Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōlen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hōlen v.(2) Also holien. P.ppl. i)hōled. |
| Etymology | OE holian & ME hō̆l(e n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make a hole; pierce (sth.); bore through (sth.); (b) ppl. holed, provided with a hole or holes, pierced, perforated; (c) med. to cause (skin) to ulcerate; ppl. holed, ulcerated, festered.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hag.1.6 : He that gadrid hijris, sente hem in to a sac, or bagge, hoolid or broken [L pertusum].
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)8/29 : Þis morter is þe bodi of Crist, hoolid or woundid in his passioun.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)28b/b : Foro: to hole.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)1399 : Helmes were holed and scheldes cloven.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)12300 : My body hath ben y-holed.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)44 : Boryn, or holyn: Perforo, penetro.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6836 : Þe wal þey holede, & dide hit falle.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)300/222 : On morwe holyd ȝif it [fresche chese] be founde, Wete þou wel þanne i-wys, Þat a worm þer-in is!
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)64b : To hole: Perforare..vbi to thirle.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)110/1 : Þer is a full hard boon & holid [vr. y-holyde; L perforatum] in þe myddil.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)149b/b : Argalia or cirynga is a canule of þe same lengþe & smalnez persed or holed [L forata] in þe poynt & in þe sides.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)74/37 : For old men vsed pipes holed in þe side.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)97a : Loke also that þe walle of þe arche ouer þe ynner ȝate be machekolud or so persed & holed þat þou mowe hylde doun water to quenche þe fire.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)46/2 : Thorowgh streynth of þe fyir þere wyll stillyn owte of þe holyd potte an oyle.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)19b/b : And þilke same eere bonys beþ holid þoruȝ wiþinneforþ, þoruȝ whos hoolis passen þe senewis or þe instrumentis of heerynge.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)76a/b : Þanne þou schalt take iij of iiij plumaciolus wet in hoot wiyn, and loke þat þei ben holid yn þe myddil, þat þe stalke of þe darte mowe appere þoruȝ þilke hole.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)148b/a : Þanne, as softly as þou maist, leye aboue hem oþir plumaciolis þat ben not holid as esily as þou maist.
- a1500(a1400) Wycl.FHC (NC 95)349 : Sum faylen in here feiþ þat han her scheld holid, & by spere of here enemye þei ben often kylde.
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)30b/b : When colryk rewme comeþ, þat is forsoþe pure and þrowe oute, it holeþ [*Ch.(1): vlcereþ; L vlcerat] þe skynne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)31b/b : And if it happe hym to be holed [*Ch.(1): vlcerate], be it cured..wiþ vnguentum de litargiro.
2.
(a) To dig a hole, excavate; hollow out (sth.); (b) to remove the core of (a fruit); ~ out, gouge out (the eyes); (c) ppl. holed, grooved.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)69/19 : Þe briddes..ne holieð nawt duneward ase doð þe uoxes.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10735 : Þys mynur..holed yn þe hyl.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5920 : In roches holed wiþinne -- Þere-inne is her wonyȝing.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)12b/b : Cauo: to hole or delue.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)243 : Holyn, or boryn: Cavo.
b
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)267 : Þou ssalt, sir baxtere, anhonged be ful heye, Foules bi þe lifte holen out þin eye.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)82/9 : Is eiȝene in grete pine weren i-holede out boþe.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)54 : Boille wardens..paire them, and hole them at the crown.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)36/1 : A nedle þre cornerid, whos iȝe schal be holid [L cauata] on boþe sidis, so þat þe þred þat is in þe nedle may lie in þe holowȝ place.