Middle English Dictionary Entry
crosselet n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | crosselet n.(1) Also croslet. |
| Etymology | From cros on the model of AF croiselete; cp. OF croisete little cross. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small cross; a cruciform reliquary; (b) her. a cross crosslet; (c) ~ wise, shaped like a cross crosslet.
Associated quotations
a
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5304 : I yeue to Johane..a crosselet of gold, in which is a part of the holy crosse, the whiche crosselet after her deces I wol remaigne to Elizabeth.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3336 : The toþer was cledde in a cote all of clene siluer, With a comliche crosse coruen of golde; Fowre crosselettes krafty by þe crosse ristes.
b
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8714 : An ost..With baneres brode..he hath rose, & he has molettis; And he hermyn, and he croselettis.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.4 (Hrl 2169)231 : [Gules a pierced cinqfoil gold, with six] croslettys gold bottone [around it].
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.7 (Hrl 2169)188 : [Sir Edwarde Trompyngton] porte aswre deux trompylys dore swme de crosselettys de memys.
c
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.9 (Hrl 2169)167 : A beryth asewre iij serpentys hedys of gold rasyd, the tongys of gold crosletwyse.