Middle English Dictionary Entry
Calvārie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Calvārie n. Also Calverie. |
| Etymology | L calvāria |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Calvary, Golgotha.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)28a : Þe munt of caluarie, þer ure lauerd hongede wes þe cwalmstowe.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)430 : He schewede him caluarie, þare god was don on rode.
- 1372 In bedlem is (Adv 18.7.21)71 : To caluari þei kechin him þo.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 23.33 : Thei camen in to a place which is clepid of Caluarie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)166a/a : Golgatha is the mounte of caluarie, þere oure lorde was ynailed to þe crosse.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1411 : This same Ihesus..dempt to deie on Caluarie.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)294/675 : Jesmas on þe left hand hangyd xal ben on þe mownth of caluerye.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)5805,5809 : On that mount of Caluarie, wer men punyscht..Caluarie is as mich to say As balletship of hedes bar.