Middle English Dictionary Entry
heil interj.
Entry Info
Forms | heil interj. |
Etymology | Cp. heil adj. 2. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A salutation (usually showing respect or reverence): Hail!; [see also al-heil interj.]; (b) seien ~ un)to, to receive (sb.) with welcoming salutation.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)53/27 : Aue, gratia plena! 'Hail þu, Marie,' he seide, 'full of godes ȝiues.'
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)191 : 'Heyl,' he seyde, 'mayster!' to ihesuc þat hi souhte.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)387 : Seþþe hi knowede and seyde, 'hayl, gywene king!'
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)p.154 : Hail, seint Cristofre, wiþ þi lang stake!
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1755 : Hayl, Herhaud, maister min!
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 15.18 : Hail [WB(2): Heile], thou, kyng of Jewis!
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3579 : Thou wolt seyn, 'Hail, maister Nicholay! Good morwe! I see thee wel, for it is day.'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1384 : 'Sire,' quod this somnour, 'hayl! and wel atake!'
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)16703 : Haile! [Vsp: Aha!], þu struyer of temple.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)8a/b : Aue:..hayle.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)192/27 : Þise louele lade con grete her Chylde, 'Hayle! Sun, haile! Broder, haile! Fader dere, Haile! doȝter, haile! suster, haile! moder mylde.'
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)233 : Heyl, seyde for gretynge: Ave, salve.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Pass.Christi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)573 : Hayl, cayfas syr, epscob stovt!
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Pass.Christi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)1681 : Heil, syr lord and emperour!
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)21/169 : Heyl, Ffayr Wyff and comely dame!
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 John 11 : If ony man cometh to ȝou, and bringeth not to this teching, nyle ȝe receyue him in to hous, nether ȝe shulen seie to him, Heyl.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)2 John 11 : Ne wyle ȝe not resceyue hym in ȝoure hous, ne sey not heyl vnto hym: he þat seiþ heyl to hym, he comuneþ with his wikked werkes.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)311 : Ion seiþ þat what men seiþ heyl to siche antecristis shal haue part of heere werkis for assent þat he ȝiueþ.
- a1425(?c1400) Wycl.PN(2) (Hrl 2398)110 : Þou schalt nouȝt to him seye Hayl!, in comfortyng of his synne, ne resceyve him into þyn hous.