Middle English Dictionary Entry
glōrīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | glōrīe n. Also glori, gloire, (error) gleyre. |
| Etymology | OF gloire, glorie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Worldly honor, fame, renown; also, a position of honor; ~ vein, empty glory; (b) the splendor of God or Christ; the glorious state of Christ after the Resurrection; (c) the bliss of heaven; kingdom of ~, heaven; (d) beauty, radiance.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)7.5 : Pursue þe enemy my soule, and take it, and de-foule my lyf in erþe, and lade mi glorie in-to poudre.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3266 : O noble Sampsoun..O whilom iuge, in glorie and in richesse!
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.917 : Noght greueth vs youre glorie and youre honour.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.625 : He heeld his glorie or his renoun At no value or reputacioun.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2385 : A Ribald..To themperour in al his gloire..seide, 'Tak into memoire, For al this pompe and al this pride Let no justice gon aside.'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2243 : O Salomon..Fulfild of sapience and of worldly glorie.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1337 : Þe bolde Baltazar..bigan in alle þe glori þat hym þe gome lafte, Nabugodenozar, þat watz his noble fader.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.215 : For to eclipse the honour and the glorie Of hiȝe prowes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3449 : He [Henry V] þat..hiȝest sit of worþinesse in glorie.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)46 : Floure of Poetes..To who[m] be ȝoue pris, honure, and gloyre [vr. glorye].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Judith 8.17 : As oure herte is troblid in the pride of hem, so haue we glorie [WB(1): we glorien; L gloriemur] also of oure mekenesse.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)447 : Sich folk..for a litel glorie veine..lesen God and eke his reigne.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7278 : God ne preisith hym nothing, That..hath to worldly glorie hym take.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.73 : Beaute and swyftnesse yyven noblesse and glorie of renoun.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)238/15 : Þere schulde þes grete lordes and ladies forȝete þe ioie and glorie and bobaunce of þis world.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)111 : Whan Nembroth be myght for his owne glorie made and incorperate the first realme.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)119 : What dishonour is this, and abatynge of the glorie of a kynge.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)75/67; 76/68 : Lo, foole..how clerkes wryten of suche glorie of renome. O glorie, glorie, thou art non other thing to thousandes of folke but a greet sweller of eeres!
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97a : Þurh schentful pine he [Christ] com to gloire [Nero: glorie] of blisful ariste.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)16.17 : Y shal be fild, whan þy glorie haþ shewed.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)18.1 : Þe heuens tellen þe glorie of God, and þe firmament telleþ þe werkes of his hondes.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.1.23 : Thei chaungiden the glorie of God vncorruptible..in to the lyknesse of an ymage of coruptible man.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1843 : Iesu Crist..Wol that his glorie laste and be in mynde.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.275 : Here comeþ with coroune þe kynge of alle glorie.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Tob.(Cld E.2)5.18 : Ananye is interpretid the grace of God, whos sones aungels ben in that maner, bi which they ben seid the sones of glorie, which is grace fully endid.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)11 : In þe thirde day he ros fro his deth, and after ascendid vp to ioye and glorye.
c
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)80/34 : And ȝyf..Ous glorye and lyf þat beste.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)87/31 : Þat hys þe blysse of heuene a-boue, Þar holy soulen stalleþ Ine glorye þer none ende nys.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)87/7 : Þe þridde uridome..habbeþ þo þet byeþ nyeȝ deliured of bodye..and myd gode byeþ nou ine his glorie.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.283 : The sixte thyng that oghte moeue a man to contricioun is the hope of..the glorie of heuene.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.490 : In erthe I was his purgatorie, For which I hope his soule be in glorie.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)959 : Þer glory and blysse schal euer encres To þe meyny þat is wythouten mote.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)647 : In this life here than fle synne atte leste; Than shul ȝe reigne yn Paradyse with glorie.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)364/251 : Heyl, incomparabil quen..of you spreng salvacyon and all oure glorye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)373/496 : I crowne you here in this kyndam of glory.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)587 : On Calvery thy triumphall victorie, Man to restore to thyn eternall glorie.
d
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.18.1 : I siȝe an other aungel comyng doun fro heuen..and the erthe is liȝtned of his glorie.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)70 : Þe lyȝt of hem myȝt no mon leuen, Þe glemande glory þat of hem glent.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)171 : The more I frayste hyr fayre face..Suche gladande glory con to me glace As lyttel before þerto watz wonte.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)934 : To loke on þe glory of þys grac[i]ous gote.
2.
(a) The conferring of worldly honor, honoring with pomp and ceremony, praise; (b) praise offered to God, worship; (c) a song of praise.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)5/22 : Þe seuen wise wiȝ gret glorie, Þat child ladde to consistorie.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)8.6 : Þou madest hym [man] a lytte lasse þan þyne aungels; þou corouned hym wyþ glorie and honur.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.870 : Theseus..weddid the quene Ypolita, And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree With muchel glorie and greet solempnitee.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2282 : Þe reioisshinge and þe hertly glorie Þat his liges made at his comynge.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 12.19 : He ledith her prestis with out glorie [WB(1): vnglorious; L inglorios].
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)924 : Glorye and honour, Virgil Mantoan Be to thy name!
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)279 : Al glorie which we takun or procuren to be ȝouun to vs for oure owne sake..is an vnjust glorie and þerfore synne.
b
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Jun 121)25 : Sy þe wuldor: beo ðe glorie.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)79/7 : Glorye to þe fader and sone, And to þe gost of myȝtte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.10.31 : Do ȝe alle thingis in to glorie of God.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 Pet.3.18 : To him [Christ] glory and now and in to the day of euerlastingenesse.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.19.1 : Aftir thes thinges I herde as a greet voys of many trumpis in heuen, seiynge, Alleluya, heriyng, and glory, and vertu is to oure God.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 2.14 : Glorie be in the hiȝeste thingis to God.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)1 : Glorie be to þe fadir, & to þe sone, & to þe holi goost!
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)6.1 : Glorye and pryes, laude and high honour, O blisful quene, be yeve vnto the.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)5/35 : For þis and for alle oþir goddis ȝiftis, to him be preising and þanking, honour and glory.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1123 : Þen glory and gle watz nwe abroched; Al songe to loue þat gay juelle.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)149/81 : Þei songe gle, glo, glory.
3.
(a) One who is a source of glory or honor; (b) an action that brings renown; songen ~, a famous act recorded in song.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)3.3 : Þou, Lord, for-soþe ys my keper, my glorie.
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3565 : O noble, o worthy Petro, glorie of Spayne, Whom fortune heeld so heighe in magestee.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.17.6 : The croune of olde men, sones of sones; and the glorie of sones, the fadris of hem.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.851 : Now, lady bright..Thow, glorie of wommanhod.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.1.11 : They [Muses]..weren glorie of my youthe.
- a1456(?1417) Lydg.DTChaucer (Add 16165)68 : Saint Iulyan, oure ioye and al oure gloyre, Come hoome ageyne.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)37 : Jerom seiþ þat þe vnwise sone is schemschip to þe modir, and þe wise sone glori of þe fadir.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.202 : Clerkis..enacted and gilte with her sawes..Her famous conquest and her songe glories.
4.
(a) Ambition for worldly glory; pride in worldly honor or renown; vainglory [see vein-glorie]; (b) haven ~, to take pride (in sth.), exult with pride.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2720 : Of thi love tell me plein If that thi gloire hath be so vein.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3424 : Where him hapneth the victoire, His lust and al his moste gloire Was forto sle and noght to save.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.113 : Suche motyues þei moeue, þis maistres in her glorie, And maken men in mysbileue þat muse moche on her wordes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1932 : We dar nat drede..With-outen hym to han victorie By oure manhood & oure owne glorie.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.20.14 : Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie [WB(1): shal glorien; L gloriabitur].
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)20 : Ne have thow no glory in thi wise wordis, for..Who that glorieth in wise wordis provith hymsilf to be a foole.
5.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)181b/a : The nynthe is þe oynement of gleyre [*Ch.(1): vnguentum glorie, i. vnguent of Ioye; L vnguentum glorie]..take of oyle of bdegares..of wexe..of þe sede of þe rosis, [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 115:Pope)602/265 : Wuldre: glore.
Note: New spelling
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 5.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. oinement of gleyr.