Middle English Dictionary Entry
pallǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pallǒur n. |
| Etymology | OF palor & L pallor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of gold: paleness, brightness; of eyes: pallor, dullness.
Associated quotations
- a1400 MPPsalter (Dub 69)67.14 : Pallour [L pallore; Add: þe lawe of þe last testament, þat hys, þe nywe, ben in palenes of gold, þat hys to saye, ben att þe wyl of God].
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)100/11 : And whan þei [eyes] ben not moist but quaueryng, and with pallour medled, þat sheweth appoplexie.