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eOE (Kentish) Charter: Oswulf & Beornðryð to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1188) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 2 Of higna gemęnum godum ðaer aet ham, mon geselle cxx gesuflra hlafa to aelmessan.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 61 Læt me æryst hit cyþan þam ðe æt ham [OE Lindisf. æd ham, OE Rushw. æt huse; L. domi] synt .

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 22 Min cnapæ lið æt ham al on paralisim.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 79 Hie sitteð at ham and ne hauen ðarof non Ȝeswink.

?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 64 (MED) Þis breþren wendeþ afeld to witen here fe, Ac Iosep leuede at hom.

c1300 St. Margarete (Harl.) l. 180 in O. Cockayne Seinte Marherete (1866) 29 Þe were betere habbe bileued atom.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 289 Þere were meny men þat hadde at home [?a1475 anon tr. at their places; L. domi] suche bookes.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 11 A lytyl catte which she hadde at home.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xx. 168 To byde at whome.

1509 Kynge Rycharde Cuer du Lyon (de Worde) sig. A.v^v At home ne dwelled neuer one On forfeyture on lyfe and londe.

1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Hours Recreat. (1576) 220 When the Catte is not at home, the Myce daunce.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) v. sig. H3 Charity and beating begins at home.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 12 July (1974) VIII. 333 My wife in a dogged humour for my not dining at home.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 24. ⁋6 The Misfortune of never finding one another at home.

1775 E. Foot Diary in L. Ulrich Age of Homespun (2001) vi. 219 I stay'd at home & finish'd Molly's Worsted Stockings and fix'd two Gowns for Welch's Girls.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 70 A sure sign that your head is at home.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (new ed.) I. 39 There is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch.

1824 J. Carey Lasting Impressions I. xix. 366 You have a good memory, when it's at home: but you give it lave of absence now and then.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 112 There was only Mrs. Quilp at home.

1923 G. S. Mason in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories 1923 (1924) 159 This was her evening at home with her unstimulating family.

1971 ‘G. Charles’ Destiny Waltz vi. 245 I've tried to convey to you a little of what his life was like as a boy. It hadn't altered much. He was still living at home.

2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 571 If it was raining as hard as this in Tottenham, then Harold would have stayed at home; he wouldn't be out causing trouble.

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. x. 30 Hie heora here on tu todældon; oþer æt ham beon heora lond to healdanne, oðer ut faran to winnanne.

OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Maccabees (Julius) in W. W. Skeat Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1900) II. 120 Þa englas..heton hine cyðan, on his cyððe æt ham, Godes wundor on him.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3543 Illc mann shollde cumenn ham. Inn till hiss aȝhenn birde. Forr þær to reccnenn till þe king. An pening..& tatt mann shollde hiss name þær. Att hame o write settenn.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1219 Guendoleine he sende into hire fader londe..Þa wæs Guendoleine at hame [c1300 Otho atom]..heo hit mænde to alle monnen.

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 9 (MED) Betere hem were at home in huere londe Þen forte seche flemmysshe by þe see stronde.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 514 He..dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his foolde.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 148 Men of his burȝ..he by-hind him at hame withoute hede leuyd.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9337 Oure buernes..þat might haue leuet in hor lond, as lordes at hame.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcv^v That he then myght do at his pleasure, bothe at home and in outward parties.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 136 No newes so bad abroad as this at home . View more context for this quotation

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 9 The most ancient Lawgivers, got the experience, by which they had rule in their Cities, not by secure study at home, but by adventurous travels abroad.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §93. 467/2 Unfortunate in his Wars at home and abroad.

1751 in J. F. Hageman Hist. Princeton (1879) I. 59 The administration of his Excellency..has been disadvantageously represented to the ministry at home.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. ii. 52 A capricious man of fashion might sometimes prefer foreign wares..to cheaper and better goods of the same kind that were made at home.

1861 T. Gilbert N.Z. Settlers & Soldiers 33 The..cliffs of Mokau..call to mind the chalk cliffs of dear old England—Beachy Head, and other favourite localities at ‘home’.

1873 C. Robinson New S. Wales 105 To all who are struggling to get on at home and yet can hardly keep their heads above the water..we say..come out to this Land of Plenty.

1884 Daily News 5 Feb. 4/8 Everything..done by the Government at home and abroad.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. ii. 77 Australians cannot with justice complain when the good old folks at home blunder..the while..so much local misapprehension prevails.

1969 B. Rubens Elected Member iv. 47 And suddenly, others had become like him, as it was at home, with the same clothes and language, with the same shops, the same struggle.

1971 Ebony Aug. 51/1 Blacks should stay where they are and improve conditions at home. We should not seek to escape by fleeing to other regions of the country.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 June (Travel section) 8/3 You can buy Italian wines abroad for much less than at home.

1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park i. iii. 10 Be courteous to all Men; borrow of most Men, and pay no Man; always at home to their Whores, and ever abroad to their Creditors.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia IV. xi. iii. 147 His Wife soon afterwards began to keep an Assembly, or in the fashionable Phrase, to be at home once a Week.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. i. i. 7 Turning to the footman, ‘I thought, sirrah (said she), that I was not to be at home this evening!’

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iii. 28 The Marchioness of Steyne would be at home to Mr. Arthur Pendennis upon a given day.

1880 Etiq. of Good Soc. 103 In the country a bride's first appearance in church is taken as a sign that she is ‘At home’.

1883 J. Hatton in Harper's Mag. Nov. 830/2 The President makes it a point to be ‘at home’ on Sunday afternoons.

1927 E. A. Robinson Tristram vi. 111 If you were anyone else alive I might not always be at home to you, Or to your bland particularities.

1972 G. Holden tr. É. Zola Nana 318 She gave him to understand that he must never come in the morning, but only between four and six in the afternoon..because that was when she was at home to visitors.

1991 M. Johnston Houston (1994) 111/2 Mrs. Rufus Cage, Mrs. E. W. Hutchinson, Mrs. R. E. Bering, and Mrs. J. M. Bering all chose to be at home on Wednesdays. Mrs. Charles Dillingham was at home on Thursday.

1791 ‘A. Pasquin’ Treat. Cribbage iii. 68 He is certainly at home if he makes his next deal within fifteen points of the game.

1796 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Impr. 294 By attending to the above Calculation any Player may judge whether he is at Home or not.

1837 G. Walker Cribbage Player's Text-bk. vi. 89 The non-dealer being so nearly at home for his next deal, may break his hand, in order to throw a powerful baulk into his adversary's crib.

1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 577/1 Each player ought to reckon slightly over six in hand and play and five in crib, or seventeen and a half in two deals to be at home. A player who scores more than the average and leaves his adversary six or seven points in arrear is safe at home. When at home it is best to play off; when the adversary is safe at home it is best to play on.

1833 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 326 The first match Dorset won—‘at home’.

1869 Times 25 Sept. 4/6 The custom is to play the rules of the club upon whose ground the game is played, and the consequence is that the club playing at home generally wins.

1898 Football Tel. (Kettering) 1 Jan. 3/2 Last season,..a splendid victory was achieved at home, the locals winning by 2 goals to 0.

1930 Daily Tel. 5 Dec. 20/3 Clapton Orient, ‘at home’ to Luton Town at Highbury.

1958 Baseball Digest Aug. 72/1 The third-place Phillies of 1900 won 45 and lost only 23 at home, while compiling a poor 30-40 mark while away.

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 210 The red and white scarves mean the Magpies are playing at home to Sunderland.

2010 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 22 June s11 Mexico is better but South Africa is at home, and the point in the standings will jazz the host nation.

1845 C. Lever St. Patrick's Eve 95 ‘And who is Mr. Lucas when he's at home?’ said Owen, half-sneeringly.

1888 R. Kipling Taking Lungtungpen in Plain Tales from Hills 99 You..dimonstrate to my frind here, where your frinds are whan they're at home?

1889 Jrnl. Jurispr. 33 631 ‘And what room is this when it's at home?’ inquired Binks.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ii. 64 ‘And we can't all look like Mr. Ronald Mawlborough either.’ ‘Who's he when he's at home?’ Mr. Smeeth inquired.

1960 R. Collier House called Memory viii. 112 Peachy? I have no idea what you mean. What's that when it's at home?

2001 J. Coe Rotters' Club (2002) 142 ‘Quick and easy crossword’. I ask you! I mean, what's a ‘condition of perfect bliss’, when it's at home?