Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōk n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | lōk n.(3) Also loke, loc, loac, lock, lake, lac. Pl. lōkes, lākes, lācs, (error) lawȝes & lōk, lōc, loic, lāc, |
| Etymology | OE lāc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A religious offering or sacrifice; to ~, as an offering or a sacrifice.
Associated quotations
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)3/24-5 : Heo mihten offrian loc leofli for þe, Swuþe deorwurþe lac, licame Cristes.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)347 : Allmahhtiȝ Godd..lac to wurrþenn, offredd her O rodetreowwess allterr.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)905 : Whannse þe preost wass shridd tærwiþþ To gan till Godess allterr To þeowwtenn & to wurrþenn Godd Wiþþ bedess & wiþþ lakess.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1069 : Off þatt errfe þatt tær wass Drihhtin to lake ȝarrkedd, Himm toc þe bisscopp off þe blod.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5863 : Kallf wass..An lac amang þa lakess Þatt wærenn offredd Drihhtin Godd Biforenn Cristess come.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)227 : Hi worhtan ham anlicnessen..and sceope ham naman, and lac offreden.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)73 : Lutel lac [vrr. loc, lok] is gode lof þet kumeð of gode wille.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31953 : He Peteres weofed þere wunliche isohte, brohte þer to lake his maðmes leofe.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)45 : Þe þre kinges..cuðlecheden hem wið him mid þrefeld loc..þe þre loc þe ich er nemde, þat is, gold and recheles and mirre..Wille we mid þese þre lokes cuðlechen us wið alre kingene king.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)47 : Hie..brohte þat child mid hire in to þe temple, and offredde loc for him.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)49 : Þre loc offrede weren ure drihten..Vte we ure ech fo[n]den himself to offren þat on of þese þre lokes.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)145 : Hie [Mary Magdalene] hine ȝeseche wolde and him lac bringe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)21/2 : Fondie we te kelien godes wraððe mid teares, ðe him bieð swiðe icueme mid oðre loke of sare birewnesse.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/11 : Þat icwemeste loc ðat mann ðe mai ofrin, ðat is ðe gast and ðe hierte ðe bieð swiðe ȝeswæint mid eadmodnese.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)119/27 : Ure halend Iesu Crist..bar up to heuene ure loac and ure ofrende, his hali lichame.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)55/604 : Ear þu were ioffret & wið lac [vr. lake] aleset..þu healdest alle unhale.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)54 : Poure ba & riche comen..to þe temple, i þe tun of his heaðene godes, euchan wið his lac for to wurðgin ham wið.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)166 : Swiðe feole..þet cristene weren..for dred of deað, duden þes deoueles lac [L sacrificia] as þe heaðene duden.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1872 : Ȝef þu leist lac to ure liuiende godes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1898 : Wel is me þet ich mot ba mi flesch & mi blod offrin him to lake [L in sacrificium], þe offrede to his feder, for me & for al folc, him seolf on þe rode.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)79/4 : Þe þreo kinges, þe comen to offrin iesu crist þe deore þreo lakes [Nero: lokes; Recl.: lawȝes].
- a1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)22 : Ha gunnen bone for to bidden, loc bi-gunnen to greiþen heo.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)178 : Þro kinhis [read: kinkis] of bihesten coment [read: comen] loc bringen.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)218 : Þeis þreo loic habit muchel nu tokeningke.
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)126 : Þre kinges of ouwer lawe..lok him brouȝten.
2.
(a) A gift or present; to ~, as a gift; (b) a customary Christmas gift or rent of food made to the lord of the manor; ~ mete; ~ rode, ?a rood of land for growing a food rent; ~ silver, a food rent commuted into money; (c) a tax.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/1 : Heom mon feorran brohten of huwhilce londe æȝðer ȝe lac ȝe gafol.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)552/1 : Munus: loc.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)39 : Ne con him crist na mare þong þene þah he sloȝe þin child and bere þe his heaued to lake.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11638 : Faiir-lac [Otho: fair-lock] he gon bringe Octaue þan kingen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17748 : Gingiuere & licoriz he hom lefliche ȝef; alle heo nomen þet lac [Otho: lock].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1798 : Iacob sente fer bi-foren Him riche loac.
b
- (c1273) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 232 : Idem, W. dat vii denarios ad loksilver, scilicet pro ii denar' panis et v gallinis.
- (a1285) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 231 : [Cottarius] portabit lacs.
- (a1300) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 231 : Et de loc ad festum S. Iohannis.
- (a1300) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 231 : Unam rodam frumenti que vocatur lokrode.
- (1304-6) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 229 : De gallinis de lak'..venditis.
- (c1315-7) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 231 : Dabit ij gallinas ad looke ad Natale et habebit cibum suum qui vocatur lookmete.
- (a1377) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 278 : De lacsulfer, vij s.
c
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)445 : In Englond he arerede a lok Of uche hous that come smok, To Rom yef a peny, y wys, That Petres peny cleped ys.