Middle English Dictionary Entry
helmen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | helmen v. Also helmi. P.ppl. i)helmed. |
| Etymology | OE ge)helmian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To provide (sb.) with a helmet, cover, protect; ppl. helmed, helmeted.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26744 : We beoð þreo hundred cnihtes ihelmede þeines.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3560 : She that helmed was in starke stoures..Shal on hire heed now were a vitremyte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.38.5 : Men of Persis..alle sheeldid and helmyd [WB(2): araied with..helmes; L galeati].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Corp-O 4)p.4 : This prologe of Scripturis as an helmyd [L galeatum] bigynnynge to al the bokis the whiche fro Ebrewe we han turned in to Latyn.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.593 : I mente naught but wel By Mars, the god that helmed is of steel.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)17b/b : Cooperio: to helmi.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1647 : Þey..Fyndez them helmede hole and horsesyde on stedys.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3626 : On hyndire hurdace one highte helmede knyghtez.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)583 : An hundred helmed men hien hem after.