Middle English Dictionary Entry
baghel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | baghel n. Also bagelle. |
| Etymology | OIr. bachal (from L baculum staff). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A pastoral staff.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1300) Songs Langtoft (Cmb Gg.1.1)p.307 : Thair kinges scet of Scone Es driven ovir doune, to Londen i-led..; The baghel [Jul: bagelle] and the belle Ben filched and fled.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)123/12 : An holy baghel [L baculum]..that is callid Iesus baghel, was broght frome Ardmagh to Deuelyn.