Middle English Dictionary Entry
anguille n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anguille n. Also (pl.) anglis. |
| Etymology | OF & AL |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Eel [prob. only OF & AL]; (b) an endoparasitic 'worm'.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)412 : Anguille: eles i. anguillies.
- (1318) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9912 : In 78 Truttis, 300 anguill.
- (1430) *Acc.Exch.K.R.8 Hen.VI [AALT]E159/206 (img 1105) : Tres barelles cum nigro smigmate, unum barellum cum oleo, iii eyghtyndeles anguille, i basket cum taselis, i magnum basket cum pixidibus, unum parvum barellum cum tryacle.
- (1448) Shillingford149 : Item in anguillis iij s. iiij d.
b
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)301 : For wormys called anguilles.
- a1500 *Roy.Recipes Hawk.(Roy 17.D.4)89b : For the Anglis..on an haukes Reynes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)47.19/12 : Doree [Jul. Cook.Recipes: Soree]: wyn, water, angoyles vorsche & oþur maner vihs; þin angeylles ifried & þe lyuere iholden & þe gobouns ipoudred in poudre of kanele; þe colour red.
Note: New forms: Pl. angoiles, angeilles.
Note: List of variant spellings in the form section may not be complete. Add to form section: Also anguil; Pl. anguilles & anguillies.
Note: Belongs to sense (a).--notes per MLL