Middle English Dictionary Entry
wel-paied ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | wel-paied ppl. |
| Etymology | From wel adv. & paied, p.ppl. of paien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fully satisfied, pleased; also, content [see also paien v. 2.(c)]; holden ~;
(b) amply compensated; also, paid in full;
(c) amply remunerative.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2511 : Mid al he was wel ypayed [vr. apayed].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2341 : I hyȝt þe a strok & þou hit hatz, halde þe wel payed.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1228 : Þe lordes al on raw Held þam wele payd of þis saw.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)15590 : Whanne they herden what that he Seyde, alle weren they joyful & wel payde.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)56/28 : Arte thou wele payde that I suffyrde for the?
- (c1461) Paston (EETS)1.522 : They bothe hold hem wele payid.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)481 : Holst þe well payde?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)257/401 : To help this man I am well payde.
b
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)58/31 : If men of werr wer well payed, men myght charge hem in payne of dethe that they shulde take no manis good vnpayed for.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)584 : Al costis shuld be welle paide.
c
- (1475) Paston (EETS)1.376 : Yt is a praty thyng, and resonable well payde.