Middle English Dictionary Entry
smā̆len v.
Entry Info
| Forms | smā̆len v. |
| Etymology | From smā̆l adj.; also cp. OE smalian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)252a/b : Poudre þerof medlid with vynegre smaleþ & þynneþ foule brestes of wenches.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)85/14 : Remeue deed fleesch, smale þe lippis of woundis þat ben greete, & kutte hem awey.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)182b/a : Vnguentum de adipibus..is aproperde to members þat ben dried and smaled þat be not swollen in þe whiche þer is none humoure enbeued.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)460 : Smalyn, or make lesse: Minoro.