Middle English Dictionary Entry
drabelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | drabelen v. Also drablen, draplen. |
| Etymology | Cp. LG drabbeln. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To soil (sth.); (b) to trail in the mud or on the ground.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)129 : Drabelyn: Paludo.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)283 : Laggyn or drablyn: Palustro.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)131 : Drablyd [vr. draplyd]: paludosus.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)232 : For if he come as A clerke with a croune schauyn, And diȝt as a Doctour in drabland wedis, Ȝit all þe erth of Egipt had he bene aire ouire.