Middle English Dictionary Entry
apallen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | apallen v. Also enpallen. |
| Etymology | OF apalir; ME 11 perhaps from L pallidus, pallor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pale adj.
1.
(a) Of vigor of body or mind: grow or make faint or tired; grow indifferent; of youth: wane; (b) of emotions, memory: fade away or make fade; tone down, allay; (c) of power, honor, fame, etc.: grow or make dim; tarnish; subdue; (d) to cause (sth.) to seem dull or dim, as by comparison.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1292 : An old apalled [vrr. palled, for palled] wight, As been thise wedded men.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.365 : Hir liste nat appalled [ChU: appelled] for to be.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.755 : Ther youthe..Gan tappalle..Be..force of maladie.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2254 : To al goodnesse his wittis dede appall.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)87/32 : Ine glorye þer none ende nys, Ne none swetnesse appalleþ.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1099 : Hir loue abood on a fikel chaunce; Longe absence had hir hert appalled.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)44 : Which neuer shal appallen in my mynde.
- ?a1430 ?Hoccl.Poems PS Compl.Virg.(Hnt HM 111)178 : Thow my ioie appallist.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)398/56 : His famous roial excellence..Doth your auauntyng and al your bost appalle.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.701 : At the laste my lust gan tappall.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.3328 : Hir loue appallid, set of him no pris.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.67 : The kyng his yre myght not apall.
c
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.3053 : Whan his name appalled is for age.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4159 : That on no part her honure not apalle [vr. enpalle].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4511 : The fame appallid of his worthynesse.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4549 : Fortune ther prowesse dede appall.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2167 : Thei gaf hem to delices, Appalled in vertu, which brouht in many vices.
- c1480(1422) Lydg.SD (Add 48031)50/1 : Fals covitise..eclipsed and appalled theire worthines.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)3528 : Yiff ye myghte..apallen..my myght.
d
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)106.335 (v.2:p.149) : As al metals golde doth appalle, so she in holynesse surmountid hem alle.
2.
(a) Be fearful; -- refl.; (b) frighten, make anxious; ppl. afraid.
Associated quotations
a
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5720 : Marye, þe not appalle!
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3160 : Thoght, which in mi herte falleth Whanne it is nyht, myn hed appalleth.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1,882 : Who hath loue of neighbours is suerly walled; Slepe he may suerly and noþyng apalled.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1872 : Heere wittis were appalled and gretlie in dowte.
3.
(a) Of drink: grow or make stale or unpalatable; of a task: ppl. distasteful; (b) of complexion: grow pale.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.723 : Vndeuocioun, thurgh which a man..may neither rede..ne trauaille..in no good werk, that it nys to hym vnsauory and al apalled [Lngl 29: ypalled].
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)310 : To the cuppe ay took I heede..For þat the drynke appall sholde noght.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)49 : The wel Elycon..soote ne gall Thoos heuenly lyquors neuer may appall.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)127 : He..Forsaketh fressh wyn & drynkith ale appalid [vr. apallyd].
b
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1903 : The goddesse of discorde..Of rancour pale and appallyd.
- a1475 VPhilibert (Brog 2.1)p.28 : Now ame I dede, my colour is appalyde [rime: callyde].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)81 : This mannys name Norbert thoo þei called Of Teutonye nacioun, the story seith rith soo. Whech word made me of stody al apalled; For whethir it is a cyte weel iwalled, Or ellis a cuntre, auctouris touch him nowt.
Note: Per MJW: Prob. goes with 1. Sense not covered in our def. nor is the phr. ~ of noted - maken apalled of - to perturb (sb.) in (his) mind. See ed. note.