Middle English Dictionary Entry
psalmen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | psalmen v. Also salmen, spalmen. |
| Etymology | From ME Psalm(e n. Also cp. OE (WS) sealmian & L psallere & ML spallere & OF saumiier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To sing Psalms or songs, sing praise (to God) in Psalms; praise (sth.) with Psalms; psalmed writes, writings composed as Psalms, the Psalter.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)20.13 : We shul syngen & psalmen [L psallemus] þy vertuz.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)107.1 : Y shal syngen & y shal psalmen in my glorie; Aryse, sautrie & harpe.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)7.18 : I sal..salme [WB(1): sein salm; WB(2): synge] to name ofe lauerd heghist es.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)20.13 : Þi mightes singe and salme sal we.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)107.1 : I sal singe and salme in mi blis; Ris, sautre and harp for-þi.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.7.5a : Be ʒie fulfilled of þe holi gost, seyende to ʒioself in hympnis & spalmys & gostli songes, singende & spalminde in ʒiore hertes to oure lord.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)2.42.103b : Þe soule..list riʒt wel to psalmen & syngen þe louynges of god with gostly mirþe.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)277 : As He says in His sothe psalmyde writtes, 'Þe skilfulle and þe vnskathely skelton ay to me.'