Middle English Dictionary Entry
fīōle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fīōle n. Also phiol(e, phial, fial, viol(e, vial, viel(e. |
| Etymology | ML phiola, L phiala (from Gr.), & OF fiole. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small glass or metal bowl or cup for liquids, incense, etc.; (b) a flask; (c) fig.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Amos 6.6 : For to haue vessels of song, in vyols [L phialis] drinkynge wyne.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.5.8 : Golden fioles [WB(2): violis] ful of saueringis, whiche ben the preyers of seyntis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.131 : A viol [vr. vyel; L phialam] of gold with brawne brennynge alway.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.793 : Sondry vessels maad of erthe and glas..Violes, crosletz, and sublymatories.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)13b/a : Phials with swete smellinge þinges.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331b/a : Patera is a manere viole and haþ þat name for we drynkeþ ofte þerof.
- (a1400) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : He that comth with lampes or vyoles to toun on hors or on fote for charge.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1476 : Þe gobelotes of golde graven aboute, And fyoles fretted wyth flores and fleez of golde.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2169 : Þe fioles þat þai had þer With ountiment to oynt þas kyng withall.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Num.7.79 : A silueren fyol [WB(2): viol] hauynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135a/a : Be þai medled & puluerized in a viole of glasse.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)234/11 : Now fecche me..my vyall..hit is full of the floure of the four good watyrs that passis from Paradyse.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)146/11 : He toke vyals of cristall and of lambur and of glas, and put þys blod yn hom.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.291 : A colver brouȝte him..a viol [L ampullam] wiþ crisma.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)247b/a : Good storax is ydo in vyolles and ykepte aȝeins netes, whelkes, and pymples.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331a/a : Fiola..haþ þe name of glas, for glas hatte fila in gru, and is a litel vessel wiþ a brood botme and a smal nekke.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)185/2 : Sette þe viol [L fiala] vpon soft colis & lete hem boile.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.73r : In þe launchyng, at here nauelys growyn out floures whitissh; þo fadyn & dwynyn & formyn lik smale phyols or cruettys and waxin into pottys, some of quarte, some of galon, some more, some lesse.
- (a1430) Invent.Randolf in Archaeol.61169 : ij fiols [F petites Flascones] of golde.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)11/20 : Tak bawme & þe jeuse of ewe & hony..& coyle þam thorowe a clathe & do it in a fyall of glase.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)79 : Putt alle thyes togedyre into a vyole..and stoppe alle the mowthe thereof, safe only a lytelle hole..and than set hit overe the fyre.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)158/20 : A culuer as whyt as mylke, beryng yn hor byll a fyoll full of creem to þe byschop.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.15.7 : Seuen golden violes ful of the wraththe of God.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)193/28 : On of þe seuen aungels which þat bare þe seuen Phioles of goddes wraþþe.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)113 : O glorious viole, O vitre inviolate [i.e. the Virgin].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. phial.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vial.