Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōl(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōl(e adv. |
| Etymology | From hōl(e adj.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In a body, together; al ~, all together, unanimously; ~ ifere, ~ togeder(es, all together; (b) in all, in total, fully; (c) completely, entirely, wholly; al ~, ful and ~, ~ and som, completely; (d) firmly, steadfastly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2992 : Vp ras þe king on nighter tale, And cald his men be for him hale.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13303 : Tuelue þai war to tell in tale, Quen þat þai war to-gedir hale.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23522 : Þai er sa selcut samen tale, Als an will all þai will al hale.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.262 : Alle the masonus..Wol stonde togedur hol y-fere.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.417 : Hol to gederis thanne wente they tho.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)476/8 : And so they rode unto kynge Arthurs courte all hole togydirs.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)492/24 : And so they sayled into Cornuayle all hole togydirs.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)281 : He sette on a softe paas hool to-geder.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2370 : Hal hundred knithes dede he calle, And hise fif thusand sergaunz alle.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4631 : Charlys þe Citee þo gan asayle, Two dawes hole wyþ-oute fayle.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.447 : Stella comata..was i-seie hool þre wykes [Higd.(2): by thre weekes contynually; L per tres hebdomadas] in þe monþe of Iuyn.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)130a : Cryst lay in þe herte of þe eorþe þre dayes & þre nyȝt, bote noȝt al ful & hool þre dayes & þre nyȝt, for cryst lay yn hys graue bote fourty houres.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)12 : Summe [hares] rennen in al þat euyr þei may hale ii myle or iii.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)545 : I countede at this Crystynmesse, of kyngez enoynttede, Hole ten at his table.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)416 : Ane hundrethe of ȝoure goddis alle hale Haue I garte byrne in a Firre with bale.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1204/14 : Hole an hondred knyghtes departed with sir Launcelot.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.867 : He..bad that sche hire scholde meke Al hol unto the goddes heste.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2790 : Al the world in Orient Was hol at his comandement.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3773 : The tentes hole thei forsoke, That thei non other good ne toke.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2033 : The knyght ne hath nat slayn His felawe; heere he standeth hool alyue.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)23522 : Alle ben euer at oon acorde Þei are in onehede so in dole þat euer her wille on is hole.
- (1402) Let.Zouche in RES 8 (PRO E 101/512/10)261 : Wat hende that frome and ȝe Makez with hym, ful and hol I wol stonde þerto.
- (1416) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.58 : Y..paied my rent for the same landis and tenementes -- as that that is hoole with inne the ffee and lordeshipp of sir Thomas.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2862 : Sche of herte so hool ȝouen is Vn-to Iason.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3339 : Al that euere I haue Is ful and hool at ȝour comaundement.
- (1422-3) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.146/175 : Þare wer offred vp atte high Awter of Westmynster Chirche iiij stedes, ytrapped rially, with a knyght, full and hool armed with þe kinges cote Armour.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.1053 : My lif, my deth, hol in thyn hond I leye.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4593 : He may do hool on me his will.
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4249 : Þe seide lorde shall yeve and graunte..to..John and Anne..alle his londes and tenements, rentes, seruices, and reuersions..as pleynly and hole as thay beth in his possession.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1647 : Þey..Fyndez them helmede hole and horsesyde on stedys.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)32.270 : He declared to hem his Avisiown Of Al that he hadde Sein, hol & som.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.730 : My swerd here to the I ȝelde, And my body and lyf I putte In thi welde, holich..Into thy Bandom, And At thyn Ordenance hol & som.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)991 : She had a wyt so general, So hool enclyned to alle goode.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12743 : Ho heght hym to haue, hole at his wille, All the Rioll rewme with renttes ynow.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)100/4 : That pouertie..may after yelde you rytches and worshipp double folde if ye putt holle your trust to hym.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)351/29 : All oþer thynges longyn hole to the churche of Bloxham.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)124 : She is hoole at his commaundment.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5045 : So hool in manhod was his hert sette, Þat he anoon..Ageyn to arme hym was ful dilligent.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)27/17 : John..yeue to Edyue..the lande I-callyd Godstow and all thynge perteynyng ther-to, to-hole [L solide] and quietly, in perpetuall almus.
Note: New spelling
Note: Use in hole adv. = to adv.(2) + hole--per REL