Middle English Dictionary Entry
rollen v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | rollen v.(1) Also rolle, roule; p.ppl. rolled(e & rold. |
Etymology | AF rouller (var. of OF enrouler) & AL rollāre (s.v. rotulus); also cp. ME enrollen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; ~ with, number (sb.) among (a group), include in; (c) to record (sth. in a book); (d) to record (sth. in one's memory); ~ up, commit (sth.) to memory.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.278 : I can þe nouȝte assoille Til þow make restitucioun..And sithen þat resoun rolle [vr. rollyd] it in þe regystre of heuene.
- (1423) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.134/118 : Peris hattere, draper..endited for withholdynge of iij li. of a chaunterie, the wich is bequeth be testament and rollyd in yeld-halle.
- (?1423-4) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)106/11 : He swore to me on a boke þat it was no preiudice to man lyuyng, For he said it was rolled many yeres a-go.
- c1430 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/2)p.73 : Whenne me purveyth eny gylde chaffare, þenne me schale..a-spye folk..of good loos to gadere and to roule þe ryȝth of þe chepman þat haueþ þe goodes of þe toune in warde.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2641 : My name es sir Gawayne..Cosyn to þe conquerour..And rollede the richeste of all þe rounde table!
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)24b : Newe werryours oweþ to ben tauȝt..how þey schulde in tyme of werre sette her scheltrun in ordinaunce and aftir þe ordre þat þay ben rolled.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)232/14 : I am knowyn in his courte and kyd in his chambir and rolled with the rychest of the Rounde Table.
c
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)1653/92 : That is but fantasy of this world As yt is yn many boke rold.
d
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2057 : Intitle and rolle ech Oppynyoun, In thy remembraunce.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2361 : Ferthere, be prudence eititle [read: entitle] this mateer, And it Rolle in thyn Countable mynde.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Prayer Cross (LdMisc 683)21 : Rolle vp this mater, grave it in þi resoun.