Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆lī adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆lī adj.(1) Also holli. |
| Etymology | From hō̆l(e n.(2) & adj. (1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Porous; spongy; (b) ?full of holes, ?hollow; (c) ~ wei, a tunnel.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)47a/a : The tonge..is..porouse & holly [L porosa], þat þe sauour persche & come þe esiloker to þe synewe þat makeþ þe taast.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)112a/a : In þe sixte moneþ mercurius compowniþ alle þe holis & holy [L porosa] membres & tonge & nosethrellis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)117a/b : Sterris..ben rounde in substaunce and bene sadde and sound, nouȝ[t] holouȝ noþir holy [L porose] in þe vttir partie.
b
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)11 : Þu sscope eld & wind & water; þe molde is þet feorþe, Of wham we alle imaked beoð, þat is, þe holi eorþe.
c
- a1325 SLeg.Patr.(Corp-C 145)146 : Þys gode kniȝt him wende forþ..Bi an holy wey vnder eorþe..He ne sey noþing for derkhede.