Middle English Dictionary Entry
hurtelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | hurtelen v. Also hurtlen, hortel & (?errors) hurcle, hurkle, hurcolin. |
| Etymology | From hurten . Forms with c or k may be due to similarity of t and c in 15th-cent. script. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To stumble; ~ ayen(es, stumble over (sth.), bump into (sth.); (b) to crash together, collide; ~ togeder; crash into (sth.), dash against, collide with; ~ ayen(es, ~ with, ~ unto; (c) to clash in combat, fight; also fig.; attack (sb.), fight with; ~ ifere (togeder), fight together, fight; ~ with, fight against.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.11.19 : He shal hurtle [L impinget] and shal falle and shal not be founden.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2950 : He that hurtleth [vr. hurtyllyth] ageynes harde stonys Broseth hym-silf vnwarly.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)481 : Stummelyn, or hurtelyn a-ȝen a stole, or clogge, or oþer lyke: Impingo.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5013 : Whan þei made here menstracie, eche man wende þat heuen hastili & erþe schuld hurtel to-gader.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)4625 : Hurtle [F hurter; Lamb: Schipes in-to þe water synke, þat on vnto þe toþer hurte].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4787 : An ilkan [rocks] of þam sal other doun cast, And ilkan agayn other hortel fast.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)346 : The erþen vessel lasteþ noȝt To hurtel wiþ þilke þat of metal is wrouȝt.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1822 : Þeyr teþ gnaisted wiþ nose snore; Hurtlede hedes set ful sore.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)20.81 : For Aȝens that Roch they hurtelid so sore That Alle to-borsten weren they thore.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)5789 : And eithir hors hurtled othir soo That al four fete men might se thoo, Both ouerthrew hors and man.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4416 : Þe fedrus hem-self þey burst þere þo ato & hurtuldone so aȝeynne þe walle of stone, & fulle to gobetus þey dudone þere þo also.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)576 : Hurdiȝs & hard erþe hurtled to gedre.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)3.8.54a : Thei made him to hurtelyn a-geyn an hard piler.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6380 : At þe last þei metten hond of honde And assemble with square speris grounde And hurcle I-fere, with many blody wounde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1103 : Þei aproche, and assemble I-fere, In hate brennynge, þat no man may stere, And gan hurkle with spere, swerd, & darte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4044 : And furiously Pirrus to hym ran On horse-bak with a myȝti swerde And gan to hurcle with him in þe berde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1357 : They hurtle that all þe paleis shoke.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.1.30 : For thow were wont to hurtlen [L incessere] and despysen hir with manly woordes whan sche was blaundyssching.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)831 : Thus thai hurteled to-gedere Alle the lefe longe daye.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.62 : For þou were wont to hurtlen and assaile With manful wordes drawen out of my sentence, Whan þat sche [Fortune]..plesith the.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)486/25 : They avoyded their horsys and dressed their shyldis and drew their swerdis, and than they hurteled togydirs as wylde borys.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.16.98a : The cursed Sathanas, in a schepes symplenesse in semyng..come and hurtelyd with him and gave him gret strokes of temptacion.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)117 : Thei hurtelid to-geder so fiercely..that the kynge loth..fley ouer his horse crowpe.
- a1500 The mone in (Adv 19.3.1)84 : The hare and harthestone hurtuld to-geydur.
2.
To rush, dash, charge; ~ togederes, come together quickly; ~ on a hep, fall in a heap.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2254 : But Troylus þan hurkled hem amonge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.4.57 : Voys or soun hurteleth to the eres and commoeveth hem to herkne.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)1330 : Hurtlyng on him come the Steward.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)60 : So þe wedour & þe wynd on þe water metyn, Þat alle hurtled on an hepe þat þe helm ȝemyd.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)33/8 : The northirne batayles that were parted hurteled togidirs for grete drede.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)686/3 : Sir Brewnys..cam hurtelynge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)391 : He hurteled so harde on hym with strengthe of his horse that Pounce fell to grounde.
3.
(a) To push (sb. or sth.), thrust, propel; butt (with horns), butt (sb.); run (a ship) aground; (b) to hurl (sb. or sth.), cast; also fig.; of a gun: shoot; (c) to cast (sth.) down, knock (sb.) down; ~ doun (adoun); (d) ppl. as noun. hurteled, those who have been cast down, the overthrown; hurteled doun; (e) ~ togeder, to knock (things) together.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 27.41 : And whanne we felden into a place of grauel gon al aboute with the see, thei hurtliden [L impegerunt] the schipp.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Num.35.20 : If bi haterede a man hurtlith, ethir schoufith [L impulerit] a man..and he is deed, the smytere schal be gilti of mansleyng.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.ML.(Add 25718)B.297 : Hurtlest [Heng: O firste moeuer..þat crowdest ay And hurlist al fro Est to Occident].
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)10 : J shulde putte and hurtle the yuel folk with myne hornes..thow ouhtest wel to wite to prikke and to hurtle [F poindre et hurter].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14748 : He wolde hurtle with his horn, That no thyng on se nor londe Sholde hys cruelte with-stonde.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)570 : Dodinel hurteled so harde with his shelde and his body that Monevall fill to grounde.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.64.7 : Thou hast hurtlid [L allisisti] vs in the hond of oure wickidnesse.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 6.48 : Sothli greet flowing maad, flood was hurtlid [L illisum est] to that hous.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.21.6 : He schal be hurtlid [vr. hurlid; L impingetur] to the snaris of deth.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)638 : With grysely soun out goth the grete gonne, And heterly they hurtelen al atones.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)88.43 : Þou hurteled [L collisisti] his sege in erþe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.36.24 : Whan the riȝtwis shal fallen, he shal not ben hurtlid [WB(2): hurtlid doun; vr. hurlid doun; L collidetur].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.88.45 : His sete in the erthe thou hurtlidist [WB(2): hast hurtlid doun].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2616 : And he hym hurtleth [vr. hurleth] with his hors adoun.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Mark 9.17 : Where euer he takith hym, he hurtlith [L allidit] hym doun.
d
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)144.15 : Our Lord arereþ alle þo þat fallen and dresceþ vp alle þe hurteled [L elisos].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.144.14 : The Lord..rereth vp alle the hurtlid doun.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.48.12 : Thei shul araien hym, and his vesseles heelden out, and the litil wyn vesselis of hem hurtlen togidere [L collident].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.25.22 : Þe lytyll children in þe wombe of hire wern hurtyld togyþer [L collidebantur].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)253 : Hurtelyn: [vr. hurcolyn], as too thyngys togedur: Impingo, collido.
4.
To injure (sb.).
Associated quotations
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)Gen.26.29 : Hurtlid [Roy: We..nethir diden that that hirtide thee].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.6.11 : Smyte thin hoond and hurtle to gidre thi foot and sey, 'Allas.'
Note: ?Mod. gloss
Note: L allide