Middle English Dictionary Entry
skrillen v.
Entry Info
Forms | skrillen v. Also skrille, scrillen, skirlen. |
Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. Norw. dial. skrylla. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shrillen v.
1.
To shriek, scream.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.20 : Thenne his lemmon on lofte scrilles [Dc: skirles] and scrykes, Quenne the balefulle birde blenked on his blode.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.1610 : His sikeness is when a hauke gapith and skryllyth opon the fuste.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.1617 : If thy hauke skrylle or crye, other wyse then he ought, take and yeue him jeremyse, [etc.].
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)619 : Þene his lemmane one loft skrilles [Thrn: skremes] and skrikes; Ho gretes one Gaynour, with gronyng grylle.