Middle English Dictionary Entry
pā̆len v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pā̆len v.(2) Also paile; p.ppl. paled, etc. & palde, pailde & (errors) palith, pelled. |
| Etymology | OF paler & L pālāre; also, esp. sense 2. (b), cp. ME pal n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To construct a paling; enclose (sth.) with a paling; ppl. fenced, fortified, enclosed; ~ abouten, raise a paling around (sth.); -- also refl. enclose (oneself) with a paling [quot.: (a1420)].
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 25.2 : Þe cite is closed & palid [WB(2): cumpassid; L vallata] vn to þe elleuenþe ȝeer of king Sedechie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8682 : Rounde aboute wher her loggyng was Þei palyd hem al þe feld compas.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1055 : He dyde make for fens a dyk Aboute þe castel..Þe kyng dide ȝyt pale [vr. palace] hit efte; Bot þre entres, non was left.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)41a : A legioun wel ordeyned..is able..in þe wylde felde to diche and pale his wardis aboute.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)42b : To bere burþenes of woode and hey, of strawh, of watere, to diche, to pale, in tyme of nede.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8385 : Ylion..was pight vp with pilers all of pure stones, Palit full prudly.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)423/25 : This fild was listid and palid alle rounde aboute in bothe sidis.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2606 : A dich thei make vp..And stake it, pale it, toure it..Ther to be sure hem self and holde hem inne.
- (?1469) Paston (EETS)2.391 : They þat ben possessioners of the same shulde payle certeine of the Parke of Weverston.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)146/31 : They wer fayne to take a fylde and dyche it and pale it boute to saue theim from their enmyes.
2.
Ppl. paled: (a) striped; (b) hung with cloth, draped, adorned; also, set with gems; (c) her. paly.
Associated quotations
a
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.9 : [In the hall there are a dossal] paled [red and blue, a] banquer, [and 6] quisshyns [of the same set].
- (1395) EEWills5/5 : I deuyse to Iohane my doughter..a bed paled blak and whit.
- (1402) Will York in Sur.Soc.4295 : Lego..eisdem cantariis unum vestimentum de serico de rubeo et albo paild.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4547 : j bankquer, paled cum rubio et nigro.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvi : Item, j banquer novum pallid, ex dono domini Johannis de Hoton.
- (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.7091 : Vno veteri coopertorio de serico palith cum rubeo et blodio.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : Y wul..þat Elizabeth my wief have..iij bankers blac and blew paled.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 224 : Item, i pane paled with menuer and red.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4570 : De..curtinis de stamyn, viridis et rubei coloris, paled.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1375 : Þane presez a preker in, full proudely arayede, That beres all of pourpour palyde with syluer.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)329 : Paled & paynted þe paueloun was [vr. The paale and þe pauylun was peynted] vmbe, Stoked ful of storijs.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.43/19 : To Walter Mantell, j sprever red and grene paled.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.45/17 : I gyff to ouere blissyd lady & hir colage at lincoln..a hole westment of redveluet cloth of gold & blak, palid with white cloth of gold etwyne.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4934 : There is a tester with ij costeres smale, palyd of bukram blew and better blew.
- (1465) *Durh.MS.Alm.Roll [OD col.] : j dorsale paylde de sago blodeo et rubeo.
- (1472) *Durh.MS.Alm.Roll [OD col.] : j dorsalle palde de sago blodio et Rubio.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : Item, iij chamburs byth hangyd wyth palud saye reede and grene.
- (1496-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill30 : The ffrontel palid with purple clothe.
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture181 : Item, one vestment paled of clothe of sylke for priest, decon, & subdecon.
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture182 : Item, syx alter towelles of lynnen cloth, the first with a frounter pailed read, white, and black.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1287 : Palaisez proudliche pyghte, þat palyd ware ryche, Of pall and of purpure, wyth precyous stones.
- c1465 As I fared in (Hrl 1704)12 : A lady me brought a fayre gold ring..Pelled and pouderd with crapawdis white.
c
- a1700(1454) Grant Arms in Hrl.Soc.762 : I..have..founde the right armes of the seid John as his progenitours out of mind haue borne hem, that is to sey, quartley in the first quarter siluere & sinoble paled, [etc.].