Middle English Dictionary Entry
glōrifīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | glōrifīen v. Also glorifi, glorefie, gloriefie, glorefiȝe. P. ppl. i)glōrifīed, glōrifīet, glōrifīd, i)glōrefīed, glōrefīd. |
| Etymology | OF glorefiier, glori-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To praise (sb. or sth.), honor, extol; praise or honor (God) in worship, ascribe glory to; (b) to vaunt (one's high estate); ~ of, be proud of (sth.), boast of; (c) refl. to glorify oneself, be puffed up, be proud, boast; take pride in (being able to do sth.); ~ in, ~ of, take pride in (sth.), boast of (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)196/17 : We maki oure guode dedes touore þe uolkerede, þeruoure þet god by y-hered and y-glorefied [Vices & V.(2): worschiped].
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)21.23 : Ȝe þat douten our Lord, herieþ ȝe hym, alle þe sede of Jakob, glorifieþ [L glorificate] hym.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)85.8 : Lord, al folk þat tou madest shul comen..and glorifie þy name.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.1037 : Right so shal youre light lighten bifore men that they may seen youre goode werkes and glorifie youre fader that is in heuene.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)55/18 : Þat þei may se ȝoure good werkis & gloriefie, not ȝou, but ȝoure fadir þat is in heuene.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)11331 : Wel auȝt vs to glorifie Oure goddis that ȝeuen vs the Maystrie Off oure enemy..And gret worschepe & honour do.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.33 : We glorifien þee, modir of god..make saaf alle men þat glorifien [vr. glorefiȝeth] þee.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5520 : O Hercules..Whom alle poetis glorefie and exalte.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)176/10 : Ihesus glorifiede and praysede prestes of ryghtwysnes.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)218/14 : Contra uanam gloriam..So schyne ȝour lyght of gude entent bi-for men that thei se ȝoure gude werkes, that thei may glorifye ȝour fader that is in heuens.
- a1456 Heyle goddes moder (Ashm 59)27 : O glorious þou mayde mylde..Þat arte glorefyde with þy chylde.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Expos.PNoster (LdMisc 683)141 : Name of alle names halwyd and gloryfyed.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55b : To Gloryfy: Glorificare.
- ?1480 Court Sap.(Caxton)57 : Gower, Chaucers, erthely goddes two..I you honoure, blysse, loue, and gloryfye!
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)88.8 : In [th]is counsayl is he [God] glorifyd, for he is grete in mageste and agheful in syght.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)3/6 : That God may be glorified in youre chirches.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)274b : Go..ynto Iherusalem, and there be yn youre prayeres glorefyenge the resureccyoun.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)215/26 : Hi ssollen..naȝt glorifie hare heȝnesse.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.186 : Cupid..of this mayst glorifie; And Venus, thou mayst maken melodie!
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5450 : With her flaterie They maken foolis glorifie Of her wordis spekyng.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)25/5 : Þus him ioisseþ and him glorifieþ þe wreche ine his herte, zuo þet he not huer he ys.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)270/3 : Nammore ne is be-tuene ane manne and ane beste bote ine onderstondynge; Naȝt of oþre þinge ne glorefye þe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.18.7 : Hou miche she [Babylon] glorifiede hir silf, and was in delijcis, so miche tourment ȝiue ȝe to hir, and wepyng.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.405 : Veyne glorie is for to haue pompe and delit in temporel heynesse and glorifie hym in worldly estaat.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.757 : Thise lordes ne sholde nat muche glorifien hem in hir lordshipes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.941 : Achilles..For his manhod and his hiȝe prowes, In whiche he dide hym silfe glorifie Somwhat of pride and of surquedie.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1593 : Who is that ne wolde hire glorifie, To mowen swich a knyght don lyve or dye?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.5.72 : Why darstow glorifye the in the shynynge of any swiche thynges?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.6.42 : Thanne is gentil name but a foreyn thyng (that is to seyn, to hem that gloryfien hem of hir lynage).
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1134 : He ought him lytel glorifye That hereon bilt.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)286/23 : Glorifie þe neuere-more in þi fair robes.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)144/14 : As mych as he has magnifyede and glorifyede hymselfe in delytes, so mych turmente and weylynge ȝeue ȝe to hym.
2.
To advance the glory of (God, the church, etc.) by good deeds, suffering, etc.
Associated quotations
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)379/45 : Þe hiȝ fader of heuene..was þe more excellently in manere glorifyed and clarefyed in me what-tyme þat I..suffred þe sorowful dethe be obedyence.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)194/27 : The betynge or scorgynge with-in or with-oute glorifyez the hye makere.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)48/245 : I shall me spede..to obeye at euery tyde, Thi will, Thi name, to glorifye Ouer all this warld so wide.
- a1500 As storys (BodPoet e.1)p.74 : Of knytes cruell..Thou sufferyd thi deth..Wherfor the Chyrch is gloryfyyd In the schedy[n]g of this blod.
3.
(a) To exalt (sb.); esp. to invest (the good, the elect, the soul) with heavenly bliss, admit to heaven; (b) to exalt (sb.) as a god, deify; to give to (Christ's face) an intimation of divine glory; (c) ppl. glorified, of Christ after the Resurrection or at the Second Coming: invested with divine glory; (d) of bliss: exalted; of a body: incorruptible, heavenly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)14.5 : God glorifieþ [L glorificat] þe dredand our Lord.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)46 : He [God] hetis by Dauid saieand, 'With hym I am in tribulacion; I shal take hym oute & glorifye hym.'
- ?c1400(c1340) *Rolle Psalter (Sid 89)146.3 : Perfite hele schal be when israel is glorified in body & soule.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 2.30 : Therfor seith the Lord God of Yrael..who so euere honourith me, Y shal glorifie hym.
- a1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)112/2 : Juste men..for euermore schul lyue, and wiþ þe kyng of heuene schule be glorifyed or gladed.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)67 : Þe gude he sall drawe on his party and glorifie þam in ioy withouten end.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)143 : Ther schal be losse of alle þe joyes..which ben bi[h]iȝt to men þat schulen be saved and glorified.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)9/29 : Þerfore schulle þe goode þat day be glorified in bodi and soule.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)14.5 : Thaim that dredis god, he glorifys.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)32 : Penaunce for synne, for þe wich þe soule is glorified in hevene.
b
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)9/344 : Þe mightfulheade of his goddheade also glowand gleme gloriefied his face; forþi at þe sight of him þai were affaryd..
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5674 : Romeyns..most in honour han hir god Quyryne..Hiȝe in heuene..he was stallid Amonge þe goddis, and y-deifyed. And þus Romeyns han hym glorified, As for her god.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 7.39 : He seide this thing of the Hooly Goost..forsoth the Spirit was not ȝit ȝouun, for Jhesus was not ȝit glorified.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)56/32 : Þou seȝe him glorifyet, boþe god and mon, his bodi þat was seuenfold briȝtor þen þe sonne.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5256 : Þai sal se hym [Christ] þan glorifide, And þat sal be a blisful syght, Swa fair he sal seme til þam, and bright.
- a1425 Templ.Dom.(Add 32578)298 : God and man full ryght Rose up in his flesh gloryfide ffro þe dede.
d
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)1 Pet.1.8 : Ȝe bileuynge shulen haue ioye with oute forth in gladnesse vnenarrable..and glorified [Bible SNT(1): ygloryfyed].
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)24.14 : For the goed werke that he here did, he sall resaife his body glorifide.
4.
(a) To invest (beauty) with radiance; beautify (the body); (b) alch. to refine (a substance).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)125 : Þe gloryfiede swete bewte of thi body Schortly to saye, þou sparede in none degre.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.1121 : They be trapped in furres to glorefie the cors.
b
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)4/20 : Þat þing þat is twies sublymed is more glorified, and is more sotil..þan whanne it ascendith but oonys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Stephen (GiL7) (Eg 876) 45/60 : He preised God in thre maners, in that he is glorious, glorifiant [Glo 12: glorificant] and glorified.
Note: French-borrowed pres. participle form.
Note: Additional quot., new form(s).