Middle English Dictionary Entry
spọ̄le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spọ̄le n. Also spule, spuil, (in surnames) spol-, spoele; pl. spoles, etc. & speoles. |
| Etymology | MDu. spoele, spuele, MLG spōle, spoele, spoule & ONF espole, espoele & ML spōla. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A weaver's bobbin, spool; ~ stikke, ?a weaver's shuttle; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)450 : Un lussel de ses voiders wude, E la tristresce qaunt pern le ha, Tantost les trames [glossed:] spooles [vrr. pinnes vel speoles; spulys; lomes].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)47b/a : Panus: a shetel or a spole styke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)470 : Spole, or scytyl, webstarys instrument: Spolia, panulea.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)613/7 : Spola: a Quyl, or a Spole.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)119a : A Spule: panus, instrumentum textoris circa quod trama inuoluitur, spola.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)140a : To Wynde spuyls: deuoluere.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)628 : Panus: spole.
b
- (1332) Nickname in SAU 63185 : Will. Spoele.
- (1352) in Madox Firma Burgi (1726)286 : Egidium Spolmakere.