Middle English Dictionary Entry
angel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | angel n. Also angle, h)angul. |
| Etymology | OE angel |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Elucid.(Vsp D.14)143/26 : Þa fissces..ne byð na þaget gewærre þæs angles þe þær inne sticað.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)12 : Angylle to take wyth fysche: Piscale, fistuca, fuscina.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.19.8 : And mowrne shul the fissheres..into the flod puttende the angil hoc.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Virtue (Hrl 2255)37 : The fissh for beit goth to the angil-hook.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)238 : Lyk a fissher..Baiteth hys angle-hok.
- (c1450) The Rote is ded (CotR 2.23)222 : The Fisshere hathe lost his hangulhooke.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)4 : Þe disporte and game of fyschyng with an angul rode.
- a1500 PFulham (Jas 43)55 : Yn renynge revers..wyll j fysche, and take my fortune wyth nettes and also with anglewokes [Rwl: hookys].
2.
A carpenter's level or ruler.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)539 : Architectus: eldest wurhtena. Amus: angel.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1458) in Salzman Building in Engl.112 : Item iiij angells; every of them half a foote and a quarter.
Note: Supplemental material for 2.