Middle English Dictionary Entry
sillab(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sillab(e n. Also silip; pl. sil(l)abes, silappes. |
| Etymology | OF silabe, sillabe, sillebe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A syllable.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Job (Bod 959)41 : Dactile & spondee feet..& oþer feet not of þe same silabis but of þe same tymes.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)10a/a : Bissilabis: of two silabes.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)73/751 : Ȝif a sillable end in s, þe next sillab þat cumth after, [etc.].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)57/26 : Abraham [read: Abram] first named was I, And sythen he sette a sylypp ma.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)104/18 : Here in þis sakk er silappis & wurdis þat er ouerhippid, & also versis of þe salter & wurdis er mombled.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)2045 : Dame Musyke..taught syx syllabes, whyche we notes clepe..Ut, Re, my, fa, sol, la.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)114a : A Sillabe: Sillaba.