Middle English Dictionary Entry
manicle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | manicle n. Also manikil, manacle, -kil, -kelle. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A shackle for the hands; handcuff, manacle.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)149.8 : To bynde her kynges in feteris and her nobles in manicles [L manicis] of iren.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.149.8 : To ben bounde..the noble men of hem in irene manyclis [WB(2): manaclis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.45.14 : The heȝe men to thee shul passe..bounde in manycles thei shul wende.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)176 : Þei dede hire in a dungon..Marred in manicles.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)325 : Manycle: Manica, cathena.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)77a : A Manakyll [Monson: Manakelle]: manica, manicula.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)149.8 : For to bynde..the nobils of thaim in manykils of yryn.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)594/37 : Manica: a manicle.