Middle English Dictionary Entry
abelef adv.
Entry Info
Forms | abelef adv. |
Etymology | OF phr. a be(s)lif. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. embelif.
1.
Obliquely, slantwise.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2486 : Abelef as a bauderyk.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2517 : Vche burne of þe broþerhede a bauderyk schulde haue, A bende abelef hym aboute of a bryʒt grene.