Middle English Dictionary Entry
hurlen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | hurlen v. Also hurl(e, horle(n, hourlen. P.ppl. i)hurled. |
| Etymology | Prob. imitative; cp. EFris. hurreln, Du. horrelen, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) To rush violently or quickly; charge (at sb.); of sound: rush (to the ears); also fig.; ~ in, come charging in; ~ hider and thider, ~ her and ther, stumble or stagger this way and that; (b) to whirl; turn rapidly; (c) to fall with impetus; ~ doun.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Vncomly in (Arun 292)p.292 : I horle at the notes and heve hem al of herre.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.3.23 : Sothely as he ceeside for to speke, he hurlide in in to hem [L insiluit in eos] soodeynly.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.7.27 : Rayn came doun, and floodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and thei hurliden in to that hous.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)376 : Water wylger ay wax..Hurled into uch hous, hent þat þer dowelled.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)413 : Þe arc hoven watz on hyȝe wyth hurlande gotez.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)874 : Þenne þe rebaudez so ronk rerd such a noyse, Þat aȝly hurled in his erez her harlotez speche.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1204 : Þay stel out on a stylle nyȝt..And harde hurles þurȝ þe oste.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 21.13 : He hurlide hidir and thider [L collabebatur!] bitwix the hoondis of hem.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)253 : Hurlyn, or debatyn: Incursor.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)262 : Thou countez no caas..Bot hurles furthe appon heuede.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1365 : Maydons..Hurlet out of houses.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)929 : Of oolde ye may now lere, Howe ye shalle both hurle and rage In felde with sheelde and spere.
- c1450 Chaucer Bo.(Hrl 2421:Robinson)5.m.4.57 : Hurleth [Robinson: Ryght so as voys or soun hurteleth to the eres and commoeveth hem to herkne].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)224/13 : They hurled over hyllys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)394/10 : Kynge Marke cam hurlynge uppon hym and hys two knyghtes suddeynly.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)415/16 : His horse hurled here and there and felle dede to the grounde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)460/20 : An horryble lyon..cam hurlyng before the quene.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)464/22 : He hurled in amonge them and dressed his backe untyll a ladyes chambir wall.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)469/23 : He rorde hurlynge into the castell.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)563/19 : He hurled unto sir Trystram and smote hym clene from his sadyll to the erthe.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)271 : He glydes in by þe giles þurȝ glaymande glette..Ay hele ouer hed, hourlande aboute.
c
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)276 : To helle he horlede from þat hille.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23932 : Þi leme, leuedi, vs light emell, þat he mot haueles hurl [Phys-E: ga] to hell.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1220 : Mony..hurlet to þe hard vrthe & þere horse leuyt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6638 : Mony hurlit doun hedstoupis to þe hard vrthe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)733/24 : He hurled downe to the erthe.
1b.
In phrases: (a) ~ togedere(s, to run against each other, come into collision; (b) ~ with, to assail (sb. or sth.), contend with; (c) ~ on (upon, to) hepe, to rush or fall in a heap.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)86/1 : Þe wrecches i þe world..hurlið to gederes & breokeð hare uetles.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)8965 : Thei hurled than to-gedre soo..That Generides shelde to-rofe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1198 : Helmes and hard stele hurlet to-gedur.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8:Kingsf.)305 : The wynde aros and the wauys with tempeste stronge, and hurlid foule togederis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)323/13 : Som tyme they toke their bere..and horled togydyrs.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)469/29 : They feautred their spearis and hurled togydirs so strongly that bothe their horsys russhed to the erthe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)553/20 : They hurled togydirs as the thundir.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)97b/a : Humours meueþ and comeþ ofte to þe sore place & puttiþ & hurliþ eueryche wiþ oþir.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1578 : Yf þe pouer playne..And hurleth with his higher, hit happeth ofte-tyme That he wircheth al in waste.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)368/373 : To hurle wyth tho harlotys me is ful lef.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.27 : This is..hir [the hart's] kynde..Ne to hurlle with haras.
c
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)445 : Thise grete lordinges thus han i-hurled to hepe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1211 : By þat, watz alle on a hepe hurlande swyþe.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)149 : Þe bur..braste alle her gere; Þen hurled on a hepe þe helme & þe sterne.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)57 : As alle had hurlede one ane hepe þat in the holte longede.
- a1475 Friar & B.(Brog 2.1)p.59 : They that gan the pype here, Myght not hemselfe stere, But hurled upone an hepe.
2.
(a) To knock or throw (sb. or sth.) forcibly; ~ out, cast out (sth.); drive out (sb. or sth.), expell, banish; ~ on hepes; (b) to blow (sth.) away; (c) to throw (sth.) with force; shoot (an arrow).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Judas (Hrl 2277)25 : Þe see him hurlede vp and doun as a liþer clot; Siþþe hit caste him alond.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1243 : Hetterly boþe hors & man he hurled to þe grounde.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)114 : Se ye diligentli whethir the eresie of symonie regnith generali in youre bisshopis..and hurle ye this out of the coostis of youre rewme.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)223 : Fellen fro þe fyrmament fendez ful blake..Hurled into helle-hole as þe hyve swarmez.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Serv.& L.(Corp-C 296)233 : Ȝif men speken falsnesse bi oure god..þei ben not pursued ne hurlid out.
- ?c1430 Wycl.PPPriests (Corp-C 296)277 : Þat fals confessoures..be hurled out of office & courtis.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6743 : Þai foghton so felly with the freikes þen..Hurlet hom on hepis, hurt of hor knightes.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)17 : He hurlyd owt hor ydols and hade hym in sayntes.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)240a/b : Þe spray byclippeþ the trees aboute..that þe spray be not yslaked and y-hurled with þe wynd.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2224 : Oure pepill..hurled [Dub: hurlett] out arowis.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)173/55 : Anon þai hurled out þe wyne Into þe stret on dele way.
3.
(a) To drag or pull (sb. or sth.) forcibly; (b) to push (sb.) violently; thrust; -- also intr.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Hit nis bot trewþ (Hrl 913)7 : Whan menne horliþ ham here and þare, 'Nego' sauiþ ham fram care.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.297 : O firste moeuyng, cruel firmament, With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay And hurlest al from est til occident.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)44 : He schulde be halden utter..Hurled to þe halle-dore and harde þeroute schowved.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)259/139 : I was presente with pepull Whenne prese..hurled hym hardely.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1254 : Þai hurlet hym fro horse fete & of hond toke.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1969 : I shuld..Spede the to spille in spite of þi kynge, To be hurlet with horses vpon hard stones, And drawen as a dog.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6660 : Hurle hym fro horse fete; haue hym away.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10311 : He..hurlit hym with hethyng þurgh þe hoole ost.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.8 : Thay hurlun me vn-hindely; thay haue me on heȝte.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)244/30 : Bot oure prynces full prowdly this nyght haue hym tayn, ffull tytt to be dampned he shall be hurlyd byfore me.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.117.13 : I was hurlid [L Impulsus..sum] and turnede vpsedoun that Y schulde falle doun.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ezek.34.21 : Ȝe hurliden [WB(1): punchiden; L impingebatis] with sidis, and schuldris, and wyndewiden with ȝoure hornes alle sike beestis.
- a1450 My trewest tresowre (Cmb Dd.5.64)4 : How sone of þi seruandes was þou forsaken, And lathly for my lufe hurld with þair handes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5828 : He hit hym so hetturly on hegh on the shild, Þat he breke þurgh the burd to the bare throte, Hurlet þurghe the hawbergh.
4.
(a) To strike (sb. or sth.), hit, beat; shatter (sth.); -- also intr.; ~ of, cut off (sth.); (b) to lacerate (sb.); tear (sth.) to pieces; (c) to harass (sb.), persecute; disturb (the humors); (d) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)533 : He hente vp his hachet and huttes him euene, Al-to hurles [?read; Al to-hurles] þe helm and þe hed vnder.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)50/7 : Þi foos folwen hokerly..and horlen þe lodly.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16528 : Nu es he iudas ded wit scam..And to þe warlau al bitaght Þat hurls herd [Trin-C: hurleþ him] in hell.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6650 : He raght vnto Remys with a roid dynt, Alto hurlit his helme, harmyt hym euyll.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6748 : His horse, in þat hete, was hurlit to dethe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10208 : He hurlit of helmys, hedis within.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10680 : Þai hurlet hom full hard with hor hoge dynttes.
b
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)605 : As erþe is hurlyd vndir harowe, So was þe fleisch þat sprang of Marye.
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)89a/b : Many schrewed humours ben brente and hurlede togedre [L commouentur] for the grevynge of acutes.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.PPriests Benef.(Corp-C 296)250 : But ȝif þei somonen & cursen hem, þouȝ þei knowe no cause whi anemtis god & his lawe, þei ben hurlid & somnyd fro day to day.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Serv.& L.(Corp-C 296)243 : Ȝif he reproue hem of here wickid lif..so be hurlid & pursued priuely or apertly.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.3 TDWorld (Corp-C 296)184 : He schal be hurlid fro contre to contre..fro day to day.
- a1450(a1401) Chastising GC (Bod 505)149/8 : He is hurlid wiþ peynes of þe soule or of þe bodi.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1590 : He shal be hourled so in high courte..That hym were bettre lose his lande þenne long so be toylid.
d
- (1310) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 1838 : Ricardus Hurlefreynchs.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)76 : Sche felith hurlyng wyndes vp & down in hir wombe.
Note: Needs new "ppl. as adj." gloss.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 63/31 : Loke..þat þu haue a gode grete rounde staf aforn yset in a boorde abouen with an hole as hit were a qwerne staf, and euere more hurle abouten with þat staf in þy vessel.
Note: Glossary: "hurle v. imp. 'agitate: beat (ingredients)'."
Note: ?New sense, or ?modify sense 4.(a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.73rb (2.11) : In þe myddes emytrice is huge brennyng, bi cause þat colre is continuely bullyede, os a plawand pot and hurlond aboute in þe vesseiles, and fleume wiþout þe vesseiles.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.83rb (2.13) : Be cause of þe huge hete walmand and bulyand and hurlond in þe body, þe humores in the body ar forscalt and scorclid and brende.
Note: Additional quots. New spelling (pr. ppl.): hurlond. Editor's gloss: 'of a liquid: tossing, surging, disturbing'.