Middle English Dictionary Entry
migal(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | migal(e n. Also amigal. |
| Etymology | L mygalē, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A shrew-mouse; ?also, a ferret.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.11.30 : Amygal [WB(2): mygal; vr. an amygal; L mygale]..þat is, a beeste born tre[cherows] to begilen & most glotero[us].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293b/a-b/b : The fyret hatte migale and is a litel beste as it were a wesil and is a glotoun and gyleful and rauenous..aristotil spekeþ of þis beste migale and seiþ þat he hateþ hors and mules.