Middle English Dictionary Entry
kirnelī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | kirnelī adj. Also kirnelli. |
| Etymology | From kirnel . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Full of glands, consisting of glands; (b) containing morbid concretions, lumpy.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)65a/a : Þere is þre maner of fleische..þe þridde is kernelly [vr. curnely; L glandulosa], & þis fleisch is most in þe rigge & in þe gomes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33b/a : Pappis boþe in men & in wommen ben y-schapen and y-mad of manye veynes and arteries and of neische, whit, kirnelly and spoungeous.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)44a/a : Þe ballokis..han wiþinne hem a myche space in þe which is spoungious fleisch, þenne & kirnelly.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)93/6 : Þese ben þe tokenes of þe cankre: Þe vlcus is foul & stynkynge, þe lippis ben grete, wan, or blak, hard, & wiþinne kirnely [Add: kernelly; L glandulosa].