Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēle n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ēle n.(1) Also eli. |
| Etymology | OE ele. ME ēli is a blend of ēle and ōli (variant of oile). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. oil(e.
1.
Oil; holi ele, holy oil, chrism.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)4/7 : His braȝen ȝeseoð on þrym sestrum eles on niwen croccen.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)7/5 : Nim þanne þa axan and ele, meng togadere, and smire þæt sar mid.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/15 : Nim þanne eale and buteran and ecede and huniȝ.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)23/14 : Nim beana and ele and seoð þa beana on eala and syle hym etan.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/40 : [At baptism] bihinden ond biuoren feire þu were imerked, Heie on þine heafde [mid þ]en holie ele.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13252 : Forr þatt teȝȝ..Onnfon þurrh hallȝhedd ele att Crist Hiss Hallȝhe Gastess frofre.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)33/3 : For ði haueð ðin lauerd ismered þe mid ða ele of blisse.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)237 : Ely letten ho welle ['boil'].
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)40/1119 : He schel elye hym [the sick man] wyþ ele, Hys sauement to wynne.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.46/34 : I will my Chauntre prests haue..the ele of Saynt kateryn.
2.
Cmbs.: (a) ele bem [OE ele-bēam], olive tree, oleaster; (b) ele drosne [cp. OE eles drosna], dregs of oil; (c) ele makere, only as surname; (d) ele man, only as surname; (e) ele seu [cp. OE sēaw juice], oil; (f) ele vat [OE ele-fæt], a vessel for holy oil.
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1000 Aelfric Vocab.in Wright-Wülcker Vocab.col.138 : Oleaster: unwæstmbære elebeam. ]
- [ c1000 Leech Bk.in Cockayne Leechdoms2.90 : Oleastrum þt is wilde elebeam. ]
- c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 4599 : Than upwarde to the hegge of Warneford..than outh to the elebeme.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)136.140/1 : Wið forcillede wunda nim þisse wyrte seaw þat man urticam & engle netele hatað, mid ele-drosnum ȝemenged.
c
- (1344) in Fransson Surn.70 : Rog. le Elymaker. Nic. de Anlep elymakere.
- (1372) in Fransson Surn.70 : Reg. Elymaker.
d
- (1377) in Fransson Surn.70 : Tho. Elyman.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)994 : Bulltedd bræd..smeredd wel wiþþ elesæw & makedd fatt & nesshe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8649-50 : Littless whatt off elesæw Inn elesæwess fetless.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17194 : Þatt waterr þatt iss att te funnt Blettcedd..wiþþ hallȝhedd elesæw Þatt prestess don þærinne.
f
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)592/6 : Lechitus: an elevat.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)621/13 : Xrismatorium: the Eluat.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)592/16 : Lenticula: a crismatorye, or an Elvat.