Middle English Dictionary Entry
marble-stōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | marble-stōn n. Also marbis-. |
| Etymology | From marble n. or adj. & stōn. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Marble; as cold as ~; as hard as ani ~; (b) marble flooring, pavement, walls, or tombs.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)145 : [Mary Magdalene] nam ane box ȝemaked of marbelstone.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1479 : Þu schalt habben..of marbrestan a temple, þet schal aa stonden.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)221 : Ine þe burȝ..Beoþ twe tures ipiȝt, Of lym & of marbelston.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1138 : Temple hii funde þar one imaked of marbre stone.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)75/139 : Seint Edwardes toumbe..was of Marbre-ston.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)9 : Þe box was of Marbelston.
- ?c1335 Loke to þi louerd (Hrl 913)9 : His lendin so hangiþ as cold as marbre stone.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4093 : He doþ make onan A piler of gray marbel ston.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1534 : Tua pilers þai mad, o tile þe tan, Þe toþer it was o merbul stan [Göt: marbil stan; Trin-C: marbul stoon].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21018 : Siþen was his bodi tan And laid in kist o marbil [Phys-E: marbir] stan.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)312/14 : Take marbil stoon & grinden smal, & alle þe sandalis, [etc.].
- c1410 Trev.Higd.(Add 24194)1.221 : Þis work is i-sett uppon sixe crabbes i-hewe of hard marbilston.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)49/25 : What hert is þere, þouȝ it were as hard as ony marbil stoon..but þat it moste be openyd.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.373 : Thy lym of stonys hard is thus to gete: Stoon tiburtine or floody columbine..let brenne, or marbul ston.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)17.398 : The kyng ladde hem forth..To a sotyl hows was mad of Marbre ston.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1532 : [Priam] Gate..Wise wrightis to wale werkys to caste..Mynors of marbull ston.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)506 : A temple with pylers grete and hye Of marbyll stoon beld they dydd.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)75/141 : Þe staf wende into þe marbreston.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.110 : The poynt of his swerd brak in the marbelston [Corp-C: marbre ston; Ld: Marbre] atuo.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)84 : Mine fet þov schalt finde I-sene riȝt in þe Marbre-ston.
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(LdMisc 108)316 : Out of þe harde Marbre-ston þe oyle gan out walle.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9787 : Þe point of is suerd brec in þe marbreston a tuo.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)315 : He chopped his Cholle Aȝeyn þe Marbel-ston [Audelay: marbys stone].
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)41 : Rowland..smote in-to the marbylston a fot.
2.
(a) A piece or block of marble, a marble slab; (b) a marblestone used for grinding pigments, mixing medicinal ingredients, etc.; (c) any object made of marble such as a marker, pillar, column, or figure; also, a marble casket, coffin, tomb, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)155 : Þe porter he fond anon þerate, Sittinde one a marbelston [vr. marbreston].
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1317 : Hercules makede..postes longe of marbre stones stronge.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)163/946 : To god..he made his mone Wiþ outen mete, wiþ outen drink Bot dewe þat fel on þe marbel ston.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.221 : Þerynne is wonderliche i-graue cabans and dennes..benches..and is..al oon marbel ston.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1871 : In a tombe of marbilstones [vrr. marbell ston; marble] cleere Enclosen they this litel body swete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)202b/b : Marbel stones ben nouȝt y-hewe noþer y-clouen wiþ Iren noþer wiþ steel.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)193/28 : Ioseph ab Armathy..owr Lordys body..leyd..on a marbil-ston.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)305/5 : Þai mot se þe prynte apon þe merbyll stonys.
- (1469-70) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum13 : Pro emend' de lez marbelstonys coram altare..vij d.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)92/3 : Balynes swerde was put into a marbil stone stondynge upryght as grete as a mylstone.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)151/29 : She shope hirself, horse and man, by enchauntemente unto grete marbyll stonys.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum14 : It', y receyvid of the price of ij marble stones sold for the sepultures of John Nichol and Andrew Brent, xxvj s. viij d.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1245 : He sette hym with-oute on a marbel ston.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)768/18 : Mermur: a merbylstone.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)1462 : Springyng in a marble ston Had Nature set..Under that pyn-tree a welle.
b
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)93b/a : Take halfe ane ounce of verdegrece & pouder it smale on a marbel stone.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)110b/a : Take..of ceruse sarsed & distemper it wiþ water on a marbel stone.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)202/647 : Take as moch of sandyuere and grynd small on a marbill stone.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)44/13 : Late it sethyn..and whanne it is closyd vp-on a marbil-ston, þanne enclose it with-inne a mannys fowndement.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/14 : Grynde it smal and leye it abrood vpon a marbil stoon.
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)152 : Take an ounce of vertegrece smal broken, and y-grounden upon a marbil stoon.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)637 : Þe bischope..and þe clerkes..gonne hire burien in a Marbre-ston.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8483 : Stedfast stode þe marbel stan.
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)78/623 : Hy nome þe holy man And leyde him in þe marbel ston By-loke in one chiste.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4161 : In þe vrthe wt a mattok he make a hole & cast hit in þo, And leyde þere vpon hit a marbulle-stone.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)874 : Þey..leydone þat fayre body with-inne þe marbulle-stone.
- (1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.30149 : My bodie to be beried in the Conventuale kirke..vndre the marbil stone.
- (1459) Paston3.155 : I will that..a marble stoon..be leyd upon the toumbe of Dame Mary, my modyr.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3236 : Reseyued of Crakenthorp is wyf for a merbill stone, xiij s. iiij d.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3237 : Payde..to a Marbeler for hauyng oute of a Marbyll ston, iiij d.
3.
In sayings.
Associated quotations
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)10.101 : Selden Moseþ [read: me seþ] þe Marbelston [Trin-C: marbil] þat men ofte treden.
- c1460(?c1435) Lydg.Let.Glo.(Hrl 2255)33 : Harde to likke hony out of a marbil stoon.