Middle English Dictionary Entry
nōse-thirl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nōse-thirl n. Also -thril(le, -thurl, -thrul, -ther(e)l, -threl, -thorl, -derl, -trel, -sterl, (errors) nose stirk, nose thilles. |
| Etymology | From nōse n.(1) & thirl n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. nostrille & nase-thirl, nese-thirl.
1.
A nostril; speken with (after, bi) nosethirles, to talk through the nose.
Associated quotations
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919:Koch)p.69 : Nosethorles [vrr. naseþirles, therles, thyrls; glossing AF (Cmb): nariz].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)20 : Nes tendroun & narie; Nose gristul & nose-thurles.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)4 Kings 19.28 : I schal putten a cercle in thyn noos thrillis [Bod 959: nose þerlis; WB(2) nosethirlis].
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.557 : His nosethirles [vrr. nosethrilles, nosetherlis, nos-þrelles, noise thrilles, nose therl, nose-þurles] blake were and wyde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.209 : In helle..hire nosethirles [vrr. nosetherlys, noseþrelles, nose þrulles, nose þurles] shullen be ful of stynkynge stynk.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)43b/b : Smel springiþ to vs by ham & hatte nosetrelles [L nares].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)85b/b : Þe pacient schal drawe in at þe nose þrilles hote watir.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273b/b : Wiþ an yrene Rynge y-do þurgh his nose þurle.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)23/19 : It is nessessarie summe lymes to han a sustentacioun..to be streyned & drawen abrod as þe noseþrillis.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)548 : Þe fyre out at his nose-þerles sprang.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)19 : Naþelees hir keynde is..to flee euyr on þe wynd to he be nye ouercome or at þe last side þe wynde so þat it be ay in his nose stirk [read: nosestirl].
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)58 : A rennyng hounde..shulde have greet nosethrelles [F narines] and open.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)103/8 : In what bodily licnes þe feend appereþ, euermore he haþ bot o nose-þerel [vr. nose þrylle].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)15b : Caste þe juis of caule in a manys nosse þrells.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12a/a : Þe noseþrillez..bene 2 canalez ascendyng vn to þe bonez of þe collatorie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)40b/b : Auicen addeþ to goyng out of the eyen..and spekyng after þe noseþrillez [Ch.(2): a token of speche by þe nose þirles; L nares locutionem].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111b/a : Consider he..if he speke rancly, i. hose, & wiþ þe noseþrillez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)41a/b : Þe grustille..is made for to fulfille þe diffaute of þe bone, as in þe yȝe liddes and in þe nose þrilles & þe eres.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.1341 : Alisaundre..Dede kutte..His nose-thrillis.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6931 : Of so greth conforth & adour In-to þer nosethyrllys dede ascende, Þat alle here spyrytys begunne to amende.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)28/6 : Of blood stremynge of þe noseþrillis.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1199 : Þe brayn out brast at boþ nose-þrylles.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)124 : Ther schalbe putt to the nosederles Asafetida.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)180/15 : Men synnen wel ofte..bi þe nose-þerles to delite to moche in soote smelles.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)134/12 : The nose-thyrlys, qwan..thei be scharp befforen, thei sygnyffye gret dysposycion to wrath.
- ?c1450 *Horse(1) (Dc 291)136a : The hors of gode entaile schall have..large noysthrylles.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)327 : Ne delf þou neuer nose thyrle With thombe ne fyngur as ȝong gyrle.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)46/38 : Hys mowth was open and his tonge drawe owte by his noose thilles [read: noose thrilles].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)92b/a : Bynde wel þe extremitees of þe pacient and stoppe boþe his noseþrillis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)95a/b : He haþ crokidnesse of yȝen..and also of þe noseþrullis.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)208/26 : By the noos-thurles we haue knowlech of odeurs and stynches.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)228/23 : Opyn noose-thurll tokenyth angry; For whan a man angryth, his noose-thurlys oppenyth.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)115/27 : He þat in nose ys most euyn..hauys noght his nose-sterlys ouer greet.
- a1500 Lamb.Mir.Virg.(Lamb 432)322/30 : A hande sodeynly stoppid his mouthe and his nosethrillis.
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)22 : Youre Camusyd nose, with nose-thryllys brode, Vnto the chyrch a noble Instrument To quenche tapers.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)124 : Ther schalbe putt to the nosederles Asafetida.
Note: New spelling
Note: Quot. already used here. ?Form -derl, is listed.--JL
- a1500 Diseases Women(3) (Yale-M 47)71/757 : Þen þe childe fast sturriþe to passe from his moder, þen let stoppr þe nesche thyrles of hire þat þe spyrites may go doun to þe moder.
Note: New spelling
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)352/24 : The nosethrilles ben straight.
Note: Additional quote(s)
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)95/6 : Whos eye liddes descendeth toward þe nastrell and þat oþer side is reised vp toward þe tymples, he is vnclene…The lidde…more swollen þan full aboue, sheweth vpon þe slomeryssh man and a violent.
Note: New spelling
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nosethirl.