Middle English Dictionary Entry
abelȝen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abelȝen v. Forms: p. abalh, abelh; ppl. abolȝe(n, abolwe(n. |
| Etymology | OE ābelgan, ābealh, ābolgen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. anbelȝen.
1.
(a) To anger or incense (sb.); (b) to grow angry; warþ abolwen, became angry or incensed; was ~, was enraged or incensed.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)111 : Ȝif he miltsað þan men þe hine abelh.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1565 : Þe bearn was abolȝen [Otho: abolȝe] & igrap..ana wiæx.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6396 : Morpidus..iwærð him abolwen [Otho: warþ þan a-bolwe]..somnede ferde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26175 : Þa wes abolȝen [Otho: abolwe] baldest alre kingen.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)26359 : Þo abalh [Clg: an-bælh] Ȝaweyn and wreþþede him swiþe.