Middle English Dictionary Entry
thī̆mel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thī̆mel n. Also thimle, themel(le, themil, thimbil. |
| Etymology | OE þȳmel, infl. *þȳ̆ml-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A thimble.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)243b/a : Þey beþ..y-schape as themelis.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)21a/b : Digitabulum: a þymel.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)491 : Thymbyl: Theca.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)682 : Look whedir In þis purs þer be any croyse or crouche Sauf nedel and þrede, & themel of leþer.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)578/29 : Digitale: a themyl.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)47b : A Fyngyll [Monson: Fyngyr] stall or thymbyll: digitale.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)126b : A Thymbyll, Thymle [Monson: Themelle]: Digitale.
- c1500 The shype ax (Ashm 61)18 : Seyd þe wymbyll, 'I ame als rounde as a thymbyll.'