Middle English Dictionary Entry
thele n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thele n. Also (in names) thel(le, thela, thelo, thle, thille, thide, tel, tille, tol, dille, fele. |
| Etymology | OE þel, (in place names) tel- & þille. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A board, plank; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.203-4].
Associated quotations
a
- (1377) *Chamberl.R.Winch. : In i lapide magno empto, conduente aquam in le Fisshbed cum i thele coopinente [read: cooperinente] dictum lapidem.
- (1454) *Invent.Gild Stratford (ShakMuseum 184, 187)184 : In ye bake hous..A pipe fat, iiij longe thelis, a shorte thele; Item, vij longe mete bordis, a shorte bord.
b
- (1154-60) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thelewella.
- (1176) in Ekwall Dict.EPN443 : Thela.
- (1179) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)435 : Tille.
- (1196) in Ekwall Dict.EPN443 : Teluedham.
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10195 : Baldwinus de la Thele.
- (c1200) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thelwella.
- (1240) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thidewell.
- (1262) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)435 : Thille.
- (1295) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thellewelle; Felewelle.
- (1296) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames209 : Rad. atte Thylle.
- (1304) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thelowell.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10147 : Robto atte Thele.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10260 : Alic' atte Thele.
- (1355) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Thlewall.
- (1377) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)435 : La Dylle.
- (1487) EPNSoc.45 (Ches.)138 : Tolwell.