Middle English Dictionary Entry
pā̆len v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | pā̆len v.(3) Also palle. |
| Etymology | OF palëir, palöir; also cp. ME pāl(e adj. & pallen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To become pale; appear pale; grouen paled, lose color; (b) to make (sth.) pale.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1004 : Þe calsydoyne þenne wythouten wemme In þe þryd table con purly pale.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4293 : At hert he wexe as colde As any ston and paleth of his hewe.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.119 : Alle leuys superflu Ikest away, and they that paled greu.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)729 : Riht sor astonyd, palen gan his hewe.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)1559 : Her colour gan to pale in hast.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)150/4458 : I wolde that my Fooes fowr contrayre Iturnyd were vnto my frendis alle, That thus for payne doth my coloure palle.
b
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.3.3 : The sterre, ydymmed, paleth [L pallet] hir white cheeres by the flambes of the sonne that overcometh the sterre lyght.
- c1450 Lover's Mass (Frf 16)84 : Now hope, now dred, now pensyffhede, now thought -- Al thyse yfere palen myn chere and hewe.