Middle English Dictionary Entry
shillen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | shillen v.(2) Also shil(le, shele(n; p.ppl. shilled, ishiled, i)sheled. |
| Etymology | OE scilian, scylian; for forms in -e- cp. OE āscelian, var. of āscilian. Also cp. MLG schellen, schillen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To remove (seeds, nuts, etc.) from the husk or shell; remove (peas) from the pod; remove (oysters) from the shell; ~ oute; also, ppl. shilled as adj.; (b) to separate (sb. or sth. from sth., wicked people from God); ~ oute; (c) ?to distribute (wine); ?error for shenchen v.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)226a/b-b/a : Pollenta is corn y-sode, y-piled, and holid, and y-schelid wiþ frotyng of hondes as þough he were piled, holed, and schelid wiþ betyng and pownyng in a morter, and it hatte polenta as it were pilenta, 'y-piled and y-schiled in a morter'.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)229a/b : Best galbanum is most clene..and þe greyn þer of..is y-feyned wiþ pouder of coliphonie..and wiþ benes y-scheled and y-broke, and þe scheles y-þrowe aweye.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)126.124/1 : Schyl oysters and seeþ hem in wyne and in hare owne broth.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)24a/b : Enuclio: demonstrare, or shele notes [Pep: cracke Nottis; Cnt: nuces a folliculo exuere; Hrl 1738: shyllyn].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95a/b : Auicen praiseþ mellilote, lentez excorticate [Ch.(2): hulede], i. shilled, & cocte myxte wiþ ȝolkez of eggez & oile rose.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)446 : Schyllyn owte, of coddys: Exsiquo [Win: Exiliquo]..Schyllyn, or schylle notys: Enuclio; Schyllyn oysterys, and thyngys closyd yn schellys: Excortico.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)336 : Schylled [Add: Shide] pyse: pise exilique.
b
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Devil Phys.(Phys-E)p.152 : Our lauerd..wic men fra god sal schille, And cal the god men him tille.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)446 : Schyllyn owte [Win: Schyllyn], or cullyn owte fro sundyr: Segrego.
c
- c1475 Chaucer CT.Mch.(Trin-O Arch.49)E.1722 : Shelith [Heng: Bacus the wyn hem shenketh al aboute].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Why do we "also cp." MLG schelen, schillen when the same forms and meaning are found in MDu?--per MG
Note: I think that we should add "from shelle n." to the etymology, as was done with shalen v. and shale n. While the OE etymon scilian may have some effect on this word (especially senses (b) and (c)), the main sense of (a) seems to me to be "to shell".--per MG