Middle English Dictionary Entry
mantelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mantelen v. Also mantel(le; p.ppl. imantlet. |
| Etymology | mantel n. & OF manteler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To put a robe on (sb.); ppl. i)manteled, wearing a mantle or cloak; (b) to cover up the real character of (sb. or sth.), disguise; ~ with, conceal (sth.), hide; (c) refl. and fig., to arm oneself mentally and morally (against enemies), adopt a fighting spirit.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)312/6 fn. : Inwið þe wanes ha muhe werie scapeloris, hwan mantel ham heuegeð, ute gan imantlet, þe heauet ihudeket.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)48b/b : Penulatus: manteled.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.76 : Thay mantlid hym [Christ] in swylk coloure for scorne.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)121 : This mantelle with whiche j am arayed..was maad..for to mantelle with my defautes and consele myne vnthriftes..this mantelle hath mantelled me and seith to the folk that j am fair.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)104 : Þei..hidun þer bicis [read: vicis] wiþ a veyn hiȝt of better lif, and mantel it wiþ a name of ymaginid religioun.
c
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)20 : Mantelle, fortifie, and make yow strong ayenst the power of youre said adversaries ..; clothe you in armoure of defense .. withe the cotes of armes of youre auncien feernesse.