Middle English Dictionary Entry
flaume n.
Entry Info
| Forms | flaume n. Also flaumbe, flambe, flame, flamme. |
| Etymology | AF flaum(b)e, CF flambe; L flamma. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small quantity of blazing vapor, a flame; also fig.;--usu.pl.; ~ of fir, a tongue of fire, a flame.
Associated quotations
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3353 : In a fourneys ful of flambes rede He shal be brend.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.515 : Brenne hire right in a bath of flambes rede.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.172 : Wex and weke..togederes Fostren forþ a flaume [B: flaumbe].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.526 : Þe whiche fest..I-halwed was..With many flawme and many hydous liȝt.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)496 : See Thy soule in the flaumbes of fyr brennynge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.5.7 : The sterre Boetes..drencheth his late flaumbes in the see.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3923 : Ther wer no flawmys nor brondis..To brenne his bodi with fires funerall.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)37 : O fire of hell..the flambe is pride, the sparkes is foule wordes, the smoke is evil name.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.St.Austin (Hrl 2255)253 : This hundryd yeer I have enduryd peyne..Mong firy flawmys.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)15.344 : He sente..His holy gost..In liknesse of flawmes of fir.
- c1450(c1370) Chaucer ABC (Benson-Robinson)89 : Moises..saugh the bush with flawmes rede Brenninge.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12009 : Grete palis..put into askys With flammes of fyre.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5574 : Fell flammes as of fire floȝe fra þaire mouthes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)371/451 : Blow flamys of fer to make hem to brenne.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)28.7 : The flawme that comes of this fire is assent and dede and custum.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)383 : He sawe a derke flawme rise vp.
2.
(a) A flaming mass, a fire; a burning accompanied by flames; fire in general (regarded as an element or as a substance);--usu.sg.; (b) fir and ~; ~ funeral, funeral pyre; ~ of fir, the blazing of a fire, a blazing fire; on a ~, on fire; with swerd and ~, with fire and sword.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 16.24 : I am turmentid in this flawme.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)198a/a : It schyneþ in derke places and it semeþ as it were flame.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.8 : Thei doon as greet damages and destrucciouns as dooth the flaumbe of the mountaigne Ethna.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178a/a : Fuligo of flamme [L fumalis] is mych desiccatif.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)250 : That maden every auter for to brenne Of newe flaume.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)163/20 : Sche beheld þe hedows flawme of þe fyr.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4544 : Þe flaumme departyd in two And on ych syde brent þe peple þer-by.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)769 : For as flaumbe ys but lyghted smoke, Ryght soo soun ys air ybroke.
- a1500 Play Sacr.(Dub 652)878 : To saue yow from the deuyllys flame.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)28.7 : Þe voice of our Lord praiand makeþ flamne of fur.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Thes.1.8 : Aungels of his vertu, in the flawme of fyer, ȝyuynge veniaunce.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)103/86 : And he likneþ his Maieste A fflaume of fuir lyk to be.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3508 : Mars..Hath set tuo Oxen..That caste fyr and flamme aboute.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5921 : Out of hys mouþ me þoghte brak A flamme of fyre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3262 : Þe bolis..Out caste her fire & flawme.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.308 : Pirrus þanne taken hath þe cors..And dide make a flawme funeral.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.3.2 : The Lord apperide to hym in a flawme of fier fro the mydle of a busshe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.118 : Fire and flaumbe on al the town shal sprede.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.302 : The fir and flaumbe funeral In which my body brennen shal.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)88/28 : Þat was a flawme of fyer wondir hoot.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4571 : Þou, fadyr..Among þe flaumme of feer hast maad me..vnfeerful to be.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Guy (LdMisc 683)56 : Thes tirauntys..With suerd & flawme troubled al this lond.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)66 : Riche men þair handes sal wryng, & wicked werkes sal by In flawme of fyre, bath knyght & keyng.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)699 : Alle on a flame þat Cite was.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.212 : We seen a litell flaumb of fuyre.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)28.7 : The voice of lord sherand the flaume of fire.
3.
Of the emotions: warmth, fervor, heat, fire.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.353 : If that a man withstonde..the firste entisynge of his flessh..thanne feeleth he anoon a flawmbe of delit.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)Prol.345 : Mochel slowthe, Whan men ben drunken of the cuppe, Doth mochel harm, whan fyr is uppe, Bot if somwho the flamme stanche.
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)188 : Na thyng slokuns sa felle flawmes, destroyes alle ille thoghtes, puttys out venemus affections.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.788 : A quarel, first of lytel hate, Encauseth flawme of contek and debate.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)137.1 : Alle kyndul thou in the flawme of thi luf.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)425/4 : To distroy þe flawmys of his ill thoghtis.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)60/25 : He..es dyuidede fro felyschype..be flaume of envye.
4.
A flower with bright (?scarlet) petals; ?some member of the ranunculus family.
Associated quotations
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)81/34 : Tak þe leues of flambe & morell & mak an enplaster.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)49 : Safron with canel therbe cristianete, The flam blody, the rede roselet.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)23/5 : Take þe leuys of flame and morelle and pimpernele.