Middle English Dictionary Entry
ilies n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | ilies n. plural Also illijs, ilions & ilia, illia. |
| Etymology | L ilia; the form ilions perh. by influence of iliọ̄n, which intestine lies against the ilium; see Skinner Origin of Medical Terms 189. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The flanks, the loins; bones of ilies, the hip bone, the ilium.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15b/a : Þe Ipocundriez bene on þe sides vnder þe ribbes, þe yliez [*Ch.(2): ylyons; L ilia] forsoþ aboue þe haunches.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17b/b,18a/a : Þo bonez bene brode on þe partie of yliez [*Ch.(2): þe flankes; L iliorum] in myddes of þam, of which þai bene called ylia or bonez of ylies [*Ch.(2): bones of þe flankes].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)46b/a : Ydropisy..ryseþ forsoþ fro þe lyuer & fro þe ylyes [L ilijs].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)60a/b : Þe partie off þe nauel lasteþ fro þe nauel dunwarde..And ylia, þat is to seien, þe flaunkes, ben vppon þee haunches.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)37b/a : Forþermore mirac is y-compouned of þre parties..þe ouer, þat is callid þe wombeside, & þe neþere, þe whiche touchiþ þe parties of þe kideneiris, þe schar, & þe grynde, þe which part is callid illia comounly & in frensch les flankis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)44a/a : Þe regioun of þe nutritiues wiþ outen meene aforn half is conteyned wiþ þe mirac and wiþ illijs.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ilia (pl.).