Middle English Dictionary Entry
kẹ̄ling(e n. singular & plural
Entry Info
| Forms | kẹ̄ling(e n. singular & plural Also cheling(e, kiling. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON; cp. OI keila. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A young codfish, codling.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)757 : Keling he tok, and tumberel.
- (1321) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2914 : De keling et leng de isto anno vij.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)537 : Et il seit mulewel [glossed: kelinge] de mer.
- (1340) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9937 : In 1 ling, 4 kyling, 1 sprut, 3 s. 3 d.
- (1347-8) Acc.Le Strange in Archaeol.69115 : [A constantly recurring item is the] cheling.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52153/18 : Clerico coquine..pro iiijxx chelinges, lxviij s.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)72 : Chelynge, fysche.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)96 : Take faire soundes of watered stokfissh..or elles of kelyng [vr. kodelyng].
- a1475 Herkyn to my tale (Brog 2.1)p.85 : The conegure and the wessylle rode one a plouȝ-whylle; The kelynge and the thornbake and the gret whalle.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)89 : To dight codlinge or keling, tak a kelinge and cut them smale and put them in brothe of freche samon.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)69a : A kelyng: Morus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Cmb.Ee.1.13 Recipes (Cmb Ee.1.3:Clarke) 223/24 : Take soundes of chelyng of long fysh, and lay yt in watyr a day and a nyght.
Note: Postdates word.