Middle English Dictionary Entry
palat(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | palat(e n. Also palet(e, palette & plate. |
| Etymology | OF palé, palet, palat & L palatum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The roof of the mouth of man or animal, palate; also, the uvula; ~ of the mouth, the uvula; fallinge of the ~, ?an elongation of the uvula caused by a tumor; descenden bi the ~, to come down near the palate; (b) the palate as vehicle of the sense of taste; fig. the ~ of the herte, the affections; (c) the palate as an organ of speech; (d) ?in proverb.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lam.4.4 : Cleuede-to þe tunge of the soukende to his palet in þrist.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)21a/b : A sinewe..comeþ..to þe palat of þe roof of þe mouþe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)92a/a : Hote fumositees & smoke..strippiþ þe palat [L palatum] of þe mouþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)275b/a : For þe cameles mete is þorny and hard, it nedeþ þat his tonge be fleisshy for hardnesse of þe palate.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)143/32 : I schal..felten þi tunge to þi palate of þi mouþ.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)261/8 : Aboue þis instrument is vuula, þat is, þe palet of þe mouþ.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)262/14 : It is greet perel for to kutte a mannes palet.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)67 : Plate of y mouthe [glossing AF (Cmb): palet].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/a : Blode goþ out bi þe noseþrillez, bi þe erez, & bi þe palate [Ch.(2): the roof of the mowþ; L palatum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)158a/b : G[alien]..haue noumbred many manerez of euacuyng or auoiding, as bene bi fleobotomye, bi farmacie secessyue & vomytyue, by þe nose, by þe plate [L palatum], bi couȝhing, i. hostyng, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)43a/b : Þe vij bone is cleped paxillare oþer basillare, for it is as it were a stone þat is cleped a cuyne festenynge and holdinge vppe alle þe forseide bones abouen þe palate of þe mouþe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)47b/b : Þe nose þrilles ben two chanels..and þei descenden doun bi þe palate of þe mouþe after þe vuula.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)48b/a : Þe partikels of þe mouþe..ben fiue in noumber: þe lippes..þe teþe, þe tunge, þe palate of þe mouþe, and þe vuula.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)48b/b : Þe palate is cleped alle þe ouer partie of þe mouþe, and it is couer wiþ his parties wiþ a pannikel growinge oute of þe inner side of þe stomak and þe mery.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117a/b : Þe tokens þat þe ouer chafte is dislocate ben þes..his teeþ cleuen togidere as it were to þe palate of þe mouþe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)23/26 : Of sikenessis of þe gomes and of þe parties þerof: as, of swellynge and of fallynge of þe palate [*Ch.(1): fallyng of vuule; L casu vuule].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)378 : Palet [Win: Palette] or roof of the mowthe: Palatum.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.785 : Thus tamed, her palate and mouthis frote With saltis and salt grees pound; pecis take And iij of hem putte in thyn oxen throte.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)116 : Senuey sede..rolled a-boute þe palet of þe moder [read: mouth] aȝein þe sunne wole clense þe noyous flewme of þe heed.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)711 : Hir tungis..beth glewid & I-bound To þe Palet of the mowith.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)47/2 : Hys teth wer as irn nayles fastenede be his palate.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)26b/b : Vuula hongiþ adoun from þe ende of þe palat & of þe colatorie vpon þe breddis of her ij weies and also vpon þe Cymbalare gristle.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)240/28 : Ryghtful houre of ettynge is whan the stomake is purchet..by Sutil and thyn spetil that descendyth..fro the Palete of the mouth to the tonge.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4117 : Þe cokatrice he smyteþ sore In þe mouth aȝeinst þe palat, And she openeþ her mouth wiþ þat.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)333/28 : The tung mot not cleve to the palate.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)256a/b : Þe dronkelewe mannes face is pale..and þe palat of þe mouþe wexeþ bitter by colera.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293a/a : Plinius spekeþ of mys and seiþ þat..here palate is perfyte in taste.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)16 : In þe mouþ on heyȝgh ys þe palet [F pallet] To taste ȝour þynges foule oþer clene.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)90/14 : Þa haue..þe palate of þe hart filyd with feuyr of wykkyd lufe, qwarfor þai may not fele swetnes of heuenly Ioy.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)53/12 : Þey mow make of o þing many manere seruyses and al for to sauoure wel in þe palet of þe mouþ.
c
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)34 : My beesme is my tunge and my palet, with which j sweepe alle filthes and remeeve and clense.
d
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)134/1 : Fille neuer þi eygh erþan þou fille þi palate.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Treat.7 Lib.Arts (Trin-C R.14.52)1039/60 : We shuln vndirstonde the nature of our lettris, and firste of the v vowels the whiche han divers placis and dyvers maners of their generacioun. The placis..bien v: the lunges, the throte, the palate, the teeth, and the lippis.
Note: Additional quot., sense (c).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. palate.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. falling of the palate.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. palate of the mouth.