Middle English Dictionary Entry
fŏnel(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fŏnel(le n. Also phonel. |
| Etymology | OF *founel; cp. L fundere pour. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A funnel.
Associated quotations
- (1402-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99217 : 5 salarii de mapill, 1 funell; 2 salsettis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)170 : Fonel, or tonowre: Fusorium,infusorium.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)158 : She hath left me the fonelle that in my sak thou seest bouched. It aualeth and tunneth the wyn.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)52b : A funelle: Infusorium.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12988 : He me gaff..Thys sak also, and thys phonel Wyth wych my wynes I vp tonne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 12/28 : Take half a pound of fayre cropmader and departe hit in two quartrouns, þanne [take] þe a quartroun and put hit into þy skyn with a fonell or with some oþere þynge.
Note: Antedates word.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. funnel.