Middle English Dictionary Entry
akẹ̄len v.
Entry Info
| Forms | akẹ̄len v. Also akielen. |
| Etymology | OE ācēlan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. kelen.
1.
(a) To cool (sb.) off, to refresh; (b) fig. to chill.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)217/108 : For al so þet water is natureliche schald and a kelþ alle þo þet hit drinkeþ.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)344/164 : Nim ȝeme þat þine fuyrie coles wel muche a-kelez me.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)205/1 : In stynkyng helle, þere he hadde so grete nede of on drop of water for to a-kele wiþ his tonge.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9112 : Hire fader was old mon..& þe anguisse of is doȝter..akelde him wel þe more, so þat feble he was.
2.
(a) To cool off; -- intr. or refl.; (b) of passion, grief, love, etc.: to slacken, grow less intense; his blod shal ~, he shall die.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)106 : He shuld rest awhile, if þe houndes ben hote, to þei bene akelid, and þan ladde to þe water to lape.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)590 : Thei turned that wey, hem for to a-kele and drinke of the clier water.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4492 : Wolde it Mahoun and ternagan þat he were her..ys blod scholde sone a-kele: Wiþ myn axe y wolde ȝyue him on.
- c1390 NHom.Monk fr.Death (Vrn)76 : I hope to fare ful wel, ffor my serwe schal sone akel.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2671 : To the lovers Ovide wrot And tawhte, if love be to hot, In what manere it scholde akiele.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.179r : Charite byganne to akele by process of long tyme so that a lite tofore the comyng of the Normannes the lanternes of lyght were aqueynte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39)6/1 : Do out þi fire and lete þi leed akele, and whanne hit is coold gadre hit clene out with a ladele of yren.
Note: Additional quote, sense 2.(a).