Middle English Dictionary Entry
orgel n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | orgel n.(2) Pl. org(e)les. |
| Etymology | OE orgel- (in orgel-drēam), from L organum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
a
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)189 : Orgles [Ld: Orgnes], tymbres, al maner gleo, Was dryuen aȝeyn þat lady freo.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CmbAdd 6681)1 Par.15.20 : Orglis [Dc 370: Maazias and Banaias in orgnys sungyn priue thingis; L nablis].
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)15/146 : He con harpe; he con syng; his orglus ben herd ful wyd.
b
- c1415 Chaucer CT.SN.(Corp-O 198)G.134 : Whiles þe Orgles maden melodye, To god allone þus in herte sang sche.
- (1443-6) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum358 : Roberto Denby pro factura le Orgelis, xj s. x d.