Middle English Dictionary Entry
pǒdel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pǒdel n. Also poþel & (error) poyel. |
| Etymology | Diminutive from OE pud 'ditch'; cp. -el suf.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small pool of dirty water, a puddle; a muddy or miry area; fig. drinken ~ water, to follow false teachings.
Associated quotations
- c1390 RSicily (Vrn)130 : Þe porter and his men in haste Kyng Robert in a podel caste.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.54 : He did Harald body do drawe vp also tite & þorgh þe podels it drouh.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.224 : Þe chartres & þe scris..Were casten in fire & brent in podels vilaynly.
- c1400 Bible SNT(2) (Dc 250)2 Pet.2.22 : Lyke þei ben..to þe sowe þat wascheþ hyre in þe podel wiþ mukke al fyled.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1731 : Ilke child made hym with hys hand A podell with water þerin.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)36a/b : Lacus: a podel.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.335 : Þe children of Israel..hadden plente of wisdom þat Crist ȝaf hem for to drynke, but þei grutchiden aȝens þis water, and drunken podel water of þe canel.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.154 : Machomeete..Bi excesse of mykil drynkyng wyn, Fill in a podel, deuoured among swyn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)411 : Poyel [Win: Poþel], slothe, or podel: Lacuna.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)2384 : If a man fonde anoon In a podel a precious stoon Þat were foule and no þing clene, He shulde wasshe it al bidene.