† diˈluvy Obs.
Forms: 4–5 deluuy(e, diluuy, 4–6 di-, dyluuye, -ie.
[ad. L. dīluvi-um deluge: see prec. and cf. diluve.]
= deluge n.
| a 1325 Prose Psalter xlv[i]. 4 Þe deluuy [mispr. deluuþ] gladeþ þe hous of heuen, þe almyȝtful halwed Noe and his. 1382 Wyclif 2 Pet. ii. 5 Bringynge in the diluuye, or greet flood, to the world of vnpitouse men. c 1393 Chaucer Scogan 14 Þu causist þis deluuye of pestelence. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxiv. 109 Þir three sonnes of Noe after þe diluuy parted amanges þam all þe erthe. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 9 b, Suche vnspeakable fylthynesse..as brought vpon them the great dyluuye or vnyuersall flod. |