Middle English Dictionary Entry
ollen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ollen v. |
| Etymology | From OE oll contempt, insult. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To scorn, contemn; ~ on, lord it over (sb.); ppl. ollende, contemptuous.
Associated quotations
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)213 : Þis beoð at drinche and oðer unriht inoh; þere beð ollende word, and idele lehtres, and winrede bruwes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1861 : A we þat has wit..he set neuire his hope For pride..To olle ay on his vndireling for ouer-laike a quyle.