Middle English Dictionary Entry
obelus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | obelus n. Also (Latinate) obelo, (pl.) obeli, oboli. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A mark used in a manuscript to indicate additions, corrections, erasures, etc.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Esth.10.3 : Eft after þe ende of þe booc þis chapitre was seid þat after oure consuetude with obelo [WB(2): a spite; L obelo], þat is with a stric, wee han befor notid.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.14 : Me styride þe studye of Orygene..with Obelo, þat is, with þe syngne of ane arow whenn he eny wast þinges distruyiþ & scrapiþ awey.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.2 Par.(Bod 959)53 : Wher euere ȝee seen..obelus ouerturned, þat is, a ȝerde is sett before, þere is betookned what þe seuenti remenouris addedyn, or for grace of fairnesse or for autorite of þe holi gost, & in ebrue volumes it is not rad.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.37 : Þey made strikes liche as ounces beeþ i-write, and beeþ also i-cleped oboly [Higd.(2): obeli; L obeli], to schewe þat þere is more þan is in þe Hebrewes bookes.