Middle English Dictionary Entry
skẹ̄le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | skẹ̄le n. Also (N) schele & (error) skliyee. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI skjōla; also cp. AL skela, schela. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A vessel such as a bucket, tub, or vat used to hold milk, dye, beer, etc.; also, a small container for oil [quot.:c1450].
Associated quotations
- (c1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100518 : In Erthening, Cheseclathe, Meles, et Skeles emp..3 s. 2 d.
- (1376-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100386 : In herdnyg [?read: herdnyng] et uno schele empt. pro le Hough, 6 d.
- (1387-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100314 : In 3 skelys empt. pro lacte, 9 d.
- (1405) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.146 : [Anselm bought from the township a lead furnace, a] vat, [an ox-harrow and 2 horse-harrows all with iron teeth, and 2] skeles, [worth 15 s. 4 d.].
- (1416-17) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2991 : In deyra..ij skelys, ij bollys.
- (1419-20) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99227 : Pro 2 skeles pro cova.
- (1440) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.31 : [A frying-pan and one] skliyee [weighing 108 lbs., 9 s. 4 d.].
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6080 : [Brewhouse:] In primis j brandereth, j pare tangez, ij wyndoshetes, j Skele.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11052 : I wyll þou wytt all wele, bot A handfull of floure and a lytyll oyle in a skele.
- (1459-60) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9989 : j caldrun, ij skelez.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)341 : Skele: emicadium.