Middle English Dictionary Entry
maselī̆n(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | maselī̆n(e n. Also mazelin & (errors) mahelyn, mastebyn. |
| Etymology | OF maselin, mazelin, vars. of maderin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A drinking bowl of maple.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 St.Eust.(Dgb 86)395 : Men beden him sitten and drinken vin Wiþ coupe and eke wiþ maselin.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6944 : Plater, disse, cop, & maseline Was vnder hors fete totoiled.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2042 : They fette hym first swete wyn, And mede eek in a maselyn [vrr. Mazelyn, Mahelyn, Mastebyn; Cristal fyne].