Middle English Dictionary Entry
redolence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | redolence n. Also redolens. |
| Etymology | ML redolentia; also cp. OF (late 15th cent.) redolence & redolens, pl. of redolent adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sweet scent; also fig.
Associated quotations
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7396 : She..had..þe redolence Of good fame wych sprang ful wyde.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)77.40 (v.2:p.76) : The which taken vp, was ful of marveilous redolence and so .. was translatid into the .. citee of Verulana and there buried with grete solempnyte.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.101 : For trees of cipres, cedre trees, and oþer yerbes groenge there, distille encense and gumme ȝiffenge mellifluous redolence [Trev.: smelleþ swetely; L redolentiam exhalant].
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)241/285 : Late vs þan welcome hym with flowrys and brawnchis of þe tre, For he wole take þat to plesawns becawse of redolens.
- a1500 Goe lytyll byll (Dc 326)8 : Sshe ys lylly off redolence.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1611 : The wordys of Doctryne yaue gret redolence, In swetness of sauour, to her dysciples all; Hyt ferre excedyd myrre and frankensence.