Middle English Dictionary Entry
piliǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | piliǒun n. Also pilleoun, pelioun. |
| Etymology | L pilleus & pilleum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cap or hat; also, any covering for the head; roial ~, a headgear associated with royalty; ~ hat, an ornate hat of some kind; (b) a pileus, a cap of a scholar of Divinity, esp. of a doctor.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.217 : Þei myȝte nouȝt in þe holy day suffre on hire piliouns and here cappes for hete.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.171 : [3] pillions, [one of] ben, [one of blue velvet].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3460 : And one he henttis a hode..A pauys pillion-hatt, þat pighte was full faire With perry of þe Oryent and precyous stones.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)21a : Þat time also kniȝtes vsede piliouns ymade of skynnes nessche and stuffure of her helmes on her hede.
- a1486(a1460) Coron.Kings Eng.in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)49 : The abbot of Westmynster schall doo of the kyngis pelioun..the kyngis heed shall be helid with a lynnyne clothe for the holy anoyntynge..the abbot..shall..doo of that pylioun.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)629 : Pilius [glossed:] pyllyon.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.261 : The lorde Lucye, that Godfray Lucye hight, Afore hym bare a royall pyllyon.
b
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)88 : Summe werers of piliouns in scole of dyuynyte han scantli be worthi for to be in the same scole a good scoler.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)89 : The teching muste be take bi othir testimonie..than bi wering of pilleoun.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)92 : The peple schulde trowe stidfastli that neither y neither thei han failid..and that for wering of oure pilleons.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)277/2 : Þis ȝyfte of knowynge comyth..noȝt of skole; ffor þe holy gost ȝeuyth noȝt þis ȝyfte of kunnynge for here furryd tabbardys, hodys, chymerys, & pylyouns.
- (1460-62) Paston2.269 : The seid Bysshop..mette with my seide lorde..the Bysshop hauyng thies wordes vnto my lorde with his pillion in his handes.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)231 : Docter Ive..dyde hyt aftyr the forme of scholys, for he hadde hys abyte and hys pelyon.
- a1500 Man vpon mold (BodPoet e.1)18 : If þou be a lettryd man to bere estat in scole, A pilion or taberd to wer in hete or cole.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1577 : Gregory and Ierome, Austyn and Ambrose With pylyons on her hedys stood lyke doctours.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)839 : He miȝte no maistre þen [read: ben] kald..Ne puten on pylion on his pild pate.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)225 : The prince of knyhtis vsid a pillion For a prerogatiff in especiall.
Note: = OD pillion n.(1). Editor glosses as 'a kind of saddle' (i.e. MED piln n., = OD pillion n.(2)), to which indeed this example, and others quoted here, may well belong.