Middle English Dictionary Entry
lalen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lalen v. Also lalle. |
| Etymology | Cp. L lallāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To speak; ?cry out.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)153 : Þen þe lorde wonder loude laled and cryed And talkez to his tormenttorez.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)913 : Þen laled Loth, 'Lorde, what is best..Hou schulde I huyde me fro hem?'
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1159 : Whan þe deuele sey him..With lowde voys he be-gan to lalle [rime: falle].