmeth the wheel of oure birthe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)157b/a : It is inflammed wiþ a brynnyng candele.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166b/b : Vn to þai be inflammed & infused or melten & burbled.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)45b : Of wex & of matche..ther comith neuer stynk þerof but it first be enflawmed with fier.
b
- c1390 GGuy(2) (Vrn)328 : Also I, spirit enflaumed of fuir, may entre þis house and gon out aȝeyn wiþ-outen brekyng of glas.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13904 : The tonge [of a dragon]..euere enflawmeng..that thorwh the throte owt fyr hit caste.
2.
To kindle (the spirit, the heart); to make ardent, to inspire (someone); esp., to inspire or fill with love, charity, or religious ecstasy.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)72.21 : Myn hert is enflamned [sic].
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)116 : We shulden..be al enflaumid in charite to this blessed Lord that suffride so greet peyne for us.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)25.2 : Brenne my neris..with the fire of thi luf, the goed enflaumand, the ill wastand.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)209/4 : Thoruȝ the whiche ioye and likynge alle the membres of the body ben enflawmed of so delectable and ioyfulle an hete.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)197/15 : Mary..al inflawmyd wyth þe fyre of lofe.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)59/22 : God..so enflawmes þam with þe blysse of his lufe.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)330/15 : The wil is heet and inflamyd into loue, but into..spiritual loue, not fleischli loue.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)17.316 : The holigost discendid Adown At pentecost..For to Clensen, And forto Maken Clene, And hem Forto Enflawmen Al bedene.
- a1450 ?Hilton Angels' Song (Cmb D.5.55)176/3 : Qwen þe wylle & þe affeccion is purified.. & is inflaumed [Thrn: enflawmede] with brennand lufe of þe haligast.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.367 : Alexander, inflammede with a feruente luffe and appetite to know the natures of bestes, sende to Aristotille.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)72.21 : Quia inflammatum est cor meum..for my hert is enflaummed with fire of cristis luf, that .i. fele it brenand and turnyd in til flawme.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)104.18 : The worde of oure lord enflaummyd him.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 2250)9818 : Also þo Holy Gost is hote ffor to enflaume as fir dos ay.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)2/36 : The peple of God may be lyghtenyd with vnto the knowlige of sothfastnes, and to the loue therof be inflamyd and styred.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)159/35 : He restyd vpon ychone of hem and inflamyd hem and tauȝt hem yche science and yche kynde of speche.
- a1500 Rolle Mend.L.(Wor F.172)44 : Our myndis with the fuyre of the holigost [bien] enflavmed and lightned.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)473/62 : Thyn styng of grace enflamyng doth enfyre Owr sowles that wer both seek and sore.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)359/42 : Jerome was..also a fflawme, inflamyd of the fyre that come apone me and apone the apostelis on pentycost-day.
3.
(a) To incite (someone to evil), arouse passion in (someone); (b) to become enraged.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3532 : What lusty new fyre Haþ hir [Helen's] hert enflawmyd be desyre?
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3696 : Parys..Þat was enflawmed gretly be desyre.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)2/37 : Pryde, couetyse & envye han so enflawmed [Eg: enflaumbed] tho hertes of lordes of the world.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)25066 : For the bewte which was in that lady Gwynebant enflawmede fervently.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1322 : Cupydo ys bronde so sore had hir inflamed, That hym to folow she was no-thynge ashamed.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)57/30 : The deuell..temptithe and enflamithe, and makithe hem to fall in the foule orible synne of lechery.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)53/21 : Other full of hote and brennyng lechery enflamed unmesurably, like wolues or other wyld beestis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.197 : In that prouince is a water of whom if a man drynke he schalle be inflamed with woodenesse of lecchery.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.317 : Ouidius Naso..inflammede the yonge men of the cite of Rome un to the luste of the flesche.
b
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.81vb : Let vs aske hym foryefnes with .. teeris -- he shal not threten as a man, ne enflawme in wrath [L (Vulg.Judith 8.15): ad iracundiam inflammabitur] as a sone of man.
4.
Physiol. (a) To generate morbid heat within the body; (b) to make morbidly hot; enflamed, affected by morbid heat.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)90a/a : Þe cause of contenuaunce of a rotid feuere is corrupcioun of humours & constreinynge of vapour þat inflaumeþ and brenneþ in pipis & veines.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)94b/b : [Cure of emoroidez:] Þat egre or sowre and sharp and inflammyng þingez be eschewed, as ire coite .i. lecherie & stronge excercise.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)171b/a : If þe place be inflamed [*Ch.(2): scaldede].
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)23/14 : For and the hete euir growe and inflawme the body within bi surfete of ouyr stronge metis or drynkis.
- c1450 MS Add.10440 in EETS 102 (Add 10440)298 n.5 : It [blod] is hett with hete enflammynge or brennynge þe herte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3716 : Venus haþ marked hem..With hir brondes fired by feruence, And inflawmed be sodeyn influence þat egaly þei wer brouȝt in a rage.
Note:
Note: Additional quot. for sense 3.
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)167a/a : It is good as þe firste but ȝif þe woundes be enflammed.
Note: New form: Ppl. enflammed.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 4.(b).
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)7/24 : In þis tyme sche sey, as hir thowt, deuelys opyn her mowthys al inflaumyd wyth brenny[n]g lowys of fyr, as þei schuld a swalwyd hyr in.
Note: Supplementary material for sense 1.(b).
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (StJ-C C.25)33/7 : A soule þat is inflawmed wiþ my sooþfastnes..schulde neuere ceesse to profiȝte alle creatures..
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2. Modify first gloss: To kindle (the spirit, the heart, etc.).
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)158/21 : He come as in fyre wherþouȝ they myȝt be..inflamyd with loue and charitie.
Note: Additional quot. for sense 2.
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incolmpete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also enflaume, enfla(m)men, inflaumen, inflammen; p.ppl. enflaumed, etc. & enflaumede, enflaummed, enflaumbed, enflaumned, inflaumed, inflamed, inflammede.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.23vb (2.1) : 'Rubecundus' & 'subrubecundus' seiþ þat colre is maistre in þe body out of mesur, and ouergoþ þe blode and enflammeþ þe blode and brenneþ and distempreþ him.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.73rb (2.11) : A febre interpolate in 2 wise: for oyþer it comeþ of corrupt mater wiþout þe vesseiles or elles of corrupt vapores enflammand þe hert now & nowe by þrowes.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.75ra (2.12) : 'Sinoca' is a hote febre enflawmand þe hert, causede of plente of wickede blode in þe vesseiles.
Note: Additional quots., sense 4. Editor's gloss: 'inflames, heats morbidly'. New spellings (pr. ppl.): enflawmand, enflammand.