Middle English Dictionary Entry
Oblẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Oblẹ̄ n. Also oblei, oblai, obli(e, obblie, obele(i, uble, ubble, ub(b)li & oblet, ovelete, ovelote, ublet, (error) onelote. |
| Etymology | OF oblee, obleie, oblie, ovlee & ML oblāta, obleta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The bread used in the sacrament of the Eucharist, a sacramental wafer; also, a communion wafer used for some purpose other than the celebration of the mass; (b) a small cake or wafer; (c) an offering or sacrifice [error for oblacioun]; (d) ~ irnes, iron utensils used for baking cakes or wafers; ~ makere, a baker of the cakes or wafers called oblees.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)97 : Erest it beð ouelete and win, and þureh þe holi word..fleis and..blod.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)99 : On þe holi fleis bileueð þe shap and hiu and smul of ouelete.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)857 : He blessede þe bred and to his disciples tok, In þe obley and in þe wyn, his owe fflesch and blode.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.9 : His breþeren wolde cese his crienge, and brouȝt hym an obley þat was nouȝt i-sacred; he knewe it in his spirit.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)184/361 : In his hond bret-ful he beere Of bernynge Obeleis a paniere.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)185/382 : Þorw his hond me mihte se As brod as was þat obele.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)34.298/101 : Whon he schulde þe Cors fong, he wende to take But on vbble, And bi fore him sauh he ligge þre.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10005 : He beleued nat yn þe sacrament..Ne Ihesu was nat þe oble [vr. vbble] Þat reysed was at þe sacre.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10097 : Þe paste of þe vble nat ne ogh Be made of any maner of soure doghe.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)648/29 : Hoc ablatum: obley.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)508 : Vbbly, brede to sey wythe masse: Nebula.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)63/11 : Tak iij obles & write firste in ane of theym..and on þe toþer oble..& on þe thirde oble..and gif thir thre obles to hym þat hase þe feuers thurgh iij dayes with haly water fastande.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)46 : Cruste Rolle: Take fayre smal Flowre of whete..rolle it on a borde..rounde a-bowte as an oblye.
- a1450 I wole be mendid (Dgb 102)65 : While obley in yrnes, or boyst ys stoken, Hit nys but bred..Whanne þe prest, to hit, goddis wordis hath spoken, Crystys quyk body, vndir bred o cake.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)181/16 : Whanne wee assayed vmwhil wheþer she myghte take an obley vnconsecrate, anoon she loþed þe sauoure of brede.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)86 : Take þre oblies, and wryte on þat on 'pater alpha'..& gef þe seke to ete hit.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)598/24 : Oblata: an obeley.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7060 : In to þe chalys lokes he; Þe parte of þe oble he saw blak as any pyk, And þe blode blak and thik.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1029/23 : The bysshop..toke an obley which was made in lyknesse of brede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)p.255 : Here xal jhesus take An oble in his hand lokyng vpward in to hefne to þe fadyr.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)123/7 : Þe preste oweþ noȝt for to yeve to eny culpable man þat is nesciant and vnknowynge a pure obley as for body of Crist.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)234/30 : In som chirches is ȝeuen to yche man in the qweer a candele in the too hande and an obley in the toder honde.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)720/36 : Hoc ostiarium: a obley or a box.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)740/2 : Hec nebula: oblys.
b
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.21 : Take obleys oþer wafrouns in stede of lozeyns and cowche in dysshes; take powdour douce and lay on, salt the broth and lay onoward and messe forth.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)28/4 : Tak þe leues of spourge and a gud porcion of zucre, gynger, & flour of whete mele, & mak paste & bake it..& after ete þe obletes.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)2817 : Tak þe jewse of spourge & mastike powdir & whete flour & mak paste & bake obles & ete þam.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)274/887 : For sore about amannys hert..tak an obley and lay it in wyne ot [read: or] in ale Till it be thorow moyst..and put it in the sykkys mowth.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)120/15 : Vse þe seke to etyn of þat powdir, as myche as a note, in an obblye wet in ale.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)558/22 : Þe Kyng..come into Chepe..And on þe gret condit were..xij kynges knelyng, castyng doune oblays, and welcomet hym home.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.22 : Take obles and wafrons, as I þe kenne; Close hom in dysshes fare and wele.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)114 : To mak haires in pardolous tak an haire and parboille hir..then tak obleys or waiffurs and couche them in a platter, and salt the sewe and put it upon the obleys and serue it.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.392 : Also at the Crosse in the Croschepyng, were iij prophettes standyng at the crosse seynsyng, and upon the Crosse a-boven, were Childer of Issarell syngyng and castyng out Whete obles and floures, and iiij pypis rennyng wyne.
c
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)39.9 : Offrand and onelote [read: ouelote; L oblationem] wald þou noght se.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)50.20 : Þen saltou take with þi hand..Onelotes [read: Ouelotes] and offrandes on alle halues.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)50.20 : Thou sall accept the sacrifice of rightwisnes..obles [L oblaciones] and offrandis that..be all brennand in godis fire and in charite.
d
- (1346-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99118 : j par de ublihirnes.
- -?-(1423) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96134 : Robertus Kyldale, obletmaker.
- (1439) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96156 : Robertus Kildare, ubletmaker.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)28/3 : Tak þe leues of spourge and a gud porcion of zucre, gynger, & flour of whete mele, & mak paste & bake it in oble yryns.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)41 : Thei..passed bi the doore of an obley makere with oute any thing havinge ther to ete.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1500 Sln.1315 Artist.Recipes (Sln 1315) 308/7 : Take a quantyte of oblee and chewe them smalle in thy mowthe, and grynde them with a lytylle salte.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).
Note: New spelling.