Middle English Dictionary Entry
obilas n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | obilas n. plural Also (error) oblias. |
| Etymology | ML ovilas; ?from Celt.; cp. OIr. óbéla, úabéla wide open. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some type of long ships.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.261 : Þanne þe Saxons..come in þre longe schippes, þat þey clepeþ oblias [vr. obilas; Higd.(2): thre grete schippes; L ovilas; vr. ciubas], in to Bretayne.