Middle English Dictionary Entry
purfiled ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | purfiled ppl. Also ipurfiled, -fuled, purfild(e, -feled, -fuld, -felied, -filet. |
| Etymology | From purfil(e n. (combined with -ed suf.(1)) and from purfilen v. (participle in -ed suf.(2)); also cp. OF porfiler v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Adjectival and quasi-adjectival uses have been retained in this entry, with clearly verbal examples placed in purfilen v., q.v. Many examples could be construed in either way.
1.
(a) Of a garment: trimmed, esp. with fur; ~ with pelure (ermin, grei, gris, silk, etc.), trimmed with fur (ermine, gray squirrel, etc.); (b) of a woman: clothed in richly trimmed apparel.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1325 As I stod on (ArmsAr 27)19 : Of a blak bornet al wos hir wede, Purfiled with pellour doun to the teon.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.193 : I seigh his sleues ypurfiled [vrr. purfiled, I-purfiled] at the hond With grys, and that the fyneste of a lond.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)113 : I make hoodes purfyled with silk.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57320 : Item, a longe goune of cremysen velvet, that was my lady, his wyves, furred wyth menever and purfelled wyth ermyn.
- (1467) Paston (Gairdner)4.262 : Item, my master gaff her a longe gowne of fyne cremysen velvet furred with menyver and purfeled with ermynes.
- c1475 St.Patr.Purg.(2) (Brm)p.92 : Hys clothys wer purfuld.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)p.114 : Here entrethe Anima as a mayde, in a wyght clothe of golde gyedly [?read: gysely] purfyled wyth menyver.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)2698 : Ipomadon comys in to þe hall Clothed in a syrket off palle Purfelyed wyth ermyne.
- a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306)868 : A velvet mantill gaye Purfild with gryce and graye She did aboute hir swyre.
- ?a1500 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 306)287 : As þou haste wrought, so shalt þou fele; what shall than prophyte þi gowne purfylled?
b
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.9 : I lokide..and was war of a womman wondirliche cloþide, Ipurfilid [vrr. Ipurfuled, Purfiled, Purfylet; Ifurryd; Ipelurid; C: purfild] wiþ pelure.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)30/15 : She shall be beter purfiled [F pourfillee] and furred thanne other ladies.