Middle English Dictionary Entry
forel, fǒrel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | forel, fǒrel n. Also furel. |
| Etymology | OF forrel, fourrel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sheath or case for a weapon; (b) a covering or box for books or documents; a bound volume.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15791 : Of þe forel [Frf: skawbard], a suerd he drogh.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15797 : In þe forel [Frf: sheþe] þou pute þi suerd.
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)Job 20.25 : [A brasun boowe,] which is led or taken out of his shethe, or out of the furel.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.103 : He wol deuiny sone,..take his felawe to wittnesse What he fond in a forel of a freres lyuynge.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.156 : [For sorcerye Is þe souereyn] bok þat to þat science longiþ, Ȝet arn þere febicchis of Forellis [of mony mennes wittes].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)171 : Forelle, to kepe yn a boke: Forulus.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1586 : Yit is þere a forelle þat I forgate þat frayed is a lite, How þe peuple fareth þat folowed bee in shires Whenne þay griefen greete, þough þe guilte be lite.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)584 : Forulus: a forel.