Middle English Dictionary Entry
aflẹ̄men v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aflẹ̄men v. Also aflymen, avlemen. |
| Etymology | OE āflȳman |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. flemen.
1.
To put (sb.) to flight, drive away, banish; drive out (an ailment or pain), dispel.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1106 : Rotbert de Bælesme þær wearð aflymed.
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1124 : Þes kinges cnihtes..fuhton wið hem & aflemden hem.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)21/20 : Þa sealfe aflymþ fram þa toþa eall þæt yfel.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8364 : Nu is Julius awei ifloȝen; tweien he is aflemed.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8465 : He me a-flemde sone from hirede.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)94 : Þene loðe deouel..aulem urom me ueor awei.