Middle English Dictionary Entry
calmen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | calmen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. It. calmare. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To become calm.
Associated quotations
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4587 : Winter was went & windes were lithe; The course of the colde see calmyt with all.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.366 : Þan gan it to calme and clere all abouȝte, Þat iche man myȝte..Se, be þe sonne.