Middle English Dictionary Entry
blāmelēs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | blāmelēs adj. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Irreproachable; guiltless, blameless; flawless.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.251 : He was nouȝt al blameles [L reprehensione non caruit].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3816 : If he wol stonde blameles.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.306 : Ac neuer neyther is blamelees þe bisshop ne þe chapleyne.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)273 : If..by it..y am stirid..þe bettir [to] do þi service..þanne is þis vse blameles and clene.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)840 : Ye shall boldly be blameles, þof me bale happyn.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)15a : Blameles: Inculpabilis.