Middle English Dictionary Entry
pēlen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | pēlen v.(1) Also pelle, pille. |
| Etymology | L pellere; also cp. OE pilian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pilten v.
1.
(a) To beat or strike violently; ~ doun, beat (sb. or sth.) down; ~ on, strike or assail (sb.); whelen and ~, turn and strike; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)23373 : He gaf þam many a dede wonde..He peled þam doune on alle sides, Sua þat welner nane him abides.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3042 : Mynsteris and masondewes they malle to þe erthe..Paysede and pelid down playsterede walles.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)502 : So thikke þaire dynttis to-gedir pelyde, thaire armours hewenn laye in þe felde.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)117 : He..was avaied sone How þe powere out of Persy pellid doune his knyȝtis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)277/170 : Now wole I a newe game begynne þat we mon pley at all þat arn here-inne: whele and pylle, whele and pylle, comyth to halle ho so wylle; ho was þat?
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)304 : Plukke out þy swerde and pele on hym faste, Allwey eggelynges down on all þat þou fyndes.
b
- (1209) Pipe R.Winch6/56 : In corredio Pelehaste, qui remansit infirmus per xxxv dies, ij s. vj d.