Middle English Dictionary Entry
sī̆kel adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sī̆kel adj. Also sikkil, sekil, sekkul, seckel, secle. |
| Etymology | OE *sēocle, LOE sīcle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ill, infirm, invalid; (b) of plants: diseased, feeble, drooping.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)147 : Lazarus was swyþe sikel a man.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)110a : A Sekyl man: Valitudinarius.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)tab.269 : Olyuys, sikkil, to hele in Marche.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.99 : Vmbidelue a drie or seckel [vr. seecle; L gloss: egram] vyne.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.139 : The tendir plaunte is take anoon & blyue Vpgoth; and sekkul beth the grete ysette.