Middle English Dictionary Entry
o-pē̆s(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | o-pē̆s(e adv. Also opece, apes, (error) opoce. |
| Etymology | From o prep.(2) & pēs n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In peace; stille ~, ?without disturbance, quietly; (b) stille ~, continuously, uninterruptedly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.46 : And say that he is welcum hethir And he be comun o pese.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3920 : Withynne the logge..lay Generides, In his harnes slepyng still opece.
b
- (1422) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.127/200 : A grete defaute of dong and water and other diuerse filth..cometh doun be Trinite lane..and moche encombreth þe way still apes.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1385 : He wold not leve, butt stille alway opoce [read: opece] Dede all that he cowde to hurt Generydes.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2313 : With hym rideth Sygrem still opeese.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2417 : They fought alway to geder still opece..he styntid not, nor neuer wold he sese.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3755 : Bothe day and nyght he laboryth still opece ffrom hense to haue away Clarionas.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4328 : Ther is a shippe All redy for to sayle A bideng still opece of my comyng.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4618 : Ther is..no levyng creature So dere to hir as is Generides, Whiche in long tyme hath dured still opese [rime: Generides, processe].