Middle English Dictionary Entry
crẹ̄l n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crẹ̄l n. |
| Etymology | OF grëil, gräil, grëille, gräille a grill (from L cratīcula). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A large wicker basket, a creel.
Associated quotations
- (1323-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9913 : In ij paribus de Crell' emp., 8 d.
- (1324-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9915 : In 2 paribus de Creles emp., 6 d.
- (1372-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99210 : Expens..in uno par de crell empt., 10 d.
- (1380-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100389 : Exp. nec..In uno cribro empt. et emendacione unius paris de krelis, 7 d.
- (1399) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3518 : Item, iij creles ferro ligati cum cathenis pro wyndyng petrarum.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)101 : Crelle [vr. creke], baskett or lepe: Cartallus, sporta.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Tenel, or crele [Win: creele]: Cartallus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1367) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1422 : Ordinatum est per Custodes ville Beverlaci..omnes portitores et crelemen Beverlaci..quod eorum quilibet caperet pro onere sive summagio unius equi De Torrente usque ad Monasterium et Estgate, unum obolum.
- (1377) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1422 : Ordinatum est per Custodes ville Beverlaci..quod si quis portitorum sive crelemen aliter capiat pro labore suo in cariagio faciendo quam ut ordinatum est supra, quod ipse..solvat..quadraginta denarios.
Note: Gloss: in cpd.: ~ man, one who transports goods in creels.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Revised form section: Also crel(l)e; pl. creles, etc. & crel.--per MLL