Middle English Dictionary Entry
strandling(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strandling(e n. Also strandelin, stranglin(g, stranling, stran(e)lin(e, stranlion, stradling(e, stralling & strendlinge, strenling, stringling. |
| Etymology | AL stranlingum, stranglinum, stradlingum, strenlingum, strelingum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A variety of squirrel fur, prob. the mixed gray and red fur of the English red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in autumn and winter; a piece of such fur; -- also coll.; popel ~, a piece of some kind of squirrel fur.
Associated quotations
- (1294) Doc.Cust.Sea in NRS 4930 : xviij tymbria et dimidium de popel et strandelyn.
- (c1299) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100495 : In 5 fururis de Stranlyne, 52 s. 6 d.; In 8 fur. de Squirellis..In 6 furur. de Stranling ad capusc., 22 s.
- (1302-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100503 : De burneto, russeto..stranelyne, squirell, meyneueir.
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.300 : De Johanne del Sten pro pisce et stralling'.
- (1305) in Mun.Magd.Oxf.145 : Cum perrula de stradlings.
- 1311 Liber Horn in NQ ser.11.5 (LMA COL/CS/01/002)170 : Strandling est Squirel contre le feste Seint Michel.
- (1324-5) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.382 : Pro vii timbriis de strenling'.
- (1327) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.153 : [A fur of] stradlynge [of 6 tiers, 52 beasts].
- (1334-5) Acc.R.St.Swithun in Hamp.RS (1892)236 : In xij furruris de grossa Strandlinges..In iiij furruris de Meyn Strandlynge emptis, xxvj s. viij d.
- a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)190 : De chescun millier de popel strendlinges [ID(2): pople stranglyng]..xij d.
- (1351) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.267 : [Vesture trimmed with fur, such as] meneveyr..purree [of] stranlyng.
- (1359) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.321 : [A fur of] popre, [a fur of] stranlyn.
- (1359) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.330 : [With a fur of] stanelyn [for the surcoat].
- (1385) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.91 : [2 furs of] cristigray, [32 s.; one fur of] stranglyng.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.38 : [A robe lined with] stringlyng [in poor condition worth 10 s.].
- a1400 Gesta St.Alb.in RS 28.4 pt.2 (Cld E.4)81 : Et ultra concessit eis duas robas..cum pelura agnina pro praedicto Ricardo, et cum pellura de strendlinge pro Elena, uxore sua.
- (1412) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.16620 : Item, tres toge furrate precii xl s. Item, unum pylche de stranlion precii xx s.
- (1415) Will York in Sur.Soc.4382 : j togam de Muster de vilers, furruratam cum strandlyng.
- (1441) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.37 : [A Gowne..furred with] stranlyng turnid.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11194 : Þenne come chaumberleyns..Wiþ riche robes of mani maners..Manteles, forours of riche pris, Of meneuer, stranlyng, veyr, & gris.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45135 : j togæ de panno mixto, cum penula, de stranglyn.