Middle English Dictionary Entry
māpel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | māpel n. Also maple, mapole, mappil, mapul(le. |
| Etymology | OE mapul- in mapul-trēo(w, mapul-dre, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Any of the European maples; esp. the common maple (Acer campestre); ~ tre; (b) representation of maple leaves in ornamentation; ~ lef, representation of the maple leaf on clothing, furnishings, etc.; (c) the wood from the maple tree; (d) ?a stake, pole, beam; (e) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.36].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 StJ.List Trees (StJ-C E.17)155 : Arabel: Mapel.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)653 : Arable:..Mapul.
- (1377) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.34 : [Ralph Basset..wasted a wood..by felling] mapils, ashes.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2923 : The names how the trees highte As..Mapul, thorn, beech, hasyl..shal nat been tolde for me.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)53 : Box palmer & mapyl þt wexyþ manye tymes in lond arable.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1384 : There were elmes grete..Maples, assh, ok.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)646/19 : Ascer: mapulletre.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.337 : This mapil, ook, & asshe endureth longe In floryng.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)283 : This shal be..The morowe of seynt valentynes day, Vnder the Maple that is feire and grene.
- a1500 Gloss Dict.Garland (Hrl 1002)126 : Acere [glossed:] mapyl.
b
- (1394) Will York in Sur.Soc.4202 : Item, lego Mariæ Chetwyn meum attyre de mapell leves.
- (1418) EEWills36/7 : I be-queþe..a bed of Lyn wit a hool silour and Couerlet..wroght wit mapil leues.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30132 : I bequethe to..my sone..a whit pece of silver covered with a traile of maple.
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30194 : Lego eidem Katerinæ..j folium aureum vocatum a mappill leffe.
c
- (1396-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99214 : 9 sawsars de mapill.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9638 : Men brynge hem speres of gode maples.
d
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7b/a : Asser: a lat or a mapel.
e
- (1211-12) in Wallenberg PNKent45 : Maplescampe.
- (1260) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames128 : Gilb. atte Mapole.
- (1291) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)189 : Mapelbek.
- (1315) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)135 : Mapellwelles.
- (1332) Sub.R.War.in Dugd.Soc.659 : Goeffrey atte Mapel.
- (1340) in Fägersten PNDor.273 : Mapelerton.
- (1422) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)63 : Mappylton.