Middle English Dictionary Entry
elboue n.
Entry Info
| Forms | elboue n. Also elbohe, helboys (pl.). Forms: pl. elboues, (early) elbohen. |
| Etymology | OE elboga, pl. -an. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An elbow.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)536 : Ulna: elbowe.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)11a : Þe þridde tene [Aves shall be said] adun up o þe elbohen riht to þer eorðe.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)727 : Þat heued is i-buid a doneward, þe Armes al with-Inne, þe elbouwes riȝt in þe schere.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10827 : Hor armes to þe elbowe naked.
- ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars (Jul A.5)38 : Fra his elbouthe [sic] ontil his hande.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)7b/b : The elbowe out of Joynte.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)114/89 : Þo þat stod [in the water] vp to þe elbow, At here neȝtbors harmes þay low.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)179 : Lenynge on myn elbowe and my syde.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)6/5 : Vpon their knees and helboys, praying to Gode full devoutly.
2.
An ornamental foresleeve pendant from the elbow.
Associated quotations
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.154 : But if þe slevis slide on þe erthe, Þei woll be wroth as þe wynde..And [but] ȝif it were elbowis adoun to the helis, Or passinge þe knee, it was not acounted.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.31va (2.3) : Vnder þe baas veyn, faste by þe albowe, is a veyn þat comeþ fro þe splen, þe mylt, & goþ into þe litil fynger.
Note: Need date. New spelling: albowe. Sense 1.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. elbow.