Middle English Dictionary Entry
flaǧēl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | flaǧēl n. Also fleǧel, floǧel. |
| Etymology | OF flageol & flavel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A wind instrument; prob., a flageolet.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)p.xx : The waite gan a flegel [LinI: pipe] blawe.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6748 : Þey herde no pype ne flagel [vr. flogell].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6774 : A wayte þer com in a kernel And pypyd a moot in a flagel [vr. flogel].