Middle English Dictionary Entry
interval(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | interval(le n. Also enterval, enterwal. |
| Etymology | OF intervalle & entreval & L intervallum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Time elapsed between two actions or events; (b) a pause, an interruption in a state or activity; (c) the space between two walls.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2723 : Ye seye sooth, whan the defense is doon anon with outen interualle or with outen tariynge or delay for to defenden hym.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22444 : Gret signes sal vr lauerd make..Queþer þai sal hal on rau bitide Or enterwal [Göt: enter-uale] bituix þam bide, þat vndos he us nour-quar.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)15/30 : Fra þe paskis til þe Kalandis of nouembir, sal þe tyme be sua set þat tare be lytil entirual.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)17/22 : Fra þe paskis til þe witsundai, salle 'alleluia' be saide wid-vten entirual als wel at te salmis als at te respuns.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)112a/b : Rasis bigan at þe purpure veyne of þe riȝt arme &, after interualle, i. ristyng or awhile [L post interuallum], of þe lefte.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2666 : Ther is noon hevynesse, But Ioy and merthe among hem all With-outen any intervall.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)76 : With oute jnterualle alle thing enoyeth, bothe the faire weder and thilke of reyn.
c
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2268 : In this manere a wal it is to make..An interualle of XXti feet be take, A wal on either side herof dissevre.