Middle English Dictionary Entry
larum-belle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | larum-belle n. Also larume-, larom-. |
| Etymology | From shortened form of alarm(e & belle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bell rung to sound a call to arms.
Associated quotations
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)574/15 : Sir Iohn Radcliff sent word..to rynge out the larom bell.
- (1455) Paston (Gairdner)3.30 : Than the larum belle was ronge, and every man yed to harneys.
- a1500(c1437) Brut-1436 (Lamb 6)583/31 : Remembres, ye Picardes..how ye fled away For ryngyng of the larume bell.