Middle English Dictionary Entry
falwe adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | falwe adj.(1) Also falow. |
| Etymology | From falwe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of arable land: lying idle, fallow; lien falwe.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)44b/a : Nouale: ley of lond, a falwe felde.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)461 : On in atyr blak Com preckande ouyr þe falewe feld.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)117/13 : The tylthe of oure landys lyys falow as the floore.
- -?-(1377) Tenants in Som.Dor.NQ 13274 : Thus schuld the comyn be kept among the tenants..they of Lye Rielonde schuld lye falwe and be comyn.
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)12 : He fond a hare full fayr syttand Apon a falow lond.
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)152 : A falow ley.