Middle English Dictionary Entry
falwe adj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | falwe adj.(2) Also falow, falu, fale, falif. |
| Etymology | OE fealo, pl. fealwe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Sallow, dusky, pale, faded; reddish or brownish yellow; bay (horse); (b) falwe der, a species of small deer, the fallow deer.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27468 : Blod ut ȝeoten, ueldes falewe wurðen.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)216 : Mi ler þat wes so briȝt..Falew [Hrl: falu] hit is and won.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)456 : Falewi cumeþ [read: falew icumeþ] of grene leue.
- a1350 Dream Bk.(1) (Hrl 2253)235 : White hors & rede habbe, god tydynge wiþoute gabbe..Blake hors oþer falewe habbe, apeyrement, y nul nout gabbe.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1904 : Þare groued neuer gryss ne neuer sall, Bot euer-more be ded and dry, And falow and fade for our foly.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1364 : His hewe falow and pale as asshen colde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)728 : Er hit falle myȝt to þe fale erþe.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)62 : Greihoundes..þe best hewe is rede falow wiþ a blak moselle.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1402 : Ouer a fell watyr, That fillez fro þe falow see fyfty myle large.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1936 : Al thys hous..Was mad of twigges, falwe, rede, And grene eke.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)111 : Al shalle be juged foly of rede deer bineþ hert and of falowe deer byneuthe þe buk.
- a1450 I herde a carpyng (Sln 2593)p.42 : Half a honderid of fat falyf der he comyn aȝon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)108 : Folke followyd wytt fedyrt flonus, Nobull archarrus for þe nons, To fell þe fallow-der so cleyn.
Note: Postdates (b)