Middle English Dictionary Entry
exīl n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | exīl n.(1) |
Etymology | OF exil (L ex(s)ilium). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Banishment or exile from one's native land; also fig.; laien exile on (someone); (b) the state of living in exile or in a foreign country; puten in exile; (c) a place of exile, an alien land or region; gon (wenden) in exile.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1221 : Saturnus after his exil Fro Crete cam..Into the londes of Ytaile.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.131 : How alle his kynde exile was on þam laid.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5503 : Þe exile and proscripcioun..Þat þei caste for Amphymacus.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.368 : Concluding, by oon oppinioun, His final exile oute of Troie toun.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)522 : Now wold god þe waast of cloth & pryde Y-put were in exyl perpetuel.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)51/5,6 : Septuagesime betokeneth the exile of mannes kynde fro Adam vnto the ende of the worlde.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.3025 : For to putte hem in exil for euere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3012 : To do profit to the comune, He tok of exil the fortune.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5482 : He was to exile and captiuite For-iuged.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1098 : Lyve in exile and in pouerte.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.3.12 : Whi arttow comen into this solitarie place of myn exil?
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)724 : A maiden..Þat forsec hir fader & hir fre londe..And..Auntrede hir to Exile euer.
- c1480(1422) Lydg.SD (Add 48031)49/11 : The Roial stokke of þe forsaide Tarqvyne was proscripte & put in exile.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)39/18 : Þe kyng..was aftyr hys best frende yn exhile.
c
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)493 : Hou her king en exile ȝede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1154 : Þou [Cain] sal bi halden vile, Quar-sa þou wendes in exile.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5454 : Þof yee be flemed her a quile, He sal yow bring of your exile.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.109 : Þe peple..Lad in-to exil, fer from her cite.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.5.8 : I wyste nevere how fer thyn exil was.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.4.121 : This same place that thow clepest exil is contre to hem that enhabiten here.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.5.64 : To han gon into solitarie exil.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.350 : On of the Strengest pyl That Euere Man Sawgh in Ony Exyl.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)37.304 : They weren In gret peryl, fer with-inne the See In that Exyl.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)7500 : My lord ys wente oute of this contre..In excile now ys he gone.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)148/2 : He was send ynto an exyle.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)241/7 : When Seynt Clement was i-brouȝt to the exile, he fonde there-in..two þowsande of Cristen peple.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)240 : Eruba in exile ever was after.
2.
Life in this world as contrasted with heavenly bliss; the world as a 'vale of tears'.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)18/496 : Godes flesch and eke hys blode..þat freuereþ ous in oure exil.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)131 : Þise wordle þet ne is bote an exil and a dezert.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)215 : Man..huanne he yede in-to þe exil of þise wordle, naȝt he ne broȝte.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)281 : We are absent fro heuene in þis exile.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3419 : Our life her..Is but an exile and a pilgrymage.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1165 : Þe world es na thyng elles Bot an hard exile in qwilk men duelles.
- a1450 Hayle oure patron (Add 37049)32 : Aftyr þis exyle, to paradyse.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)389/18 : After þe exile and sorowe of þis life.
- a1500 GLitany (Dc 42)133 : In this exile and transitory lyeff.
3.
(a) Alienation or waste (of property); (b) fallen into exile, ?fall into alien hands or into ruin; (c) maken exile, cause destruction.
Associated quotations
a
- (1436) Close R.Hen.VI57 : If the countesse..of or in eny landes..doo wast, exil, or destruccion.
b
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)53.96 : Ȝif owre Rem with Owten kyng be Ony while, It Myhte sone thanne fallen Into Exylle.
c
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)172 : What-so-euer came þer-too, ffyre or flode to make exyle, These pelers..xuld stond safe at all perell.