Middle English Dictionary Entry
thil(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thil(le n. Also (error) thilke. |
| Etymology | Perh. from OE þille a boarding; cp. MnE dial. thill the shaft of a cart or wagon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The shaft of a cart; also fig.; ~ hame (pin, ?sadel, tre); cart ~; (b) ~ hors, a shaft horse, the horse harnessed between the shafts of a vehicle next to the wheels.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)867 : En lymons, [glossed:] thilles, veet li limower.
- (1346) *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/17.m.2 [OD col.] : De j pare rotarum nudarum cum Thill, j beme pro balaunce, j Crouwe de ferro.
- (1366) Doc.Manor in MP 3455 : Custos carettarum: Thyllesels cum stroppes.
- (1366) Doc.Manor in MP 3456 : j pare de Thylletrays cum pare de sels.
- (1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15138 : Item, a mendyng of yo carte Thyll, a bonde of hyryn & nayle yer to, iij d.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)665/30 : Limo: thyllys.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)12820 : Fals fortune of him now filles, He put him riȝt In hir thilles, And sche be-lan neuere that knyȝt to chase.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)491 : Thylle, of a carte: Temo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.38 : A squared carre on whelis too they make..And bakward beth twey thilles maad ful sure.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6080 : j Cartsadell, j paire of Thilhomes, iiij paire of hareynghomes.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)607/17 : Reda: a thylle.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)727/33-4 : Limo: a thylle; Limarillum: a thylpyn.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)867 : En lymons veet li limower [glossed:] thille hors.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)878 : Proprement dist hom ventrer Qui au ventre porte li lymoner [glossed:] thilke hors [vr. thille hors].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)68b/b : Veredus: þylhors or a forster.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)491 : Thylle horse: Veredus.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)811/22 : Veredus: a thylhorse.