Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōmlīnes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōmlīnes(se n. Also homblines. |
| Etymology | From hōmlī adj. Forms with -b- may be due to influence of humblenes(se. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Familiarity, intimacy; friendliness; taken ~, to be on familiar terms (with sb.); (b) meekness, gentleness; (c) lack of refinement in manners, coarseness; (d) presumptuousness, impudence.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.221 : Man in his bygynnynge..fel..out of homlynesse [Higd.(2): familiarite; L familiaritate] into offence and wreþþe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2876 : Ouer greet homlynesse [vr. hoomblynesse] engendreth dispreisynge.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.51 : Alle þat bi kynred of blood, or bi homelynesse or bi preier, be oned wiþ us, clense hem of alle vices.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)28 : Homlynes & towchinges..cussinges & sittynges..bringeth men & women to syn.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)44 : Þe mynystris owe to resceyue hem [friars] benygnely..and haue..muche famularite, or homlynesse, aboute hem.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)94 : A man schal soone wite if he take homlynes wiþ mercers of london.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)244 : Forto cleue to a thing as to his Souereyn Lord..and ȝit for to haue noon homelynes with the same thing were an vnchereful thing.
- a1450 Myne awen dere sone (Vsp D.13)575 : Grete sofferaunce and hamelynes Will make thy lordeschyp wele þe les.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)149/3 : On of his felawes..knew not..how mikel visitacyone & homblynes of gode folke maye do to meke myndes.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)163/12 : She..eschewed dwellynge and homlynesse of yuel men.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)10/22 : Famulyarite, that is, homelynes..engendrith frendshipe.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.42.26a : A sowle may neuere fele gostli þe brennynde lufe of Ihesu Crist, ne han homlines of His gracious presence.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Expos.PNoster (LdMisc 683)106 : This woord Pater set us in assuraunce, And this woord Noster geveth us homlynesse.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)60a : Hamelynesse: familiaritas.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)462 : Crist bicliptide ȝonge & pore in tokene of his homelynesse.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.10.1 : I, Poul, biseche ȝou, by the homlynesse, or myldenesse, and softenesse, or pacience, of Crist.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.1.21 : In myldenesse, or homelynesse [L mansuetudine], receyue ȝe the word insent..that mai saue ȝoure soules.
- a1400(c1340) Rolle Psalter (Hat 12)5/20 : Þis shinand boke es a chosen sange bifor God..fosterand barnes with hamelynes.
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Cl.(Lnsd 851)E.429 : Þis Crisilde..Couþe al þe feiþe of wifly homlynesse [vr. homblynesse; humblenesse].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 22.36 : Myn [read: thyn] hoomlynes [WB(2): myldenesse; L mansuetudo tua] multipliede me.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)54/30 : Þes [revelations] be wretyn for to schewyn þe homlynes & þe goodlynes of owyr mercyful Lord Crist Ihesu.
- a1500 Rolle Mend.L.(Wor F.172)37 : Homlynesse..is goten and purchased bi the holigost and praiers.
c
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)132 : On maddyng he be so deepe broght he shende al with open hoomlynesse.
- a1450(c1395) WBible(2) Pref.Jer.(NC 66)p.64 : Hooly homelynesse [WB(1): cherlhed; L rusticitas] in byleeue profitith to him silf aloone.
d
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)43 : Boldenesse, or homelynesse: Presumpcio.