Middle English Dictionary Entry
aquellen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aquellen v. Also acwellen. Forms: p. acwālde, aquōlde, aquē̆lde; p. acwaldon, aqualden, aquelden; ppl. acwāld, aquōld, acwē̆ld, aquelled, aquelt. |
| Etymology | OE ācwellan; acwealde |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. quellen.
1.
(a) To slay (sb.), put to death, kill; ~ to dethe; (b) -- ?used without object.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)8/12 : Hortes horn..þa wurmas he acwellaþ & ut awyrfþ.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)16/31 : He þa moniȝæ martyræs acwalde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)78/22 : Þam arlease Iudeis, þe him syððan acwaldon.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)225 : He nolde nefre eft al mancyn mid water acwellan.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)33/354 : Caym þe acursede acwalde his broðer abel.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)28/6 : Þu cwenctest & a-cwaldest him wið þe hali rode.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)91a : Hwucche unþeawes beoð euening to þeose þe wulleð godd acwellen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21 : Þe al her a-quelde [Otho: acwelde], quic þat he funde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5658 : Ne nomen heo nonne cniht quic, ah alle heo heom aqualden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20963 : Alle þa gode wiues heo stikeden mid cnifes; alle þa maidene heo mid morðe aqualden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)974 : Mid ure wepnen heora kun we aqueald [Otho: acweld] habbeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4021 : Of Judon þere quene, þa heore sone acualde [Otho: acwelde].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20278 : Al þat heo aneh comen þer weoren aqualde [Otho: a-cweld].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25750 : Þat heo sculden..a-quellen [Otho: a-cwellen] hine to deðen.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)284 : Þe heþene men weren suiþe bolde & efft..him seluen [Christ] aquolde.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)76 : Nere hit reuþe for to heren hw hi were wiþ pyne aquold [rime: itold].
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)107/725 : Aquel þu me, And let floriz aliue be.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)52/202 : Is moder him liete a-quelle.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.470 : Ȝif y schal be þus aqueld.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)400 : Fortiger her king aqueld Þurch tresoun.
- c1330 KTars (Auch)1181 : Atvo he clef his scheld..& so he him a-queld.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)998 : He sloh afelde him þat is fader aquelde [Cmb: quelde].
- a1425 SLeg.Cec.(Trin-C R.3.25)82/144 fn. : Ȝe aquelden [Ashm 43: Sire, we wolde..þat we wurþi were Hor knaues uorte habbe ibe þat ȝe lette quelle þere; Bod 779: þat were quellid þer; Cleo D.9: þat þou letest quelle þere].
- a1450 SLeg.Guth.(Bod 779)74 : [The devil] þougt..þat he chold hym self sone myd fasting so aquelle [vr. cuelle].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2583 : Syxtene hundryd be aquelde.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5549 : Therwhyle þe Sawdon wiþ schame Scholde Kyng R. aquelle [vr. quelle].
b
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)79 : Þis proude freinsshe eorles, huere knyhtes, & huere sweynes aquelleden ant slowen by hulles & by pleynes, al for huere kynges sake.
2.
(a) To destroy (the soul); (b) extinguish (sin); (c) ruin (a country).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/19 : Ðanne ic wolde ðe wrecchede saule sa rewliche acwellan.
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)205 : Luðre men..þet acwelleð mine soule.
b
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)207 : His pine on rode and his deað acwellen Mine sunnen.
- a1450 Serm.Pater N.(Cmb Dd.11.89)260 : And þus coueteyse aquelle ffor loue of hefne & drede of helle.
c
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1370 : Wepne beoþ gode griþ to halde, Ah neoþeles þar mide beoþ men acwalde [Jes-O: aquold] Aȝeines riht, & fale londe.