Middle English Dictionary Entry
ampulle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ampulle n. Also ampolle, ampolie, ampoile, ampuile, hanyp(e)le. |
| Etymology | OE ampulla, anpola, ampella; L ampulla; OF ampol(l)e, amp(o)ule. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small flask [of glass or metal]; (b) a small flask of consecrated water or oil [commonly carried by pilgrims returning from a shrine]; ampulla.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)102.67/1 : On ane glæsene ampulle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14986 : In hire bosme heo bar..ane guldene ampulle of attere i-fulled.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19767 : Vt heo droȝen..amppullen [Otho: ampulles] scone ifulled mid attere.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61b : Þencheð her of þe tale of his ampoiles [Nero: ampuiles; Pep: ampoiles].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)330b/a : Ampulla is a litel mesure of liquoure and haþ þat name as it were ampla bulla, a large bulla.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Devil Phys.(Phys-E)148 : And boystes on him fele he bare, And ampolies, als leche ware.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)8/24 : In a ampull of glase or coper.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)29/12 : Doo þe watyr in an nampulle or in a fyooll of glas.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)12/32 : Ȝe haue þanne in þe ampulle..watir and eyr.
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.11 : An hundred of ampolles [B: ampulles; C: hanypeles] on his hat seeten.
- a1456(c1430) Lydg.Mum.Windsor (Trin-C R.3.20)71 : Þampolle of golde a colver brought adovne, With which he was..ennoynt.
- a1500(c1435) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)51 : We have sent yow an ampulle, which we preye yow to approve in presence of my lorde.
2.
Med. A dilation or swelling.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)245/18 : Aftir þe tyme þat it [a pustule in the eye] is soudid, if þere leue a litil ampulle [L albula], etc.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Roy.17.A.3 Artist.Recipes (Roy 17.A.3) 235/33 : ℞ an ampul of glas and lute it wel al aboute wiþ good gafo gley.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a). New spelling = ampul.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ampul.