Middle English Dictionary Entry
falwe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | falwe n. Also falow, falugh, falghe. |
| Etymology | OE fealh, pl. fealga (only in glosses to ML occa). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Arable land, tilled or untilled, lying idle; a fallow.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20)113 : Novalia: faleues.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2509 : Þei..drowen him un-to þe galwes, Nouth bi þe gate, But ouer þe falwes.
- (1394) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29183 : In campis seminatae..In falugh xlvij acrae et dimid.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.656 : Who so..priketh his blynde hors ouer the falwes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)148 : Falow, londe eryd: Novale, vel novalis.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)618 : Varratum, i. novale: valwe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)44a : Falghe: terra sacionalis, seminalis, novale, novalis.
2.
Plowing as part of the fallowing process.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)47 : Yeff þe lande be nother keuered ne vnkeuered at þe secunde falowe, ereye not depe but so as ye may stroye þe thistelis & other wedis.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)49 : Yeff þat you put your dunge vpon your londe at falowyng tyme, at þe secunde falowe it shall be turnyd vnder þe erthe so þat it shall be clene vnder þe erthe at sowyng tyme.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)456 : An falewi cumeþ on grene leue.
Note: New sense?
Note: Jes-O: falewi cumeþ of