Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōl(e adj.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | hōl(e adj.(2) Also ol(e, hoal(e, hoel(e, hoil(le, hal(e, (errors) holee, hold(e & holle, wholle, halle, (?error) whele. Pl. hōl(e, etc. & hōlen. |
Etymology | OE hāl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. heil adj.
1a.
(a) Of a person, animal, the body, part of the body: healthy, cured, healed, free from disease or defect; also fig.; maken ~, to heal (sb.); (b) ~ and fere (quert, sound), heil (herti, strong) and ~, ~ .. and hardi, healthy and strong, vigorous, hale and hearty; sek and ~, in sickness and in health; ~ or sek, sek or ~, healthy or sick; (c) al ~ [often indistinguishable from al-hol adj.], well, healthy, healed; (d) ~ be (seo, worth) thou, may you be well; ~ as a fish (trout), ~ as (sum) ani trout, healthy as a fish [see also fish ~]; (e) of a person's physical condition, life, spirits: hearty, sound; of a wound: healed; fig. of a wrong: amended: (f) of plants: healthy, flourishing; (g) as noun: a healthy person, animal, fruit, or part of the body; healthy flesh.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)67.2/3 : Ȝenim þa ylcan wirte & cipressum & dracentsan & huniȝ; cnuca tosomna, leȝe þarto; þanne byð hit sona hal.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/8 : His sune wearð swa from his seocnysse hal.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15519 : Ȝho..Warrþ hal off hire unnhæle.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)98/22 : Betere is ga sec to heouene þen hal to helle.
- c1300 SLeg.Pilate (Hrl 2277)142 : Þo he þe ymage iseȝ, he was ol anon.
- a1325 SLeg.Assump.Virg.(Corp-C 145)206 : Is honden þat dede were Bicome hole wiþ þe word; holore neuere hi nere.
- a1350 Sayings St.Bern.(Hrl 2253)40 : Nou þou art sekest & nou holest.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)42/930 : Þi sone scha[1] neuere more ben hale.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 5.6 : Wolt thou be maad hool [L sanus]?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.359 : Of pokkes and of scabbe and euery soor, Shal euery sheep be hool that of this welle Drynketh a draughte.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)75a/a : Many metes bene holsom to an hole man þat bene poysone to a sike man.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)244/18 : He schal ligge vpon þe hool side & not vpon þe soor side.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 5.18 : He smytith, and hise hondis schulen make hool [WB(1): helen; L sanabunt].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1097 : Hol a man it koude make Of palasie and of toth-ake.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)32a : Drinke the juis of this erbe and he shall be holee.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)140a/a : Be it [fallyng toþe] bounden wiþ a cheyne of gold with þe hole teþe.
- (1432-3) EEWills92/4 : I, Rychard Gray, not hole of body but hole in mynd, mak my testament.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)242 : Hool fro sekenesse: Sanus, incolumis, sospes.
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)146/18 : Oure lord sum tyme woundeþ oure hertis for þei shulden be hoole.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)11.2 : That power haven not we Him hol to Maken.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)237/6 : Þe ass said vnto hym [the horse]..'my bak is haler þan þyne.'
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.47 : Yf þou wylle hole be, lete all frute be.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)73/8 : The knyght shall nat be hole of that wounde many yerys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)282/4 : He wyped his woundys with a part of the bloody cloth..and anone an holer man in his lyff was he never.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)30b/b : The þrid þat in þe tyme of hurt þe hool boon schulde be a susteynour of þe broken.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)133a : And anon wytoute abydyng y was hoel.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)52 : Plese it yow to axe of youre devynour yef this seke shall euer be hoill of this sekenesse.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)553 : The angell twoched sone Tundale..than was he hale.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)25 : Ic em hal and fere and strong and stelewurðe; ȝet ic mei longe libben.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)28/61 : Þis bok he leide ope þis man ase he so sijk þer lay; He bi-cam anon hol and sound.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)2244 : Y miȝt aschape out of mi wo, Al hayl & hole to be!
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)717 : Ichaue brouȝt an oyniment For make þe boþe hol & fere.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)734 : Wiþ inne a lite stonde, He was boþe hol and sonde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)51/27 : Man þet is strang and hol of bodye..touore riȝte houre yernþ to þe mete.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1583 : William..komes euen to kourt as kniȝt hol & fere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)515 : It wil don him be hol & sounde.
- c1390 NHom.Theoph.(Vrn)106 : Men..Ne recche wheþer i be sek or hale [rime: tale].
- c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg.(Vrn)157/67 : He groped his leg; He feled hit hol and sount.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1289 : Who is so trewe and eek so ententyf To kepe hym, syk and hool, as is his make?
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)17/11 : Jesus..seide þat his son was hole and fere.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)3188 : Hys saruandes..fand hys child both hale & sound.
- a1425 Rolle EDormio (Arun 507)416 : Wether þai bee pouer or riche, Seke or hale.
- a1425 This is goddis (Wht)111 : If þou þis day be hool and quarte, To-morowe I may put þee doun.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)1/25 : Hole and sounde, he ledde a glad lif by 30 ȝere and more.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2468 : Unto Phillis hath he sworen thus, To wedden hire..Whan he was hol and sound, and hadde his reste.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)104/37 : And hastily aftyrwarde sche was heyl & hoyl.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9657 : More worschip ys..In a bere for to lye, In syknesse wynne þe maistrie, þan be a man hol & sound & schamely lygge ded on ground.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1270 : Ymages, lo, thrugh which magik To make a man ben hool or syk.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3638 : He..had made diuerse hale and fere.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)136.46 (v.2:p.365) : Emperour Philip had a knyht with hym, a hole man and an hardy [L industrius] and ryght famous in harmys and in batayles.
- (1467) Stonor1.95 : I send yow yowr hors by the brynger of thys letter..he ys both herty and hoole.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)269/15 : He wold (hole or sike) yeve, bequeth, selle, or assigne hit.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)1713 : He felte him-self hooll and quarte.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3574 : Sorgeons..hym vndertoke to make hym hoole and sounde.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)24 : Hys sone..was hole and fere.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17734 : Ær to marwen eue, þes king scal beon al hal [Otho: al hol].
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)83/33 : Betere is forte gon sic touward heouene þen al hol touward helle.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2812 : In hise bosum he dede his hond..Al hol and fer he wiste it sen.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13871 : O þi seknes er þou al hale.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8545 : Hal seo þu ure king!
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14936 : Hal wrð þu, lauerd king!
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)6636 : Louerd king..hol be þou and i-sunde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11884 : Þou sal be hale sum ani [Göt: als ani; Trin-C: as any; Frf: as a] trute.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)16.153 : His Arm beCam As hol Anon As was fisch that bar A bon.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)265/6 : Þe lepur fel from hym, and he was hole as a fysche.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.38.2 : Who forsothe shal flee to the Caldeis shal lyue, and his lif shal ben hoel and lyuynge.
- (1395) EEWills4/5 : I, Alice West..in hool estat of my body, and in good mynde beynge, make my testament.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2390 : I halde hit hardilyly hole, þe harme þat I hade.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2484 : Þe hurt watz hole þat he hade hent in his nek.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)30/17 : Olium tartari..is good to makyn spiritys wyth sadde and hooll.
- (1452) Paston2.269 : Wheche wownde was never hol to the daye of her deth.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)55b/b : For þe wounde schal neuere ben hool til þe accidentis ben taken aweye & remevid.
f
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)11/54 : Thurgh hete of þe sun, þai [herbs and trees] sal be hale.
g
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61/24 : A mon for uuel þet he haueð ne let him nawt blod o þe seke halue ah deð o þe hale [Nero: hole half; L parte sana] to heale þe seke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)148/9 : Þe leme uorroted ssolde ssende þe hole.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)205/23 : A roted eppel amang þe holen makeþ rotie þe yzounde.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)20119 : To hoole & seke dud she bote.
- a1425 Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)113/69 : Seke and hole sche dide gode.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)22/4 : Þe hale hauis na mister o miri, Bot te seke hauis mister.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)30b/a : Deperte þe roten fro þe hole wiþ an actual cauterie.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)8 : Of hoole he can make seke.
1b.
(a) Morally healthy, upright; spiritually saved; al ~; maken ~, to deliver (sb. from sin); rectify (vices); (b) cheerful, happy; relieved of love-longing, sorrow, etc.; maken ~, to cheer up (sb.); ~ and sound (fere, seur); (c) mentally well; sane; ~ in (of) minde, of ~ minde, with ~ wittes, of sound mind.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)14/13 : Þe bið hal on his [Jesus'] nome þe ðe hine hæle bit.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/33 : Þa Iudeiscan wendon þæt heo weron hale.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)502 : Aroe: hole.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.89 : God wolde þat proude men and leprous heretikes wolden wel confesse þe feiþ, and þan shulden þei be hool.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1400 : He took þe blak cole Of synne fro hem & made hem all hole.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.249 : He..to þe juge schulde hym-self betake Þat myght hym hoole and all his vices make.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)191/28 : Ihesu gladly makyth þe hole fro þi synne.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)439 : Þe þridde offiss þat falliþ to persouns is..to telle hem medicyn of goddis lawe wherby þat þey may be hool.
- a1500 Abbrev.Elucid.(Pen 12)34/16 : Is hit no hurte to soules whos bodies byn getyn in advowtri? Nay, and they haue ther whole Cristendom.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1872 : Y schal ben hole and sounde.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)683 : When he feld him hole & fere [Cai: suer], He went to court.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1056 : Seþþen hastely were þei hol & haden alle here wille.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1566 : Wist y þat..of alle harmes were ich hol.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24189 : Moght i þe ans weld in arm, Hale me think of all mi harm, þat i war ilk dele.
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)187 : If þou come, I ame hale.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.976 : I am hool..myn herte, It spredeth so for joie, it wol tosterte.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)553 : Yif that yee Wolde ought discure me youre woo, I wolde..Amende hyt..To make yow hool.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)34/388 : Lord, I were at ese and hertely full hoylle, Might I onys haue a measse of wedows coyll.
c
- (1418) EEWills30/4 : I, Iohn Chelmyswyk..hole of mynde & in my gode memorie..make my present testament.
- (1423) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)266 : I Elsabeth, lady of Clynton, hool in mynde..make and ordeigne my testament.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)70b : Yf a body be oute of his witt, take þe levis [of] this erbe and seþe hame in water and washe ther with his hede, and he shall be hole.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.34/26 : He was..in Age An hundrid wyntir almost with hole wyttis.
- (1428) EEWills77/6 : I, Iohn Toker..hool of mynde and of body.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Obed.Prel.(Corp-C 296)38 : Þouȝ eche man..myȝtte lyue hool & sond in bodi & wittis.
- (1436) Will York in Sur.Soc.3075 : I Richerd Shirburn..of hale mynde and seke of body, makes my testament.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30105 : I John Aldwyk..hole in mynde, makes my testament.
- (1474) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.132 : I John Emlyn..beyng in my good and hole mynde, ordeyne..this my present testament.
2.
(a) Of food, drink, air, pasture: wholesome, healthful; also fig.; (b) of words, advice: sound, helpful.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)188/15 : Ha..ne nomen neauer ȝeme hweat wes hal, hwet unhal, to eoten ne to drinken.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)251/22 : Ase moche ase þe welle [of love] yuelþ lesse of þe erþe, zuo moche hi is þe holer and þe betere of to drinke.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.23 : Se thyn aier, If hit be cleer and hool [L salutaris et clemens].
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)408 : A curat shulde preche to þe puple treuþis of goddis lawe þat euere ben grene, for þanne he lediþ his sheep wel in hool pasture þat wole not rote.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Tim.6.3 : If ony man..acordith not to the hoole [L sanis] or holsum wordis of oure Lord..[he] is proud.
- (1422) LRed Bk.Bristol1.1 : Ȝhe schal..ȝhif trewe and hole counsell..to the Mair.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)47/28 : Als longe als he leuyd was Alexander valiant by kepynge of-his hale counseil, folowand his biddyngys.
3.
(a) Of persons, animals, or parts of the body: safe, unharmed, uninjured; stonden ~, to be unharmed; -- also in proverbs; (b) ~ and fere (heil, sound, isound), in ~ quert, safe and sound, alive and unwounded; also fig.; (c) of virgins: chaste, pure; (d) free from blame, safe from reproach; ~ and cler.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)27/262 : Sein iuhan..unhurt iþe ueat of wallinde eoli..hal com up þrof.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1111 : His brest was hool with oute for to sene, But in his herte ay was the arwe kene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)684 : Þe bestes self war samer-tale, Wit-outen hurt þar herd ai hale.
- c1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)38 : Faire speche..makeþ many a good frend & holdeþ hol many a bon.
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)47/587 : Away Ionas wolde haue ystole ffrom goddes hest & han hym hole.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2701 : Þei ne myȝt his grete force endure..He stondyng hool.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2380 : Achilles..toke no maner hede Who-so were hool or mortally doth blede.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1374 : Men seyn that hard it is The wolf ful and the wether hool to have.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.3.29 : Noon of hir lymes ne duelleth with hem hool.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)68a : Kepyng hole here puple, þei destroye here enemyes with sotil[l]e sliþes.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)29/449 : He was..betyn with scorgys þat no skyn held hool.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6888 : Þe freke, with a felle spere frunt vnto Ector, Þat hit shok alto schyuers, & þe schalk holl.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)8888 : Ys my sun hole?
b
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/8 : Þonne heo hire ðanon ut læddon, þonne eode heo ut hal & isund.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12528 : Wunieþ her hal and hæil.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)43 : He [Jesus] wile setten us ouer þat michele water hole and sunde.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)149 : Ihc am hol & fer On þis lond ariued her.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2645 : Hii..comen eft hider hom al hol and isond.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)680 : Riȝt to foulene parais þis monekes he [the whale] ladde echon, And sette heom up hole and sounde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3785 : Aaron al hol and fer; Cam him no fieres swaðe ner.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)350 : Fortiger..Lete hem wende hole & hayle.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1475 : Þe tvay ben hole & sounde; Þe þridde hadde þurch þe bodi a wounde.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2151 : Þe Childer of Israel..passed þe see both hale and sownd.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2031 : He haþ founde him hol & fer thar among his fon.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)161b/b : Þe whale..casteþ hem [his whelps] vp efte hole and sounde.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)1340 : Achilles moder..had lered him of a faire quayntyse, How he shulde kepe him hool [vrr. hol, hold] and sounde And com fro þe bataile without wounde.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)4880-1 : Godd..bring ȝou ham, hal and sounde, Hal and fere ȝur fader to se.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4006 : Many man..fro þe deth shal eskape a-lyue And to his contre hol and sounde aryve.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)67/309 : Ded man, I cumand þe..Þat þou rise up both hale & fere.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)1101 : Þai are bothe holle & fere, Lyfand in Aramathy.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)213 : Ȝe are of myghte & powere to restore him agayne to me hole and sonde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6941 : Þai had hym at hond & in holl qwert.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1336 : Thay þat were bothe hale & sownde Comforthed þam þat were euyll wonde.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.46 : To the lond of ryȝtwysnesse Thi spirit schal lede me hole and sounde.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)59/24 : He putte hym to sayle and passyd the see, holde and Sounde.
c
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)40/685 : Ich chulle halde me hal, þurh þe grace of godd, as cunde me makede.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)27/262 : Sein iuhan..wes hal meiden.
- (1426) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)340 : My sowle..to the blessed moder Marie, ever hole and clene mayde.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5784 : Nouþer shal be hold parcener Of þis thefte, but stond hool & cler.
4.
(a) Of things: not broken, intact; not damaged, in good condition; ~ soun, the sound given off by an undamaged bell, etc.; in point ~, in good condition, intact; ~ and fere (sound, isound); (b) of corpses or parts of them: not decayed, well preserved; al ~, ~ and sound; (c) of honor: unimpaired; of a law or principle: unviolated; of a title: clear; of the crown, royal authority: unimpaired; of free will: inviolate; of a secret: undivulged; of an election: unhampered, not interfered with; of prayer: uninterrupted; (d) as noun: an undamaged thing; -- with reference to land.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)73/14 : Ȝif he [the pot] belæfð hal and ȝesund, ðe pottere hine deð ðar to ðe he iscapen was.
- a1250 HMaid.(Tit D.18)15/210 : Hwil þe scheld is hal, þat is, te wisdom of þi wit þat hit ne breke ne beie..þe feondes flan fleoð awei.
- a1275 Stod ho (Tan 169*)36 : So gleam glidis þurt þe glas, of þi bodi born he was, and þurt þe hoale þurch he gload.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)364 : Ber wiþ þe forti pund And þine cupe hol and sund.
- c1300 SLeg.Swithin (Hrl 2277)66 : Seint swythin..blessede þe eiren to-broke, and hi bicome hole anon And sound as hi euere were.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2776 : Ðo sag moyses, at munt synay..Fier brennen on ðe grene leaf, And ðog grene and hol bi-leaf.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3192 : He..hauen upbrogt ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken, Summe hol and summe broken.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)113/590 : He toke a launce holle and sounde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.30.37 : Þilk [ȝerdez]..þat wern hole [L integra] dwelten styll greene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19313 : We find..þe dors sperd, þe walles hale.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)11228 : Þe sonne gooþ þourȝe glas And leueþ hit hool as hit was.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7395 : Her armes, riche of mounde, Weren ȝut hole and sounde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1338 : Scher þay out þe schulderez..Haled hem by a lyttel hole, to haue hole sydes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1551 : Aliax..sawe..many baner & penoun..hole and nat forbroke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)242 : Hool fro brekynge: Integer.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8134 : Seys what þyng ys on þe ground Þat hit ne may stande hol ne sound.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)56.76 : Of Cornes ȝe haven both hol & feer.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)212 : Anon he fond in poynt hool his catel euery del.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)731/11 : Hym thought shame to beare his speare hole agayne.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)126b/b : Or if þe heed of þe sike be smyten with a liȝt, drie staf..if þe scolle be hool, þou schalt here an hool soun aftir þe camparisoun of the soun of an hool belle, & if it be not hool aftir þe soun of a broken belle.
- (1476) Stonor2.4 : I have ressayvid your wollys as ffayer and as hole as any mannys in the fflete.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)117 : Smote he the horse with spores a-gein Arthur, that yet hadde he his spere hoill.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)33/131 : His heued ȝut, and is finguer al-so boþe huy beoth hole and sounde.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (LdMisc 108)91 : Is bodi þat was so to-drawe hol bi-cam a-non And sound, as þe ȝwyle he a-liue was boþe of flesch and bon.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)749 : He founden him, bothe fleys ant bon, Al so hol ant al so sound Ase he was leyd furst in ground.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.21 : Ayleward hadde i-digged up..Edgar his grave; Þe body was i-founde hool and sownde [L incorruptum].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5592 : Þe kyng shope him to ordeyne To preserue it [Hector's body] hool fro..odour and abomynacioun.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)71/29 : The fynger..nolde neuere brenne but is all hol.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3368 : When he was take vp of þe vrthe, he was as wholle And as freysshe as he was ony tyme þat day byfore.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8729 : He fraynet at þo fre..How the korse might be keppit in his kynd holl, ffresshe, vndefacede, & in fyne hew.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.280 : Þat ȝoure honour and hiȝe noblesse Stant hool and sounde ȝit in sikirnes.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.1.53 : Yif the thinges that I have concluded a litel herebyforn ben kept hoole and unaraced, thou schalt wel knowe..that certes the gode folk ben alwey myghty.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.324 : Thanne is ther fredom of arbitrie, that duelleth hool [L intemerata] and unwemmed to mortal men.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)327/13 : It was ordeyned in þe parlement þat all Cathedrall cherches shold ioy and haue her eleccions hool; & þat þe King..sholde not write aȝens hem þat were ychosen.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.268 : Suche ordynance as they maken there, They schul maynte hyt hol yfere.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.1731 : He hadde a coniecture, That his title was nouther hool nor cleer.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)15615-6 : Þat hol was, hol schal byleue; Þe hole coroune non schal me reue.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)674 : Kepe þis counseyl hale [rime: tale].
- a1450(?1418) The herrere degre (Dgb 102)10 : Ȝif þou be kyngis chaunceller, Kepe þe crowne hool in stat.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)191/22 : Late þi prayere ben hole, wyth-oute breche of dedly synne & wythoute iapyng & iangelyng in dyuyn seruyse.
d
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.287 : To chese or bie a feel [read: feeld]..The seurer is to treste in thingis sure; The hole is saaf, the hurte is forto cure.
5.
(a) All in one piece, undivided, whole; al ~; (b) solid; of a garment: not open; of a breastplate: not hinged; of a leaf: not divided or lobed; of a cloud-covered sky: continuous, uninterrupted; (c) of persons: together, not separated; also, harmonious, united [2nd quot.]; (d) ~ foted, of birds: web-footed; of animals: with solid, uncloven hoofs.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)12/102 : Iteilede draken..þe..torendeð ham & tocheoweð ham euch greot, ant heo eft iwurðeð hal.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)66/318 : Cristes owen bodi in likeness of brede, Als hale as he toke it of that blessed maiden.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.1.12 : Swolewe wee hym, as helle the liuende, and hol [WB(2): al hool; L integrum] as the descendende in to the lake.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)25 : Do þerto hool peper.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8709 : Aiþer wald þai haf it hale.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)182 : A derwurþ ȝyfte he wulde with þe lete, Hym self al hole vn to þy mete.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1346 : So ryde þay of..bi þe rygge bonez Euenden to þe haunche, þat henged alle samen, & heuen hit vp al hole & hwen hit of þere.
- (1404) Will York in Sur.Soc.4334 : Lego..unam peciam argenti holl.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151b/a : And after wiþ handez & hukez & tenaculez be it [the dead baby] drawen out hole or pecemele.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)724 : Whan [he] had the hool swelwyd in..Wyth thy wycchecraft his lyf was shent.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)12 : Take hoole Oynonys.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)55 : Pyke owt þe marow of bonys as hool as þou may.
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)155 : Thanne take lapis lazuli, the ston al hol, and make it reed hoot in the fire.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)13a/a : Sumtyme it is nede to meue oon lyme withouten anoþir, and þat were vnpossible if þer were in al þe bodi but oon hool boon.
b
- (1411) EEWills19/5 : An holle brestplate.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)162/991 : Þe reynbow..is nothyng ellys bod a refleccion of lyght in a hoele [Roy 17.D.1 (f. 33rb): hol] sky or in a clowde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.62 : Some chose..An hol brest-plate with a rere-doos.
- (1441) Visit.Alnwick8 : That none of yow vse no lased kyrtels, but butonede or hole be fore.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)133/20 : Betonia..haȝt hool lewys, but þei are dentyd abowte be þe sydys.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1369 : Epistrophus, Menelay, and Thelamonyus, With alle her knyȝtes to-gidre hol & clos, Ageyn Troyens to geten hem a loos, Been of newe entrid in bataille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4302 : Þei ben variaunte in a-corde, And holest seme whan þer is discord.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2299 : Þei kepte hem clos as any wal -- Hool to-gidre, and went nat asounder.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)52a/b : Hole fotid foules fiȝteþ noȝt but fewe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)266b/a : Þer is a maner asse þat..haþ an horn in þe myddil of þe forheed, and is hool footed [L vnam vngulam] on alle foure..he is nouȝt clouefooted.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)538 : Þe hole-foted fowle to þe flod hyȝez.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)8 : Hole fotid bryddes beth not holsom to hauke while hauke is fleynge.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.55 : All hole futed fuylle in flud Gose before.
6.
(a) Lacking no part, complete; ~ the, the ~ al, the entire, the whole; (b) of an amount, number, sum of money, etc.: undiminished, full, complete; ~ taxe, a tax levied as a lump rather than on the assessed valuation of property [cp. tallage]; (c) of a period of time: full, complete; al ~; (d) of a group of persons or animals, a church, country, household, army, etc.: lacking no member; al ~ and sound; thre ~, ~ trinite, all members of the Trinity; ~ and som, one and all; (e) of a set of things, suit of armor, fleet of ships, tackle of a ship, body of teachings, etc.: complete, all of; al ~; (f) with plural nouns: whole, all; the ~ armes, all the weapons; the ~ barounes, all of the barons; etc.; (g) her. ~ armes, complete coat of arms; sheuing ~ face, facing the viewer, gardant.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)18/6 : Tak..a plate..of which whan it is rownd..the hole diametre shal contene 72 large enches.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.981 : Sche tolde unto hir housebonde The sothe of al the hole tale.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8514 : Nu es godd turn til vr stile..And tell apon..vr stori hale.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1027 : Vn-to hem he discurede oute þe message hool.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5638 : And hool þe se he [Jupiter] ȝaf vn-to Neptune.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)975 : He..gan a processe make..hool the cause why he hym forsoke.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)3a : He can seie bi herte such an hool text, but he haþ forȝeten in what stede it is writen.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)66 : Thei..han vsid the hool Bible or oonli the Newe Testament.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)177 : Myn vndirstonding ȝouun bifore to the former text of Petir is..according to the hool al processe which Petir in the mater writith.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15148 : 'Extitit hoc' in the margyne of the which quayers with more, made a hole Legend.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)147/24 : Therefore woll I that ye geff unto youre brother all the hole maner with the apportenaunce.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)347/339 : Put þin hool hand in to my ryght syde.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)11b/a : Official þei ben seid, for ech of hem is an hool þing bi himsilf.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)18a/a : If it hadde be so þat þe scolle hadde ben al oon boon, whanne it hadde suffrid heuy hurt or greuaunce in his oon partie, þanne it schulde haue greued al þe hool scolle, & þerfore it was compowned.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)30a/a : Þe arme is al þe hool membre þat hongiþ fro þe iuncture of þe schuldre anoon to þe selue nailis of þe fyngris.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2243 : Bereð dat siluer holagon.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.57/5 : He..restorid to hym the money yn hole summe.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)4/39 : Al þe hole nombur is 9 thousande sex hundryth & foure & thretty.
- (c1430) Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.197 : I have payed to the Abot of Feversham the hole summe whyche that I reseyvyd of yow.
- (1430-1) RParl.4.385b : Whiche Toun is..charged at every Graunt of ony hole taxe to oure Soverayn Lord, to the some of vi li. xiiii s. v d. ob q'.
- (1435) RParl.4.491b : Evermore reserved unto ye Kyng..the hole half of alle suche forfaitures.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)382/1 : Þere was grawnted vnto þe King..an hole taxe and a dyme [Glb:Kingsf.: bothe dymes and tallagis].
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.80/1 : To Iohn Gylford, liij s. iiij d., in hool fee.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.88/20 : Þat this ȝifte of this my almes be sure and hoole to þe saide howse for Euer.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)134 : Nor þer shall no livelod be kept so holl as þe kynges.
c
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)18596 : Two nyȝt he in sepulcre lay But not but oon hool day.
- (1418) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)96/25 : Þat he shal stonde here on þe pillorie thre market dayes, eche day an hool hour.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1503 : Al þis ȝere hale I ȝow grante Dedes of armes forto hante.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)3933 : A man sal thynk þare a day Lenger þan hever thogh[t] him here, Þe space of alle ane hale yhere.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)86/12 : Þei fasten an hool moneth in the ȝeer & eten nought but be nyghte.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172b/a : Be þai [ingredients of emplastrum nigrum] sothen bi al a hole day.
- (1428) EEWills78/22 : That the same Henry haue..duryng an hool ȝere next aftur myn obit day, Alle the encrece.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1955 : He lay stille as deed..euene þe space Of an hour all hool.
- (1448) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.15 : For rent of ye ole ȝere, x s.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.9.4 : Tak there the space of all the hool day vulgar unto verrey night.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)50b : Þe vitailles þat ben ordeyned for þe hole ȝere wil noȝt laste half þe ȝere.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15159 : For ij masons j hool Weke, vj s. iiij d.
- (1472) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.74 : To the said Richard above made for the hoole terme therof.
- (1474) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.819 : The same Richard is Retaind and Beleft towardes..our Soveraine Lord, to doe him Service of Werre..for an hole Yere.
d
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)184 : Þe herde & his hende wif & al his hole meyne Þat bold barn with his bowe..fedde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)30/8 : Alle sacrifies..and þe cloþez of aaron & þe hole ordre of leuy enspyren heuenlich sacramentes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.71 : But þe oost lefte al hool and sound [L integer mansit].
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)340 : Ȝif vchon haue a godhede..bi him-selue, I seie þat on is also good as þe þreo hole.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)2.6 : Boþe Fals and Fauuel and al his hole Meyne!
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5093 : Þe Grekis..With hool þe flour of her chiualrie Assemblid werne.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1057 : All the hool Route Of the pylgrymes rydyng round aboute.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)118 : Madame, al hale þis cumpani Praies ȝow hertly now omell.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)69/23 : And so at his baptizynge was all the hool trynytee [F tote la Trinitee].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)158/35 : Ȝif it befall þat ony of the hoost dye, anon þei putten another in his place, so þat the nombre schall euermore ben hool.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)424 : Wyþ þe Emperour come kynges Many oon, And alle þeire power hoolle & soom.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2651 : Here es herberde at hande in ȝone huge holtes Halle bataile one heyghe.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)2 : Manie han..take upon hem forto vndirnyme..the clergie of Goddis hool chirche in erthe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3257 : The messanger..told hym..þat his sons were in sound & hor sute holl.
- c1450 Whanne marye was greet (Lamb 853)243 : We schulen foonde euery-choon, Alle togidere, boþe hool & some, To teer him from þe top to þe toon.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)26/15 : Hir hole oste was of clene men of armys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)209/15 : The hole roughte returned unto the Emperour.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)363/239 : All tho belevyn in the hol Trynyte, they schul ever leve and nouth deye.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.16 : And flowen in-to forest and feldis abouȝte, All þe hoole herde þat helde so [to]-gedir.
- (a1480) Stonor2.35 : I commaund me..to the hooll house.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6673 : He had the loue of all the hoole contre.
- a1500 Chaucer Anel.(Hrl 7333)26 : The people, blisful hole and somme, So crydon þat unto the sterres it wente.
- a1500 Abbrev.Elucid.(Pen 12)34/12 : The providence of God is the whele [?read: whole] of the hie wisedom of the whele [?read: whole] Trinitie by the whiche euery Person beholdith and seithe all thing that byne paste & byn to com presently.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.317 : The maistris..sitte in iugement or in examinacioun or in cominicacioun of the seid craft with the hool felowschip.
e
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1535 : How he hadde wel yboght and graciously..al hool his marchandise.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)2b/b : Late þe teching doctrine of G folowe..which is made hole [L integratur] by experience & by reson.
- (1432) Rec.St.Mary at Hill26 : A hole vestement of blak veluet of o sevte.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13492 : Þan hym happit..To hit into havyn with his hoole flete.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.49/28 : I will that willȝam Constabull haue j hole harnas of plate.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum3 : j hole sute of white Bustyan.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)806 : Hoc armamentum: a hal takylle.
f
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)95/466 : Þine markes of gold euerichon, Lo hem here hole and sounde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2308 : As euere hool I mote brouke my tresses, I shal nat spare.
- (1399) RParl.3.424a : All the States of this Londe were ther gadyrd, the whiche States hole made thes same Persones that ben comen here to ȝowe nowe her Procuratours.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9262 : Fra adam þe ald..to crist es tald..Sexti hale generacions.
- (1413) Will in Bk.Lond.E.217/13 : Þat..my prentys, haue a reles of to ȝer of hys hol termys.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)48 : Y wul and ordeyne þat Thomas Sampson..and John Hobkins have hole wages for vj monethes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4014 : Anoon hath Agamenoun..Delyuered hym fully by sentence Þe armys hool..Whiche Achilles be his lyve bar.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6123 : For to holde & kepe in general Þe poyntes hool engrosid..In þilke trete.
- (1432-3) EEWills92/11 : Y wyll, as towchyng my bryngyng on erth, to be takyn of the hole goodes that is my owne.
- (a1444) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10130 : The seid Thomas hath..taken alle the hole profitz.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)27/26 : All the three kynges and the hole barownes seyde how Merlion devised passynge well.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)540 : My wyttes hoole I gaderyd vnto me.
g
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : Embrouded with þe hole armes of Edward Cheyne.
- (c1475) Exped.Edw.IV (Arms 2M.16)2b : The lorde Lysle..lyon silu[er] showyng holeface, Cround gold, enarmede azur.
7.
(a) Of qualities, conditions, attributes: full, complete; ~ entente, full significance; ~ might, ~ trust, etc.; (b) of the heart, will, mind, emotions: whole, entire; with ~ herte (entente, entencioun), in ~ herte (intente, minde), of ~ herte (entente), wholeheartedly; (c) of assent, agreement, opinion: unanimous; bi ~ avis of, on the advice of all of; with ~ soun (voice, wille), unanimously; (d) of an action: complete; ~ maistrie, total victory; ~ harm, full extent of damage or injury; (e) of a bone fracture: complete; (f) ~ hete, ?heat emanating from the whole of a substance or thing; (g) ~ prime, the second hour after sunrise; ~ undern, the fourth hour after sunrise [cp. heigh 6.]; (h) math. whole, integral; also cubic [last quot.]; ~ nombre.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3522 : Sche..gaf him hol miȝth, to meyntene al hire god as maister in his owne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.91 : So woll I now this werk embrace With hol trust and with hol believe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.668 : He tolde al the hol entente [of the king's dream].
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)406 : When in hys place þou schal apere, Be dep deuote in hol mekenesse.
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 216 : All myn hoole trust in þys matere is in hem.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)54 : Of eche thyng keping in substaunce The sentence hool with-oute variance.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.5.52 : The whiche famylieres..the real power of kynges, in hool estat and in estaat abated, ful ofte throweth adoun.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)554 : I wol do al my power hool.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6852 : Menelay..&..Telamon, So sturnly withstod with þaire strenkyth holl.
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204)p.748 : His vertuse dygne so hole were and plenere.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)2/27 : In þe first of þese ij parties schal be tauȝt..al þe hool substaunce of trouþis..vpon þe vij seid maters.
- a1500(c1380) Chaucer Bal.Ch.(Benson-Robinson)2 : So hath myn herte caught in remembraunce Your beaute hoole and stidefast governaunce.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)163 : Ȝe..alle wiȝth on hol hert to þe heiȝ king of heuene preieth a pater noster.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.533 : God loued he best with al his hoole herte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3561 : O thou Cupide, o thou Venus..Ye knowen al min hole herte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1935 : Hir deth and his livinge Sche ches with al hire hole entente.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.861 : I yow yaf myn herte in hool entente.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.526 : He was accorded..with humble herte and hool intencioun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2134 : He schulde..platly not asterte For to repente hym with al his hol herte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5288 : He of herte & hool entent In hope stood his suster for to wyve.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3279 : Vlixes..gaf in charge vn-to Thelamoun, Of enternes and affeccioun, And of hool herte..Al his lyue to loue his broþer wel.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)524 : Crist..I do wurshepe wyth hool herte.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)6.429 : For if these thre to-gyder be not meynt -- Feith, werke and hool entencioun -- His offryng farythe but as a tapre queynt.
- c1450 In þee god (Lamb 853)49 : Y bileeue, in hool mynde, Þe holi goost schalle knytte aȝen Þe soule to þe fleische of al mankinde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)33/128 : God þat syt in hefne aboue On whom is sett all myn hool loue.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)364/253 : Wyth all myn hol herte..ye are wolcom.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)205/1654 : Myne hole herte woll to-breke But I of him be awreke.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.26 : All myn hoole herte was his while he in helthe regnid.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)123 : Yow to distroye that is ther hoole entente.
c
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 218 : They togedre wyþ oole assent to mynystre & to fulfylle my last Wille.
- (1417) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120181 : We gyrdelers..wyth oure hall wyll and assent ar consentyd to make..certayn ordenancez.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1408 : She..weyes cast..By hool avis of hir parlement..Hym to reuoke to his Regioun.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)169 : Than saide þe Baronage with hole sowun.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)315/17 : Ilk man with a hale voyce commendid & said he had foghten wurthelie.
- (1451) Paston2.204 : The Kyng, by the hole advyse of all the greet Councell of Ingland..send hider his said Commission.
- a1500(1396) Indent.Francisc.in RS 4.1 (Vit F.12)526 : The sayd Wardyn with all the hole assent of the couent under ther chapters seyll have lettyn..a sartayn passell of grownd.
d
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6420 : Had godds folk þe hale maistri.
- (1418) Proc.Privy C.2.350 : Þe King most..continue forþ his werre to þe hool conquest of þe reaume of [France].
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)112/7 : Confessyon of mowth, þat aw to be tymely, bare, & hole.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)65/10 : Þi scope of penaunce..þe deppere it be in sorwe of herte, & þe holere it be in purpos to leue þi synne, þe more largely..it castyth out of þi soule..þi cursed synne.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)201/14 : Þou art bounde to restore þe hole harm.
e
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)97b/b : Hole transuersale fracture is of yuel preperacioun.
f
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)312a/b : If a þyng is symple of substaunce and smellyng, þat smelle comeþ of hool hete, for al þe þing is hoote as it fareþ in must.
g
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.253-4 : Half prime on xxijti feet [on a sundial], hool prime [L Hora II] On xij; half vndern viij, hool vndern [L Hora IV] v; Midday on iiij, and noon on ij feet by me Stont fast ynough.
h
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)419 : [God] fordestend tuin creature to serue him..þat suld be of a numbre hale, and mani thusand haue in tale.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)17/1 : Þou schalt vndurstonde þat mediacion is a takyng out of halfe a nomber out of a holle nomber, as yf þou wolde take 3 out of 6.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)43/28 : Ay shalle the nombre that is to be dyvydede be more, other at the lest evene with the nombre the dyvysere, yf the nombre shalle be made by hole nombres.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)46/15 : Of nombres one is lyneal, anoþer superficialle, anoþer quadrat, anoþer cubike or hoole.
8a.
(a) Of cloth or a piece of cloth: of full size, having certain standard measurements; (b) of canopies, garments, etc.: full-length, full sized; (c) of wine: unadulterated; (d) ~ moneie, a denomination of value for which a coin is provided.
Associated quotations
a
- (1402) Let.Zouche in RES 8 (PRO E 101/512/10)262 : I pray ȝow þat ȝe wyl..sende me worde wat prys of an hol cloþ of blak veluet.
- (1410) RParl.3.637b : Et les Worstedes appellez Worstedbeddes, doubles, & sengles, de trois assises, d'ont un assize doit contenir en longure xiiii aln', & en laeure iiii aln', lesqueles sount appellez an Hole-worstedbed of the most assise.
- (1439) RParl.5.30b : The said Kepere of Aunage..takyng for his laboure, for every hole Clothe of brood cloth, 1 d.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)476 : Take an hool cloth is best, for lesse is noght.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.501a : That every hole Wollen Cloth called brode Cloth..conteigne in lengh xxiiii yerdes..And that noo persone..medell, or put in or uppon the same Cloth, nor into the Wolle..eny Lambes Wolle, Flokkes, Chalke, Talowe.
b
- (1395) EEWills5/34 : A tawne bed of silk, with hool celure and four curtyns of sute.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : Þe bed of red worstede with þe hole sile of þe largest assise.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1214 : A sute of white damask clothe..wt a hole corporas of the same.
- (1466) LRed Bk.Bristol2.235 : An hoole Awbe and an hoole Cheeszyple.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)445 : For lordys two beddys schalle be made..Þat henget shalle be with hole sylour.
c
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)100/34-6 : No man..coloure ne medle no manere wyn, þat is to sey no white wiþ rede, old with newe, hole with brokyn or corrupt..but selle hem hole & trewe, evyn as þei growyn.
d
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)15 : It may nott be doone in this land with hole money undyr viij d. the yerd.
8b.
(a) Of a ruler, an heir: sole, undisputed; (b) of persons: perfect (in some respect); (c) ~ brother, full brother, a brother of the same parents, of ~ blod, of a given ancestry by both parents.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.722 : Cesar Julius..Governeth under his empire, As he that was hol lord and Sire.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)22256 : Þer salle be a king of fraunce þat of þe romaine sal empire hale lorde be and sire.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3281 : Knoude was made hole kyng of alle Englonde.
- (1455) RParl.5.312b : He as hole heire in the taylle to the said Thomas.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)371/11 : He was hole kynge of Ingelonde, Walys, Scotlonde, and of many othir realmys.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)24 : King Lowes..spoused..Alienor, to whome the said duchie was hole enheriter.
b
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.117 : Right so was faire Cecilie..Ful swift..And round and hool in good perseuerynge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24650 : Þi suet sun sa hale o light Son þi comforth wit his sight.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.375 : Alle þat beth myne hole bretheren in blode & in baptesme Shal nouȝte be dampned to þe deth.
- (1444) RParl.5.104b : That no maner Walssh man of hole blode..be made Denisen or Englissh.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)711 : Twey sones he had in hys lyffe, Edwyge and Edgar, his hole brother.
9.
Of a number: great; holer (more ~) partie, the majority of a body of persons.
Associated quotations
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)110/73 : Olesse þan he be examined..be þe Rectour and two Surveiours of Phisyk and þe holer partie of þat Faculte.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)42/4 : Sho þat þe haler partie of þe cuuent chesis, þurȝ gude life and wisdom sal sho be chosin.
- (1445) Visit.Alnwick115 : But if ye hafe specyalle licence there to graunted by us..and the fulle assente of the more hole party of your couent.
10.
(a) Of persons, the heart: true, honest, faithful; firm, steadfast; (b) of a story: unaltered, true; of an oath: solemn; of countenance, words, demeanor: sincere, open; maken hit ~, to give an appearance of sincerity.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)594 : Þere he fyndez al fayre a freke wythinne, Þat hert honest and hol, þat haþel he honorez.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)9.195 : Þer was [no] lad þat lyuede þat ne lowede hym to peers, To be hus hole hywe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.11 : Sche can..Schewen most hool whan sche is leste to triste.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4883 : In his dedis he was so hool and pleyn.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4308 : Þei [women] can..in her speche feyne Like as þei wern to oon & to no moo Hool in her loue.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1747 : Noon..durste a word a-geyns him replye, So hool he stood in his oppinioun.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1724 : Trouth shuld longe to a kyng, Of his word not be variable, But pleyn and hool as a Centre stable.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3629 : Al his lordes and the olde Quene, Which..that were..Hool of on herte and not variable.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1001 : I..Have and ay shal..Ben to yow trewe and hool with al myn herte.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6948 : Therfore, feris, bes fell, fraistes your strenght; Let your hertes be hoole; hold you to-gedur.
- (1451) Paston2.235 : The Sheriff is noght so hole as he was, for now he wille shewe but a part of his frendeshippe.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)528 : Myn herte is suche, so hoole withoute fayntyse, That it may not yeve credence..To thyng which is not sownyng vnto trouth.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.17 : Þat þe storie is hool, in sooþnesse nouȝt i-chaunged.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3728-38 : In contenaunce & chere, [Pelleus] Made it outward as hool & as entere As he had hadde souereyn[ly] gladnes Of his knyȝthood..With face hool and pleyn, He welcomed hym.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)39 : Trowth and luf es al bylaft..With worde men makes it trew and stabil..With þe mowth men makes it hale, Bot trew trowth es nane in þe tale.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)10/466 : Þe palmer answerd with wurdes hale.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)3906 : Alle þey sworen hym hool oþ To be hys men þat were þere.
- c1475 Babies' Bk.(Hrl 5086)101 : Latte ay youre chere be lowly, blythe, and hale, Withe-oute chidynge as that yee wolde fyhte.
11.
As interj.: hail [cp. heil].
Associated quotations
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)117/20 : Hoal ði godnesse!
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Eagle Magic in Tul.SE 22 (Add 34111)23/34 : For ache and for sorenes þat falleþ to þe cop of the heued, Take þe mouþe of þe cop of þe heued of þe egle and bere it in a purse y-made of hertes leþer and y-leyd þer-vpon makeþ hope þe cope of þe heued.
Note: New spelling (error) hope
- (1459) Will York in Sur.Soc.30237 : I witt to the house of Newsom..j houle basyn for to whessh thare corporaxes in.
Note: New spelling for 4.(a) or 6.(a)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)98b/a : And ȝif it nede þat a wounde oþer a fissure of þe braine panne be made more large, enlarge þe wounde on þat side þat is moste hurte; but ȝif þe wounde be towarde þe commissures of þe braine panne, for in þat case allonelie þe wounde most ben enlarged on þat partie þat is holest.
- a1450 Dur-CRO.Bk.Hawking (Dur-CRO Roll D/X/76/7)36/234 : Thow sal say hole-fotyd fawlis lyeng and noȝt sittyng.
- a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking (Sln 3488)140 : Then most thou take a siluer spone, and ley the smal ende in þe fire til hit be hote..and opon the mouthe, and bren hir there the sore is, and then annoynte it with the mary that is in a goce wynge..and she shal be hole as a fissh.
- c1400 Sln.468 Cook.Recipes (Sln 468)88.23/6 : Tak harde soþen eyren & kepe þe ȝelkes hole & hacke smale þe white.
Note: Additional quote(s)