Middle English Dictionary Entry
ihōl(e adj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ihōl(e adj.(2) Also iwol, ihal(e, gehale, ȝehale. |
| Etymology | OE gehāl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Free from disease or injury; healthy, unharmed, sound; al ~; (b) sexually pure, chaste, immaculate; ~ maithhod, unblemished virginity; ~ of bodi.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)24/90 : For he is Hælend and na awerdend; þa awerde þing he gehælð, and þa gehale he gefæstneð on strencðe.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 113)22 : Ansunde: ihale.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)821 : Brutus mid his cnihten þene king ifeng Al ihal [Otho: ihol] & al isund.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)34/36 : Hope halt þe heorte i-hol; hwat se þet vleschs drie.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)331/277 : Ȝif ich bringue bi-fore þe i-hole þine children and þi wijf, Woltþov for-hote þine mis-bi-leue?
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)23/14 : Wið ihal meiðhad & meidenes menske.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)73/14 : Meide-lure mei leosen his holinesse mid astinkende wil..auh þis manere bruche mei beon ibet..ase hit was euer i-holest þuruh medecine of schrifte.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12/22 : The mayde Marie blefte eure mayde an yhol be-uore and efter.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)220/1 : Þe uerste stat is of þan þet byeþ yhole of bodie and habbeþ wel yloked hire maydenhod.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)228/12 : Huo þet is yhol of bodie and uoul ine herte is ase þe berieles yhuited.
2.
(a) Of an object, a body, a garment, etc.: all in one piece, whole and entire, intact, whole; al ~; (b) of a wall or house: solid, not pierced; (c) of a period of time: complete, full; (d) of confession: al ~, not divided into parts; (e) al engelond ~, the whole of England.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)134.135/9 : Wið wode-hundes slite nim þeos wyrt & hwæte-cor[n] swa ȝehale & leȝe to þare wunde.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)12/100 : Iteilede draken grisliche ase deoflen þe forswolheð ham ihal.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)114/27 : Vor alute clut mei lodlichen swuðe amuchel ihol peche.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)148/35 : Heo huðet eke hore i-hole cloðes.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (LdMisc 108)60 : Is bodi was al-to-rend, and nouȝt ihol bi-leued.
- c1300 SLeg.Theoph.(LdMisc 108)175 : Þe ȝwyle þe chartre is i-hol, ȝeot euere-more me dredeth.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)26/720 : Ac wen nauȝt þat cryst be toschift..For þer he hys, he hys al yhol, Ne mey [m]e hym toschifte.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)62/5 : Þes eth þane man al yhol.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)171/2 : Of þise þri þinges is y-hol þe hauberk of penonce.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.101 : Tak Partrichys rostyd and checonys and qualys rostyd and larkys ywol and demembre the other.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)p.22 : Þen take figys, an kerue hem a-to, or Roysonys y-hole.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)193/9 : Went tu alswa of baþine ancre huses..& leaf ham ba ihale [Nero: ihole].
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)105 : Þe walles neren nouȝt i-hole, ake al a-boute i-wis With pilers and with qvoynte Arches, ase þis Monekene cloistre is.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)126/17 : We miȝte more ine one daye profiti þanne hi ne moȝe ine one yere y-hol.
d
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)33/904 : Vnderstand þat al ihol Mot be þy schryfte, broþer; Naȝt þar-of a kantel to a prest, And a kantel to an-oþer.
e
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)413 : Kyng Egbryth..Made al Englond yhol Falle to ys oune dol.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)58.63/3 : Let heten chestens, & don awey þe hole wiþoutee, & do am þerto al ihole.
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