Middle English Dictionary Entry
skelf(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | skelf(e n. Also (in place names) skel(ve, skilf. |
| Etymology | Prob. from shelf(e n., with N substitution of sk- for sh-; for sense (a) also cp. MDu. schelve, scelf, and for sense (b) also cp. OI -skjālf a seat (as in Hlið-skjālf). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A shelf; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2. 125].
Associated quotations
a
- (1396-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99214 : 1 skelfe pro caseo.
- (1408) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99223 : Item, in cova sunt 2 ciste..4 platers..3 trestill..2 skelfes.
b
- (1155-65) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)255 : Skeltun.
- (1169-93) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)26 : Raskel.
- (1170-77) EPNSoc.33 (West Riding Yks.)67 : Ulfskelf.
- (1207) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)40 : Hylderskelf.
- (c1236) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)175 : Skutherskelf.
- (1271) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)239 : Skelton.
- (1275) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)93 : Ravenskelf.
- (1292) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)26 : Raskelue.
- (1344) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)40 : Hilderskilf.
- (1350) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)175 : Scuþerskeelf.
- (1387) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)93 : Raveneskell.
- (1455) EPNSoc.33 (West Riding Yks.)67 : Ulveskelfe.