Middle English Dictionary Entry
lādel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lādel n. Also ladle, laddel, ladelle. |
| Etymology | OE hlædel |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A ladle used for pouring, stirring, etc.; ~ washer, a cook's helper; (b) ?a vessel for drawing water or wine; ?a bucket; (c) an implement shaped like a ladle for holding molten metal or glass; (d) one of the flatboards of a waterwheel; (e) ?the cup of an acorn [cp. Arngart, EStudies 32.252]; (f) a ladleful; (g) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.248].
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)187/94 : Salt heo nome And Mid ladeles on is wondene it casten.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1032 : Mettez vostre veille rouche Desuz vos pes, noun pas la louche [glossed:] ladil [vr. ladel].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)156 : M. dissch fulluth with the ladel.
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.92 : [In the kitchen..] 2 gridils..[one iron] ladel.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2020 : Yet saugh I..The cook yscalded for al his longe ladel.
- (1388-9) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.5157 : j ladel cum j scafa pro potagio.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.51 : Allas, he [the cook] nadde yholde hym by his ladel.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4514 : Coquina..iij laddeles de auricalco.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.274 : And lerned men a ladel bugge with a longe stele, Þat cast for to kepe a crokke to saue þe fatte abouen.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)76 : Put to ȝoure olde hyue Aboue ȝour pott nat þe ladyl.
- (a1430) Invent.Randolf in Archaeol.61173 : j litill ladull of silver.
- (1432) *Acc.R.Witham : i ladyl lign'.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)283 : Ladylle, pot spone: Concus, coclear.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)7 : Caste it [cream of almonds] al a-brode on þe clothe with a fayre ladel.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)577 : He..set hym with þe ladill on the grustill on þe nose.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)300/12 : What art thou but..a turner of brochis, and a ladyll-waysher?
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)154 : Stere it..with a ladle.
- (a1500) Collect.Anglo-Premonst.in RHS ser.3.6263 : In coquina..a laddille of latton.
b
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)587/40 : Hauritorium [Suppl.: a boket]: a ladell.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70b : A ladyll: hauscrium.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)728/13 : Hausorium: a ladylle.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)770/9 : Austorium: a ladyl.
c
- (1377-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103586 : 1 ladell de ferro pro offic. Plumbar.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100397 : Item, in custodia Vitrarii..l ladyll.
- (1408) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2982 : j soudyngyrne cum j ladill.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70b : A ladyll for ȝettynge: fusorium.
d
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)172/39 : Be þe streme of þat fayre wel Þer went a myl..a child..Be þe ladlis he him huld.
e
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)15/42 : By smale pathes that swyn..hadden made, as lanes with ladels their maste to seche, I walked.
f
- c1450 *Dc.55 Cook.Recipes [OD Col.] (Dc 55)13 : Cast a ladill or more or lesse of botur.
g
- (1264) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)338 : Ladelwlle.