Middle English Dictionary Entry
shailinge ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | shailinge ppl. Also shoilinge. |
| Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. shale, shail to walk crookedly or awkwardly. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Moving in an awkward manner; ?also, of a crab: moving in a slanting or backward manner; ~ fet, ?flat feet; ?awkwardly moving feet.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)110a/b : Þis signe hatte cancer: þe crabbe is schaylinge best and gooþ bakward [L animal retrogradum] as þe sonne whanne he goþ in þat partie of þe cercle þat hatte zodiacus þat hatte cancer.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1098 : Schouell-fotede was þat schalke and schaylande hym semyde, With schankez vnschaply, schowand togedyrs.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2901 : Than shul men come into a londe That Tipus men callith..And Tipiscenes þat folke men calle; Brode shoilinge fete thai haueth alle.