Middle English Dictionary Entry
calm(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | calm(e adj. Also calami. |
| Etymology | Cp. It. calma. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the sea or weather: calm, windless; of a wind: light, gentle; fig. of love: gentle, peaceful.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4113 : The wilde wode rage Of wyndes makth the See salvage, And that was calm bringth into wawe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2547 : Loue..is beset with many sturdy wawe, Now calm, now rowe.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.3.14 : Ofte the see is cleer and calm without moevynge flodes.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)232/34 : God sent hem calm wynde, þe whech wynde plesyd hir ryth wel for þer ros no wawe on þe watyr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)58 : Calme or softe, wythe-owte wynde: Calmus, tranquillus..Calmewedyr: Malacia, calmacia.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2011 : Stormes were stille, Stremes abated, All calme it be come.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)68 : Yn the hote calamy somer seson.