Middle English Dictionary Entry
risel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | risel n. Also rusel, (gen.) risles, (dat.) ris(e)le & (error) ruse. |
| Etymology | OE rysel |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Animal fat, grease; swines ~, lard.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)86.35/3 : Wið cyrnlu ȝenim þa wyrte, cnuca mid rysele, leȝe to þe cirnle.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)114.92/2 : Cnuca þissa þa wyrt mid risle, don on anne clað, & leȝe to þan fote.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)127.119/1 : Nim þa wyrt..& risel & hlaf & coliandram.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)133.134/1 : Nim þara wyrt leaf, þat man Viola purpurea nemned, & risles, æȝres ȝelice mycel; leȝe to þara wunda.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)27/7-8 : Nim þanne eald wyn and ealde rusel [L axungia]; nim þanne ane panne and seoð þane rusel and þat wyn swa swyþe, fort se ruse [read: rusel] habbe bedruncan þat wyn.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)37/2 : Nim ealdne swynes risel [L adipis] tweȝea punda ȝewiht and wexas syx scyllinga ȝewyht and eles swa mycel and þæt sæpp of cypresso swa micel..and pyne æl togadere and do in ane boxs.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)536/11 : Adeps: rusel.