Obs. [back-formation from LOLLARD.] a. trans. To call (a person) Lollard. b. intr. To act or speak as a Lollard. c. trans. To mumble (a phrase); to sing in a low tone.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 532. Whou sone þis sori men [seweden] his soule, And oueral lollede him wiþ heretykes werkes!
14[?]. Pol. Poems (Rolls), II. 245. And pardé lolle thei never so longe, Yut wol lawe make hem lowte.
1655. J. Cotgrave, Wits Interpr. (1662), 288. The Sun-shine of the word, this he extoll’d; The Sun-shine of the word, stil this he lold.
