Middle English Dictionary Entry
laterāl(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | laterāl(e adj. Pl. laterāl(e(s. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Situated on the side; (b) toward the side, sideways; (c) occurring as a side issue, indirect.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12a/b : Templez, chekes, & maxillez bene laterale, i. sideling, partiez of þe face.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)74a/b : Wondez in þe necke, som beþ in..þe ligamentez lateralez [*Ch.(2): on þe sides; L lateralibus].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/a : Signez forsoþ of sich dislocacioun, ouer þe comon of eminence & concauite, ar laterale arcuacioun, i. crokyng or bowyng of side [*Ch.(2): wryngynge asidehalf], & hardnez or difficulte in mouyng.
c
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)139/9,10 : Or if þerbi þe enemyes of oure feiþ schulden in a greet degre þe more blasfeme god..or if þerbi sum oþir such lateral myscheef schulde falle..if noon of þese or oþire lateral myscheefis ben likli þerbi to falle, it schal not be to me vnleeful.