Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒude adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | lǒude adv. Also loud, lude, lhoude, lhude, (errors) louȝde, lowede; comp. louder, ludder(e, lodder, (early) luddre, ludderre, loddore. |
| Etymology | OE hlūde |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In a loud voice, loudly; (b) with a loud noise, loudly; (c) bothe) ~ and stille, stille and ~, ~ and derne, under all circumstances, at all times, always, continually; ~ or stille, stille or (er) ~, under any circumstances, at any time, ever; ~ nor stille, ne) ~ ne stille, under no circumstances, never; other) ~ other stille, at some time, somehow; (d) ~ or stille, ?one way or another.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8142 : He warrþ swiþe bliþe þa & toc to lahhȝhenn lhude.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : Summe swa deor lude remeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3044 : Þa answarede Cordoille lude [Otho: loude] & no wiht stille.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12872 : Þa quenen lude loȝen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/16 : Makieð þe engles murne & us of muche murhðe to lahhe se lude.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97/9 : Heo on hokerunge gredden [Nero: ȝeieden] se lude [Recl.: loude].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)137/17 : Ȝef he sone ne hereð ow, ȝeieð luddre [Nero: ludderre; Recl.: Ludder].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)139/4 : Nulle ȝe bute lahhen him lude to bismere.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)112 : Þe faucun was wroþ..& lude ȝal.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)141 : He song so lude and so scharpe, Riȝt so me grulde schille harpe.
- a1300 Svmer is icumen (Hrl 978)2 : Svmer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)455 : Þis holie Man þe luddere [Corp-C: loddore] song.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2079 : Speke y loude or spek y lowe, Þou sahalt [read: shalt] ful wel heren me.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)125 : Boþe fire and wind lude sal crie: 'Louerd, nov let vs go to.'
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6319 : Uor ioye loude hii cride.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1218 : Þou hast yseyd to loude þi roun!
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)212/34 : Alsuo þer bieþ oþre þet gredeþ hare benes zuo lhoude þet þo þet byeþ ham y-hende byeþ desstorbed.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)152 : But carfuli gan sche crie, so kenely and lowde.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2597 : Tho were the gates shet and cried was loude: 'Do now your deuoir, yonge knyghtes proude.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4523 : This Chauntecler..gan to crowe loude for the nones.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4553 : But souereynly dame Pertelote shrighte Ful louder than dide Hasdrubales wyf Whan that hire housbonde hadde lost his lyf.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5673 : For I so loude it schal reherce, That my vois schal the hevene perce.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)274a/a : He loweþ wel lowde, and þe huntere heereþ his horrible voice.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.38 : Alle þe court cryede 'crucifige' lowede [B: sharpe].
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)70/9 : He cried þo wel ludder.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)535 : Thanne a crowe..creked ludder [vr. lodder] than he was wont.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)103 : Whan þe door is oppenede, he shalle say loude, 'Ho ho arere.'
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.940 : Vp-on Troyens he gan to crie loude.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2396 : He cried loud þat men myght here.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1077 : And after that he seyde, and leigh ful loude, Hymself was litel worth.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)155/30 : Þu xalt no mor cryin so lowde ne on þat maner wyse as þu hast don be-forn.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)927 : Thare galede þe gowke one greuez full lowde.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)147/2436 : I..had leuere syttyn at þe ale, iij mens songys to syngyn lowde, þanne to-ward þe chyrche fror [read: for] to crowde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)199/1 : Ever she sh[r]yked wondirly lowde.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.33 : The lytill suete nyghtingale..song So loud and clere.
b
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)75/1294 : Þe wind him bleu lude [Ld: loude].
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)153/879 : Þe winde blewe schille and loude.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2600 : Now ryngen trompes loude and clarioun.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.171 : Men myghte his brydel heere Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as cleere And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.452 : And ek so lowde his belle is runge, That of the noise and of the soun Men feeren hem in al the toun.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)950 : Þe wyndez..wrastled togeder, Fro fawre half of þe folde flytande loude.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)19.36 : Þanne is flessh a fel wynde..Þorgh lecherie and lustes so loude he gynneþ blowe.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)373 : Þe store windes blew ful lowd.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.743 : The sterne wynd so loude gan to route.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)492 : The noyse of foules..loude rong.
- c1450(?1436) Siege Calais (Rome 1306)70 : The Trumpettes lowd did they blow.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3793 : Þey..knokkede fast & louȝde at þe ȝate.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)344 : Wonder lowde Me thoght I herde an hunte blowe Tassay hys horn.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1803 : He gan to blasen out a soun As lowde as beloweth wynd in helle.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3666 : Don we hit wullet, lude and stille, al þes kinges wille.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18726 : Aðele þine lare, lude & stille, don ich heom wulle.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1255 : Ah þah ic grede lude an stille, Alhititid þurh godes wille.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)116/431 : Wimmon weped for mod ofter þanne for eni god, & ofte lude & stille for to wurchen hire wille.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)377 : Ðis wirm bitokneð þe man ðat oðer biswikeð, on stede er on stalle, stille er lude.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)295 : Þanne it is guod boþe loude and stille For to don al his wille.
- a1350 God þat al þis myhtes (Hrl 2253)22 : Bote er aȝeyn þe stiþ y stod, er ant late, loude ant stille.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)5034 : Alle þat min is To his wille schal ben..His hest to don & his wille, Erliche & lat, loude & stille.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)584 : Ac suffre al godes wille, Boþe lude and eke stille.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)706 : Oþer loud oþer stille, He wole haue more sorwe and drede.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)292 : Hye graunted him to don his wille, when he wil, loude & stille.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)61/220 : Þe pouer loued hir loude and stille.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3019 : As ȝe me bereþ, y wol do loude & stille.
- c1390 I warne vche (Vrn)51 : Vengeaunce tak þou non, In word ne dede, loude ne stille.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1131 : He badde here fyrst, loude and stylle, To serue hys fadyr weyl at hys wylle.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)862/352 : Þer were louerdinges..Þat wolde libbe in ryot..In robberiȝe & prute, boþe loude & stille.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)9.105 : Owre lorde loueth hem and lent, loude other stille.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)331 : I thank þe, lorde, bath lowd & styll.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)750 : Ne scho neuer lowd ne styll Spake neuer with no man.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3409 : But for to amenden I am come now, With all my myght, bothe loude and stille, To doon right at youre owne wille.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27720 : Þou sall luf god bath loud and still.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)3218 : Thei chese hem an Emperour..'To rewle vs alle and to gouerne Erly and late, loude and derne'.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1396 : And no thing wirk a-gayns hir wil, Arely ne layte, ne loude ne stil.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)883 : Of al craftes, stil and lowde That longed to a gentilman, he coude.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)372 : And yf I speke, loude or stille, With the forme word I sal deye.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2164 : Scho hadde a knave al at hyr wile, That wyst hyr privete loude and stille.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)124 : Ne none of my men lowde nor still touche the with nonekyns ille.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)3557 : Bot graunteys me grace two wekes to wake, to speke with lades lowd and styll.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)8831 : Youre barons have full yll wyll Yow for to serue lowd or styll.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)330 : Y schall kepe the brygge bothe loude & stylle.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)190/122 : All thi hart in hym shall hyng, Erly and late, both lowde and styll.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)792 : Now am y come to wytt thy wylle, What þou wylt seye lowde or stylle.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)2524 : We schall the helpe lowde and stylle.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)11685 : And to preie for him, lowde or stille, It is aȝeinst Goddes wille.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)7530 : Fayr-Welcomyng..hath played with you..The fayrest games that he coude, Withoute fylthe, stylle or loude.
d
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)29/54 : To haue Calays had he thoght All at his ledeing, loud or still.
2.
Audibly, aloud.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)132/746 : Thei criede 'mercy'..Somme lowde and somme stille.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)810 : Thus every word..That lowd or pryvee spoken ys Moveth first an ayr aboute.
3.
Palpably; lien ~, to lie shamelessly, tell a barefaced lie.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)343 : Nou þou liest loude, so helpe me vr lord.