Middle English Dictionary Entry
entraille(s n.
Entry Info
| Forms | entraille(s n. Also entraile(s, entrel(l)es, entrales, in-. |
| Etymology | OF entraille, ML intrālia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The organs enclosed in the trunk of man or animals, the viscera; also, the viscera excluding one or another of the inner organs;-- (a) coll. sg.; (b) pl.
Associated quotations
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)1029 : His hert wiþ his entreyle Was leyd at bodemyn saunfaile. At glastingbiri..Was of his bodi þe biring.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3614 : He hytt þat Duk..þorowȝ his lyuer & entraile.
- a1475 Lydg.CB (Lngl 258)233 : A stone..engendred within myn entrayle.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2761 : Men duden out the entrayle And in lede layde hem a-ryȝt.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26752 : Þai sal yow vp on balkes lift Als suine þat ar to salting tift, and alle your entrailles ilkon In welland pottes sal be don.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7959 : His lyuer and his entrelles.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)262 : Intrayle, or yssu of a dede beeste: Intesti[n]um.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)61/7 : Þe preste..hopynge to fynde more fortunate tokenes in þe entrailles within.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)102.26 (v.2:p.131) : Symulacres .. han eyen withoute sight, eerys withoute heryng, mouth withouten worde, handis withouten touchyng and fete withoute goyng, bely withoute entrails, and brest withouten breeth.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17561 : As an yreyne sowketh the flye, And hyr entroylles draweth oute.
2.
All of the inner organs except the intestines, i.e. heart, liver, kidneys and lungs.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)290a/b : Þe leoun..haþ entrayles and boweles as an hounde.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 1.18 : Alle hise guttes & entrailes [omnia viscera] wore ȝette oute.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)114 : Thai eyten no flesshe but yf it be..of the entrales and heydes of bestis slayn for the nobles and marchauntes.
3a.
The intestines or bowels;-- (a) coll. sg.; (b) pl.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1763 : A wardrobe..Wher as thise Iewes purgen hire entraille.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.91 : Woo and sorenes of þe entrelles [L dolor viscerum].
- (1395) in Rec.B.Nottingham 1278 : Johannes de Blyth, flexhewer, obturat cum sanguine, enterels, et issuce Seynt Jame Lane.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)56b : The juis..castithe oute venym and helpith all entraulis.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)83a : That clensith þe enterill þrow vomyte.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Kings 5.9 : The lowere entraylis [WB(1): arsroppis] of hem wexiden rotun, and camen forth.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Kings 20.8 : Joab was..gird aboue with a swerd, ether dagger, hangynge doun til to the entrayls.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/a : Entralez forsoþ bene vesselez made wt 2 tuniclez to perfourme þe first digestioun..Þe nombre of entrelez is 6..fisis .i. portanarie or duodenum..ieiunum..subtile..cecum..colon..rectum.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27a/b : Al þe stomac & þe intestinez .i. entralez.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.385 : Intraillez of eny manner bestes.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)98 : Þis ston..makeþ þe entrals of a man hole.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.389 : Þat the dryver of the Bochours Carre..throwe his intrelles..in myddes of þe pitte.
3b.
Any one of the intestines.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/b : Ylion..is a smal entrale.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18b/a : Longaon or þe riȝt entrale.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)41b : An Entrell ubi tharme.
3c.
Cook. A stuffed paunch.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)38 : An Entrayle -- Take a chepis wombe; take Polettys y-rostyd.. & do in the wombe.
4.
All of the parts of an animal slaughtered for food except the main carcass;--pl.
Associated quotations
- -?-(1474) Ordin.Househ.Pr.Edw.32* : The purveyors of beeves and muttons, of calves and lambes..hath to theire fees..the intrayles of every beaste excepte the oxe feete and the uthers.
5.
(a) The viscera as the seat of the emotions, especially of mercy and pity; (b) in Biblical phrase: entrailles of merci, bowels of mercy, mercy; (c) hence, emotions, thoughts.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.19.23 : The entrailes of hym ben ful of treccherie.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.12.16 : The moste ardaunt love of his wif brende the entrayles of his breest.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)123/1 : Sched þi-self in-to þe entrel of my saull; cum in-to my heart.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)586 : His entrayles wer turbuled rihȝ a-noon. Witȝ spirit of pite fulfillid he gan answere.
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)201 : He that seeth his brother suffre, and closith hise entrelis from him, hou is there charite of God in him.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)63/6 : I woll amate youre hartis within youre entrailes, and I woll ouirthrowe your counseyll and put in you a spirit turnyng and variable.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Phil.2.1 : Ony comfort in Crist..ony entraylis of mercy doynge.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.255 : Ofte holy writt clepiþ mercy þe entrailis of mercy.
c
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)466/38 : The intraylys of owr hertes contemplative Mot preysyne the.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)475/27 : Thyntralys of owr hert be clene and pure, By meditacione contemplatyff.
6.
Fig. The inner parts (of the earth).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.2.6 : The inward entrayles of the erthe or elles of the see.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4257 : Of riche myneris thei serche the entrailles, To fynde out metallis for worldli auauntages.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)95/22 : Yn þe entrailles of þe erthe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Philem.12 : I beseche thee for my sone Onesyme, whom I in bondis bigat..Forsoth rescyue thou him as myn entraylis [vr. entrailis, or sone; L viscera].
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Philem.12 : Þou forsoþe tac hym as myn entraylys.
Note: New sense
Note: Gloss: Offspring, children fruit of the womb.
Note:
Note: This is prob. a semantic loan from L viscera. Cp. tharm n., sense 5.--notes per MP
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. entrail.