Middle English Dictionary Entry
lauden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lauden v. Also louden. P. laved. |
| Etymology | OF lauder & L laudāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To praise (sb.).
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.102 : Neyther for loue laude it nouȝt ne lakke it for enuye; Parum lauda, vitupera parcius.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)394/384 : We laude god of his grace.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)255 : Worthy hit ys..To laude and preyse..Blyssyd Ioachym.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)1881 : Sche..forþe ys gon, Loudyng the Trynyte, To a noonre men calle Beuerfayre.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.164 : Alle yt ware negh laved [L laudabant] hym, and magnifiant blissid, And hym seen with grete joye.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)44/76 : If thou laudest and joyest any wight, for he is stuffed with suche maner richesse.