Middle English Dictionary Entry
enterlūde, -lūdi n.
Entry Info
| Forms | enterlūde, -lūdi n. |
| Etymology | OF entrelude, ML interlūdium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A dramatic or mimetic entertainment of any kind, esp. a play.
Associated quotations
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8991 : Entyrludes, or syngynge,..Alle swyche þyng forbodyn es, whyle þe prest stondeþ at messe.
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)47 : How thanne may a prist pleyn in entirlodies, or ȝyve hymsilf to the siȝt of hem?
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)472 : Wel by-commes such craft vpon cristmasse, Laykyng of enterludez, to laȝe & to syng.
- (1418) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)96/34 : The Mair and Aldermen chargen, on þe kynges byhalf and þis Cite, þat no manere persone..duryng þis holy tyme of Cristemes be so hardy in eny wyse to walk by nyght in eny manere mommyng, pleys, enterludes, or eny oþer disgisynges.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)666 : Hoc interludium: entyrlute.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)383/8 : Here is amanere enterludy, ernest of heuenly ioyes.