asylen.
Obsolete exc. poetic.
The earlier form of asylum n. (in senses 1, 2, 3).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge
havenc1225
infleeinga1300
leinda1300
harbourc1300
reseta1325
harbouryc1325
refutec1350
asylec1384
receipta1393
refugec1405
port salut?1407
recept1423
porta1425
receptaclec1425
place (etc.) of refuge?a1439
retreat1481
port haven1509
stelling-place1513
refugie1515
retraict1550
safe haven1555
havening place1563
sanctuarya1568
safe harbour1569
sheepfold1579
subterfuge1593
arka1616
lopeholt1616
latebra1626
asylum1642
creep-hole1646
harbourage1651
reverticle1656
creeping-hole1665
a port in a (also the) storm1714
receptory1856
padded cell1876
funk-hole1900
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iv. 34 Counseilide hym for to go forth of asile.
1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier Pref. sig. B Fly vnto Prayer, as vnto a holy Anchore, or sure Asile.
1594 Zepheria xxxix. sig. F4 A harbour where they looked for asile.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. iii. 40 The Asyles having occasion'd great Abuses in Greece.
1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 45 When an inner court outspreads As 'twere History's own asile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.c1384