Middle English Dictionary Entry
māl(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | māl(e n.(3) Also malo. |
| Etymology | L mālus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An apple tree; (b) an apple; ~ tre, an apple tree.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Bk.Mother (Eg 826)p.40 : As the male is plentiuouse of apples and of leves among trees of wodes, so is my derlyng among sones [cp. SSol. 2.3].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.259-60 : This mone also the male [L mali] is sett to sprynge. This male is sette in londis hoot & drie.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.246 : In almaunt, in hymsilf, in malo, in peche, Is graffid plomme.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)tab.254 : Male, appeltreen, in October to sette.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Joel 1.12 : Poumgarnet and palme tree and maal tree, or fir, of whom mastis ben maad [L malum], and alle trees of the feeld dryeden.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)12/17 : Hele ȝe me with flowres and bisetteþ me with malys, forto I come to frut þat ȝe haueþ, for I longe for loue.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)tab.255 : Male, applis, to counfit in October.