Middle English Dictionary Entry
muggle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | muggle n. Also moggle. |
| Etymology | ?L mūgil |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A fish-like tail; (b) ?a muggling, person with a tail; -- only as surn.
Associated quotations
a
- [ 1759(a1384) Fordun Scotichronicon1.138 : Vocatur autem hujusmodi cauda ab indigenis, patria lingua, Mughel, unde et villa in qua beato Augustino hujusmodi irrogata est injuria nomen sortita est Muglington, id est, villa Muglingorum, usque in præsentem diem. ]
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29588 : Þa tailes heom comen on..iscend wes þat mon-cun: muggles [Otho: moggles] heo hafden.
b
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10271 : Ailmerus Muggel.
- (1208) CRR(2) 5220 : Willelmus Mugel.