Middle English Dictionary Entry
of conj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | of conj.(2) |
| Etymology | From thof , var. of though conj. The quot. from Rev.St.Bridget under if conj. 1a.(e) prob. belongs here. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Although; though; also, if; (b) al ~, although, even though [cp. al-if]; ~ al, although, even though [cp. though al under al adv. & conj. 4. (b)]; (c) ~ al, as prep.: despite (the power of someone).
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)346 : What of [vr. and] þis poynt be done?
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)727 : Of [vr. Ȝyf] he were neuir so gud a knyghte, When he of þe dragon had a syght Hiss hert bygan to folde.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1128 : Þe kynge of Egippe tuk a schafte; Þe prynce þat sawe and sadly satt, Of he were neuir so kene.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.23 : Þy chekyns hole take, I þe kenne, Of þay be brokyn, on dysshe hom lay, Helde hom þe sewe.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)862 : Of [vr. Þof] it vnsemely me sitt þe so for to calle..als a felow or a frend..Sir, lat þi wrethes all wende.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1769 : Of al ðat laban haued is sogt, So woren it hid ne fond he is nogt.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)14/542 : Of alle he was doluen, he roted noght in erthe, for þe thrid day he rase.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)20/779 : Þe rych man .. chigged [read: thigged] after a drope of water to droppe on hi[s] t[un]ge .., and yhet was it warned hym, of alle þat it littill were.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)199 : For of-all it be sothe þat he be bothe gode and man..neuer-þe-lesse he forgettes..his godhede and prayes mekly as a man.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5293 : Of all he punysche þaim in þat place, ȝit mercy of þaim had he.
- ?a1500 This endurs nyght (Hrl 2380)33 : Al-of I be In poure degre, It is my ffadris wyll.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)402 : A-non þat he þe sepulchre i-seiȝ, Of al [Corp-C: For al] is power, þat was so luþer, ȝeot ne dorste he come þare-neiȝ.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)426/20 : For euere sche was wonte to synge to God with alle here myghttez ande with so a feruente luffe þat of alle itt semede to here þat sche schulde gyffe vpp the spyritt be þat trauayle, ȝitt wolde sche noght seese of þat synggynge.
Note: =SM for (b)