Middle English Dictionary Entry
spelers n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | spelers n. plural |
| Etymology | ?OF; cp. EMnE espelers. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hunt. Dentelations on the hind edge of the palm or the broad upper part of a buck's horn.
Associated quotations
- c1475 My dere sone wher (RwlPoet 143)621 : The hornes of a grete buk..Mot be sowmed as I say..Two branchers first..foure auancers..And fourte and twenty spelers.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf e iv/a : The hornys of a grete Bucke..Most be summyd as I say..Too braunchis first pawmyd he most haue, And iiij avauncers..And xxiiij espelers
Note: New form: Also espelers.--per MLL