Middle English Dictionary Entry
anclẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anclẹ̄ n. Also (early) ancl(e)ow, (late) ankel. |
| Etymology | OE anclēo(w; ME ankel prob. ON, cp. OI ok(k)la. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ~; utward ~, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ~, outer projection of the ankle; hel of the ancle, inner projection of the ankle.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/29 : Læt hym blod of bam þa foten byneoþan ancweowe [read: ancleowe].
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)537 : Talus: oncleou.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)151 : Kevil [glossed: ankel] de pe, e kyvil [glossed: pinne] de fust.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5196 : In blod he stode..in to þe anclowe.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)46 : Taloun, pee, plaunte, et kyuyl: Hele, fot, bal, and ancle.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1660 : Vp to the anclee [vr. angle] foghte they in hir blood.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1491 : In þe blod men myȝt goon & wade To þe ancle: þe slauȝter was so huge.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)34b : Let þe seke holde boþe his fete in þe watir till þe ancles.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)19b/a : [The tibia] descendyng fro þe knee vnto þe fote, makyng þe innermore ancle [*Ch.(2): ynner ancle; L cauillam interiorem]..[The femur] descendyng fro a litel vnder þe knee..vn to þe fote, þere ioynyng hymselfe with þe toþer focile, makyng þe vtward ancle [*Ch.(2): vttre ancle; L cauillam exteriorem].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)22a/a : By þe legge to þe anclees [*Ch.(1): anclez; L cauillas] and to þe feet.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)53/14 : Blede þan of þe vayn þat is bitwix þe ankill & þe hele.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)365/27 : Þer was neuer none of hur maydens..þat nowder in bath nor in wasshyng saw als mekull as hur ancle bare.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)138 : The erll whas hurt with a gon thorow the ancle.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)12/13 : Bynd hit to þyn ancle.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)430 : Þis whit waselede in þe [fen] almost to þe ancle.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62a/a : Þe foot is maad of foure & fourty boones of þe whiche bones tweyne ben..of þe cheynes oþir ancle bone bones [sic].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62b/a : The hele..is bounde to þe ancle bone wiþ neische bondes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/b : Fro þe whirlebone in þe myddel of þe haunche..passeþ a senowe to þe vttir ancle bone of þe foot.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)251/7 : Let hym blede on þe hele of þe ankyll nyȝe þe erthe.
2.
Joint, hence also applied to the wrist.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)164a/b : Þe cauillez i. anklez of þe fete & of þe handez [*Ch.(2): anclees; L cauillis pedem & manuum].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)12 : Ankyl: Cavilla, verticillum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ankle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ankle bone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ankle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ankle bone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Delete also-forms & etymology. Substitute: Also ancle, ankel, anclou, (early) ancleou, on-.
Note: [OE anclēo(w]