Middle English Dictionary Entry
Mī̆ghel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Mī̆ghel n. Also miȝhel, mihel, (early) mih(h)al, mihhel, (error) mihheleles & michael, michel, mechel, (early) micael, michal & (error) missel. |
| Etymology | OE Michahel & OF Michel & L Michāēl; ult. Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Michael, the Archangel; (b) ~ dai (feste), seint migheles dai, feste of seint ~, Michaelmas day, September 29; ~ mete, a rent paid at Michaelmas, ?a food rent to provide a feast; seint migheles ston, a kind of marble quarried in Saxony; ~ terme, Michaelmas term; (c) in surnames and place names.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)41 : Sancte paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in to helle.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)709 : Ich hit am Michael [vrr. micael, Mihel], godes heh engel.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)1 : Seynt Miȝhel þe Archaungel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/8 : Holy archan[g]le Michael, Saynt gabriel, and Raphael, Ye brenge me to þo castel Þer alle zaulen vareþ wel.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.12.7 : Mychael [WB(2): Myȝhel] and his aungels fauȝten with the dragoun.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.36 : I shal sende..seynt Michel [vrr. michael, Mihel, myȝhel, mighel, Mechel] myn aungel Þat no deuil shal ȝow dere.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)210/3 : Seinte Mihales [Cleo: Michales; Tit: miheles; Nero: mihheleles] dei, Alle halhene dei, Seint andrews dei.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11034 : Þe newe churche was of salesburi ihalwed þulke ȝer..A sein Misseles [vr. myhelles] dai.
- c1381(1183) Boldon Bk.(PRO SC 12/21/28)21 : Sexdecim praedicti villani reddunt 16 s. de michelmet.
- c1381(1183) Boldon Bk.(PRO SC 12/21/28)22 : In Midrige..xv villani..reddunt..15 s. de michaelmete.
- ?c1382 Survey Hatfield in Sur.Soc.3218 : Iidem bondi solvunt pro michelmet ad festum Sancti Michaelis, 16 s.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)190b/a : In some mounteyns is þe fayrest marble ydiggede and nameliche, bisyde þe Ryuere Danubius, and þat stone is yclepede michaeles stoone.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)422 : To þaie me þt due is for this yeer..Nat but for Michel terme þt was last.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)44b/b : Þe mortalite..bigan toward þe feste of seynt Michael with febrez, [etc.].
- (1426) Anc.Deed (PRO) 4 [OD col.] 547 : Seterday after Mygheleday.
- a1450 Form Excom.(1) (Cld A.2)60 : Þe furste sononday affter myȝhell feste.
- (a1500) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8559 : Ye grete cowrtt next eftyr ye fest of Sayntt Myghell.
c
- (c1275) in Ekwall Dict.EPN309 : Michaeleschirche.
- (1302) in Ekwall Dict.EPN309 : Mighelestowe.
- (1323) Court R.Lan.in LCRS 4139 : John de Mighelkirk.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/5 : Þis boc is dan Michelis of Northgate, y-write..of his oȝene hand.