Middle English Dictionary Entry
anelās n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anelās n. Also anla(a)s, anles, aunlaz, analasse. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF alenaz (from Gmc.), whence ML alenacius, anelacius; cp. ME elsen awl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A two-edged stiletto or dagger; (b) a spike [see quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1259 Matt.Paris (p.274, in Du Cange) [OD col.] : Genus cultelli, quod vulgariter Anelacius dicitur. ]
- [ (1263) Rec.Norwich 1205 : Una anlacia mancie yuorie precie xij d. ]
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2554 : Hand-ax, syþe, gisarm, or spere, Or aunlaz, and god long knif.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1122 : Mid arwen & mid quarels so muche folc verst me slou..Þo hii were þoru out imengd, mid suerd.. Mid ax & mid anlas [vr. anles].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5637 : Al þat was of ys swerd y-leued Caste he þanne aȝe Char[lis] heued, & an anlas þo droȝ oute.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.357 : An anlaas [vrr. awlas; a baselard harnaysed; a lace] and a gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)167/1611 : For schame..In two scho cutte hir owene halse With a longe anelase [Cmb: analasse].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1148 : Arthur with ane anlace egerly smyttez.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1632 : The sarsin..brayde on an anelas and helde it faste.
b
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)390 : His horse in fyne sandel was trapped to þe hele; And in his cheuerone biforne Stode, as ane vnicorne, Als sharp as a þorne An Anlas [IrBl: an nanlas] of stele.