Middle English Dictionary Entry
au(e)lēs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | au(e)lēs adj. Also aȝlez, awles. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fearless; (b) irreverent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2335 : The haþel..loked..How þat doȝty dredles, deruely þer stondez, Armed, ful aȝlez; in hert hit hym lykez.
b
- (1440) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)244 : Seeyng such exhorbitant noveltees thus boldly, as hit were doone of menne awles, to be doon in oure days.