Middle English Dictionary Entry
maillen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | maillen v. P.ppl. i)mailed, jmailled. |
| Etymology | From maille n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make (a piece of armor) of chain mail; -- used fig.
Associated quotations
- a1450 For lac (Tan 346)15 : Disdeyn so thik his haburion hath mayled, Of my desyre that I may se ryght noghte.
2.
Ppl. i)mailed as adj.: (a) made of or reinforced with chain mail; also, made of small overlapping metal plates; (b) of an eagle: having breast feathers of a certain appearance; (c) of a dragon's tail: having the appearance of chain mail or scale armor, scaly; (d) ?clad in mail.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 17.5 : He was cloþed wiþ a mailed [WB(2): hokid, ether mailid; L squamata] haberiown.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.6.35 : A thousand men stoden niȝ in mailid [WB(2) vrr. cheyned, cheyned ether nailed, chained or mailid; L concatenatis] to gidre hauberiownes.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)65/28 : An haburioune of riȝtwisenesse is þe secounde armour, þat is þicli mailid for falsheed schulde not entre.
- (1450) Paston2.147 : Oon..toke awey his gown of russet and his dobelette of velvet mayled.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)10598 : Mayled hawberke hyt was nought; Of stele gaddys was hyt wrought.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5995 : For þe fleynge of þis foule royal Ouer þe toun..With his fethres mailed, briȝt, & shene..To Troye was a final demonstraunce.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13900 : His Baner hit was on dragown..the tayl a kebyt and an half was long, al j-mailled as a serpent ful strong.
d
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)38a/b : Litoratus [?read: loricatus]: y-mayled.