Middle English Dictionary Entry
lollen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lollen v. Forms: p. lollede, lullede; ppl. i)lolled. |
| Etymology | MDu. lollen to mutter, doze, sleep, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of parts of the body: to hang loosely, dangle; (b) to hang (a plummet); ~ up, to dangle (sb.) from a hangman's noose; also, suspend (sb.) on a cross.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1400) *Barton's Urines (Sln 280)f.284r : When þo sedis han restid hem six daies in liknes of mylk, þan þai .. departiþ hem on .3. knottes, eche hangyng vp oþer as douþ a feshe on .3. st[eles], of wheche þe first knot is þe brayne & þe secunde is þe hert & þe þrid is þe lyuer, whereon lolliþ a lyne & þat is þe reynys.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.110 : As a liþerene purs lollide [vrr. lolled, lolleden; lullede; honged] his chekis.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)374 : Robyn rode without stiropis; eke thanne his legge lollid.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)225/3 : The chyderis bene wonyd to haue the ouer-lippe grete and lollynge ouer the emyste Lyppe.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)224 : His chyn wiþ a chol lollede, As greet as a gos eye, growen all of grece.
b
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)75 : Mi loue i-lolled vp in þe eyr, Wiþ cradel bond I gan him bynde.
- ?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213)64 : Forgete noght þat perpendicle or equipendy, þat es to say, even hangere, lolle by þe toppe of þe longer rodde to schewe when þin instrument es even vpright.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.191 : Dominus pars hereditatis mee is a meri verset, Þat has take fro tybourne twenti stronge þeues; Þere lewed theues ben lolled vp; loke how þei be saued!
2.
(a) To rest, lounge, loll; (b) ?to move unnaturally, be lame.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.213 : Þe thef..is in þe lowest of heuene, if owre bileue be trewe, And wel loselyche he lolleth þere by þe lawe of holy-cherche.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.269 : Cryst..shal..bettere wedde for vs legge þan we ben alle worthy..or ligge þus euere Lollynge in my lappe tyl such a lorde vs fecche.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.215 : He þat lolleþ his lame, oþer his leg out of þe ioynte, Oþer meymed in som membre.
3.
With punning reference to Lollards: (a) to be hanged for Lollardy; (b) to carry on as a Lollard; (c) ~ with, to accuse (sb.) of having (the beliefs of a Lollard).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)419 : Þaire lesingz haue lad þaym [Lollards] to lolle by þe necke; At Tibourne for traison y-twyght vp þay were.
- a1475 Against Lollards (Vsp B.16)13,17 : To lolle so hie in suyche degre, hit is no perfit profecie, Sauf seker sample to þe & me to be war of lollardie. The game is noȝt to lolle so hie þer fete failen fondement.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.218 : Such manere eremytes Lollen aȝen þe byleyue and lawe of holy churche.
- a1475 Against Lollards (Vsp B.16)81 : Lolle þei neuer so longe, yut wol lawe make hem lowte.
c
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)532 : Wytnesse on Wycliff þat warned hem [friars] wiþ trewþe..Whou sone þis sori men lewden [read: sewden] his soule, And oueral lollede him wiþ heretykes werkes!