Middle English Dictionary Entry
calwe adj. (& n.)
Entry Info
| Forms | calwe adj. (& n.) Also calewe, calow(e, calouh, calu, caluȝ. |
| Etymology | OE calu, infl. calwan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Bald; (b) ~ mous, a bat; (c) as noun: bald man; -- often as personal name.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)384 : Þat forehed is lodly Þat is calouh and bare.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5940 : Caluȝ was his heuede swerd And to his nauel henge his berd.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.13.40 : A man of whos heed heeris fleten awei is calu [WB(1): ballid] and clene.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)5b/b : Apiconsus [?Apiciosus]: balled or calwe.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)27/4 : Þe enuious ne may ysy þet guod of oþren nanmore þanne þe oule oþer þe calouwe mous [Vices & V.(2): a bake] þe briȝtnesse of þe zonne.
c
- (a1230) Cart.Oseney in OHS 97356 : Ego Henricus..Willelmum le Calewe de Couele [etc.].
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)89 : What haþ þe calewe ido!
- (1312) Deed St.Peter Glo.(2) in BGAS 3834 : Walter le Calewe.
- (1327) Deed St.Peter Glo.(2) in BGAS 3832 : John le Callewe.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3147 : Gilbertus Calwe.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9752 : Antore was feld..& Goruain & Gales þe calu.
- (1346) Feudal Aids 2284 : Walterus le Calowe.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 1444 : Ricardus Calow.