Middle English Dictionary Entry
shulder-bōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shulder-bōn n. Also shelderbon; pl. shulderbones, etc. & (error) chuldel-. |
| Etymology | From shulder n. & bōn n.; cp. MLG schulderbēn, MDu. schouderbeen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The shoulder blade, scapula; (b) the shoulder; (c) the shoulder bone of a sheep.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)98 : A l'espaule avez blazoun [glossed:] scholderbon [vrr. shulderbon, soldre-bon, chuldelbones].
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)632 : Out of his sadel he bar him þan, He brac his arm & his schulderban.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)617 : He wiþ is scheld him hente, & elles had he his schuldre bon for-coruyn wyþ þat dente.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)23/3 : Summe [bones] þer ben þat þe roundnes of þe boon myȝte entre into þe holownes of þat oþer boon & non les schulde not lacke his meuynge as þe schuldre bones & þe hipe boones.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)13b/a : Þe shuldrebone, i. spald, is like to a pale, ffor it is brode & þynne of þe partie of þe backe with a þyn eminence..bi þe middes.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)591 : His righte arme he strake hym fra Fast by þe schuldir bane.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)599/7 : Omoplata: the shulderbon.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)29b/a : Þe adiutorie bonys of þe armes ben ioyned with the schuldre bonys but þei beþ not noumbrid among hem.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1139 : Florent..smoot hym on þe scholder on heȝ A strok of harm; Hys scholderbon awey forȝþ fleȝ And hys ryȝt arm.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)31a/ 13 : The first maner is a yoynyng to gider of bone with an othir..as is in the shulder bon [and] in all ioyntours þat bene bounde to gider with eny þing þat is bowyng þat comythe out of A boon and gothe into anothir.
b
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)85 : Godes hed haþ reste non, But leoneþ on his scholder bon.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)30/27 : The principal membres beeth þe herte, þe lyuer, þe brayn..other membres beþ nouȝt; And of þese membres some..beeþ more, as þe heed, þe face, þe nekke, þe schulder bone [*Ch.(1): shuldres].
- c1440 St.Chris.(Thrn)357 : Vp he lyftede þis childe anone And sett it on his schuldir bone.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)28a/b : Þe necke is al þat þat is conteyned bitwene þe heed & þe schuldirbonys and bitwene þe chyn and þe brest.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)266/260 : Godys son..hase not where apon his hede to rest Bot on his shuder bone.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)575 : Yt is ordeyned that the breddithe of the hode pas not the sholder boone.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.165 : Þey telleþ what me doþ in fer contrayes..sleynge of men, and spousebreche; soche þey declareþ certeynliche by schewynge of tokenes and of synnes þat beeþ in suche a schulder boon.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.350 : Thanne haue I in latoun a shulder bon Which that was of an holy Iewes sheep.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.603 : Lat vs go now to thilke horrible sweryng of adiuracioun and coniuracioun as doon thise false enchauntours..in a fyr or in a shulder boon [vr. shelder-bon] of a sheep.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shoulder bone.