† lullaint.

c1450 in Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) Notes 137 ‘Fayr chylde, lullay’, sone must she syng.

?c1450 in Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) Notes 414 Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child; By, by, lully, lullay, thow littell tyne child.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 719 I sange lullay to bringe you on slepe.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 145 Syng ‘lullay’ thou shall, For I must grone, And cry outt by the wall On Mary and Iohn For sore. Syng ‘lullay’ on fast When thou heris at the last.

a1500 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 12 And ever among A mayden song Lullay, by by, lullay. [Other verses simply by by, lullay.]

a1500 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 19 Lullay, my chyld, and slepe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 15 Sing in our sweete Lullaby, Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby, Neuer harme, nor spell, nor charme, Come our louely lady nigh. So good night, with lullaby. View more context for this quotation

c1600 Mother's Lullaby in Ritson Anc. Songs (1792) 198 My little sweete derlinge, my comforte and ioye Singe Lullyby Lully... Singe Lully Lully Lully, Sweete baby, Lully Lully, sweete baby, Lully Lully.

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 112 And, hollow blasts, which never cease to sigh, Hum to each care-struck mind their lulla-lulla-by!