Middle English Dictionary Entry
yẹ̄ncallen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | yẹ̄ncallen v. Also (N) gaincal. |
| Etymology | From callen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ayen-callen v. (s.v. ayen- pref. 3.(a)), withcallen v.
1.
(a) To recall (the mind from sth.), draw away;
(b) to evoke (a memory), call back to mind.
Associated quotations
a
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)82/25 : Als lightly þe warld [þou myght] turn vp so downe as his mynde fro his sauyour lufe gayncall.
b
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)115/29 : Ymagis of bodily þingis he bryngis to mynde…likynge of luf past he gayncals.