Middle English Dictionary Entry
ariol, arioler n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ariol, arioler n. |
| Etymology | L hariolus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A soothsayer, a diviner.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)56b/a : Þe endes of þe lyuour..hatte ffibre, for arioles [L ariolis] nygromaunceres, brouȝte ham to þe auteres of here god phebus.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)132/20 : In þis chirche ben mawmetrers, heretikis..enchauntours, arioleris, charmours, & rerars of þe deuel.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)92 : Bow þu not to þer wicchis, ne axe no þing of þer ariolers [cp. Lev.19.31: ariolis].
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)95 : Also ariolers, þoo þat..wenun to bow God to do for þe place, as Balaam.