Middle English Dictionary Entry
fọ̄l-hardī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fọ̄l-hardī adj. Also foul-, ful-, -herdi. |
| Etymology | OF fol hardi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hardi.
1.
Foolishly daring, rash, reckless.
Associated quotations
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)62 : Nis heo to muche cang oðer to folherdi.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)382 : When þou of loue me hast bisauȝt, Al to fole-hardy þou art ytauȝt.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)426 : Y no fond neuer so folehardi man, Þat hider to ous durst wende.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.8.18 : With a fool hardy man go thou not in the weie.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)280 : Þerfore make ow alle Redi To take hit not as foolhardi.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3106 : I am but lost, but if that I Be lyk a wilde leoun fool hardy.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)665 : Ȝyf þou were euer so fole hardy To swere grete oþys grysly.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)24 : So foole hardy, to cast ȝoure eiȝen upon a womman.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)8/21 : Neiþir feerful in perelis, neiþir manful in manhod, foolhardi aȝens God.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)224/18 : The angry [i.e. choleric] man Is wonyt to be..full of hotte Spyrit, and therfor he Is fulhardy.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)171/2 : Than shall he be holde hardy, and corageous, that desyryth not gret pereill, as doth the fole-hardy.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)64b/b : A fole hardi mon.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)76/29 : Þat he be noȝt negligent ne fole-hardy in his wirchyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)169 : Foole hardy, or to bolde: Temerarius.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)444 : Þanne is þi bileeue and feiþ presumptuose and foolhardy, bi cause he lackiþ sufficient fundament and ground.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)51 : Makeþ þat presumptuous and fool hardy mayde be presented vn to vs.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)9 : Petir was not hardi to accept þis foule hardy presumpcoun.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)52a : Fuyll hardy [Monson: fulharde]: temerarius.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2419 : For he ys a fool & ffoul hardy, That off wenyng & surquedy Hasty ys hym sylff tavaunce.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)11535 : How were þou now so folehardye To passe the watur so boldelye?