Middle English Dictionary Entry
pō̆pel n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pō̆pel n.(2) Also popil, popul, pople. |
| Etymology | L pōpulus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The poplar tree; also, the wood of this tree; ~ bord, a poplar board; ~ tre, the poplar tree; ~ yerde, a branch of a poplar tree; (b) in surname and field name.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)670 : Cheuere-foil et populer: Wodebynde and popiltre.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.30.37 : Iacob takyng greene pople ȝerdez [vr. popil ȝerdis; WB(2): ȝerdis of popeleris; L virgas populeas]..vnryndide hem.
- (1411) Fabric R.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.15178 : [4] popylbordys [bought in market].
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)646/18 : Pepulus: popultre.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)159a/b : Summe ben sympellye repercussiues as..þe leues and þe buriouns..of þe popel tre.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)626/26 : Popill [*Ch.(1): Populus] is an herbe colde & drye wiþ an esy repercussioun.
- (1426-7) Rec.Norwich 265 : [For a] planke [of] popill..40 d.
- (1431-2) in Willis & C.Cambridge 2446 : Item..popill bord pro coopertoriis studiorum, xv s. iiij d.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)118/18 : For to make a oynement þat is callid popiliol. Take þe leuys of popil-tre and schinchon.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)716/40 : Populus: a popyltre.
b
- (1229) Chart.R.PRO98 : [Grant..of..all the meadow of] gavelmed [and] popelmed.
- (1318) Pat.R.Edw.II208 : William Popel, hayward.