Middle English Dictionary Entry
panicle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | panicle n. Also pannicle, pannicule, pannikel(le. |
| Etymology | OF pannicle & ML panniculus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. A membrane covering an organ, muscle, bone, etc., or lining a body cavity.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)21/16 : Veynes, panniclis [L panniculi], þat ben smale cloþis, & þe skyn beþ engendrid of boþe þe spermes.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)27/7 : After..comeþ panniclis [vr. pannyceles], þat is to seie, smal clooþ, þat is maad of sutil þredis of senewis, veynes, & arteries.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)27/17 : Þe lungis, þe lyuere, & þe splene, & þe reynes..felen..bi accidens of þe pannicle þat wrieþ hem.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)112/6 : Þe..pannicle byndiþ þe boonys togidere, & it is clepid dura mater.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)177/1 : Þis hipe boon..is maad fast aboue wiþ ligaturis & pannyclis & nerues.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/b : Frigid & sicca bene..neruez, veynez, & panniculez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9a/a : Cordez & rounde ligamentez..bynde..þe iuncture with þe pannicle togider couering þe bonez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)38a/a : Anoþer maner of skynne..couereþ þe members wiþinne, & þat is cleped properlie a pannikel, as þe teye off þe braine and pericraneum þat couereþ þe brayne panne & oþere skynnes þat couer þe bones.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)65a/a : Þe vtter pannikel [of the stomach] is norissched off þe blode þat is sente fro þe liuer..and eiþer pannikelle is norisschid of Coler.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)150a/a : Ȝif it be a canker..þer wille gone out þer of foule squames and rotennesse liche to pannykels.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)29/20 : Symple membres..beeþ..þe arteries, þe pannycles, þe ligamentis.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)32/29 : Brawnes..beth..filled with þe softe flesche of ham and icouered with a pannicle.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)41/30 : Synowes..beþ..noght bare but wrapped in pannycles.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)61/25 : Þe lyuer, as oþer bowels, haþ a pannycle coueryng hym.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)14a/a : The brawne is cloþid wiþ a pannycle.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)14b/b : Pannicle is..senewy, strong & towȝ, & mene bitwene hardnes & neischenesse, flexibile, þinne & riȝt sensible, in complexioun cold and drie.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)14b/b : Þe Pannicle is mad of smale þredis, of senewis, veynes, & arteries.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)20b/b : Vndir þis pannicle [dura mater] lijþ anoþir pannycle þat is more neische & more tendir þan þis, which þat is clepid pia mater.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)26b/a : Fro þe stomak goiþ a pannicle, þe wesant beynge mene, þe which pannicle goiþ aboute al þe mouþ in þe ynnere part.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)35b/b : The lunge is..ylappid in a neruous..senewy pannicle.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)36a/b : The mydrif is..y-compouned of tweye pannyclis, in þe middil of which is lacertous fleisch.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)36b/b : Of þe one pannicle of þe midrif springiþ a pannicle þat biclippiþ þe herte.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)37a/b : Þe pannycle..goiþ wiþoute mene alle aboute þe nutritif membris wiþinneforþ, þe which is callid Ciphac.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pannicle.