Middle English Dictionary Entry
duelle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | duelle n. |
| Etymology | ML duellum, -ium; & cp. F (16th cent.) duel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A judicial single combat, a duel.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)200 : A notabylle man and..juge of al thys londe..toke thys sympylle man that offeryd to fyght with the peler, ande..informyd hym of alle the condyscyons of the fyghtyng and duelle of repreffe that shulde be by-twyne a peler of the kyngys..and by-twyne the defendent.