Middle English Dictionary Entry
rancle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rancle n. Also rankle, rankil(le, renkille. |
| Etymology | OF räoncle, rancle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pathol. An ulcer, a festering sore; festering.
Associated quotations
- ?c1190 Vita SGodrici in Sur.Soc.20 (LdMisc 413)373 : Uxor Heliæ..gutta simul ex tumore rubenti, quod Rancle vocant, in pectore et toto corpore laboraverat.
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)52 : For to draw oute a thorne: tak the barke of the hauthorne..and do hit on the sare als hate als thu may suffrye hit; the rancle sal abate, the thorn sal ga oute, the sare sal slake.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)153b/a : Take þe rote of merchemalowe..and leye it to hote & it is good in euerye rancle.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)49 marg. : An enplayster for rankill or bolnyng.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)64/27 : Þis oile es wonderly gud to þe goute & to þe rankle & to many oþer euylles, if it be ofte sythes anoynte þer-with be þe fire.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)139/728 : Þou schalt make þis emplaster þe whiche is good to al-manere garsyng of rancles & dolowres.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)962-3 : Þis plaister þu lay to rankyll [Stockh: ranke] a none And alle þe rankylle schal ouer gone.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)968 : Lay it be þe renkille [Stockh: ranke] alday, And þe rankelynge schal swage away.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)298/155,160 : In cas rancle be-falle of venym..Take flour of barly..And hony, and meng es with seed of lyn And plawe well to-gedere ilcon, Þanne wyl þis playster al rancles slon.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)105/16 : Here bygynnyth a charme þat schall waryschyn iche cristynman, for to slee þe worm, þe gowte and þe festre and þe rancle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rankle.