Middle English Dictionary Entry
thixel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thixel n. Also thixil(le, thix(s)til, tix(h)il, yexhel & (?error) fyxyll. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. OI þexla, Norw. teksla, Dan. teksel ax; cp. OHG dehsala ax & OE þīxl beam or pole. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An adz; a kind of ax; ~ gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) ~, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone).
Associated quotations
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)73.7 : Als in wodes of trees þat are, Þaire yhates with axes þai doune schare In him-seluen; at þe laste In ax and in thixil þai ite dounecaste.
- a1400 Westm-A 34/11 Vocab.(Westm-A 34/11)14 : Unum rasticucium: un asze; a yexhel.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100396 : Item, in custodia Carpentarii..i thyxtyll..i thyxtyll goug.
- (1411) in Rec.B.Nottingham 286 : j fyxyll', ij d.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7a/b : Asciola: a litel thixel.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6084 : j lat axe, j gavelok..j staue [?read: stane] thixill, j persour, ij smale barrez for wyndowez.
- (1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45188 : j thyxill.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)127a : A Thyxill [Monson: Thyxille].
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)23a/a : Celtes: a chesell or a thyxell [Hrl 2270: tixil].
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 1738)6a/a : Ascia: a thyxstyl.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)807/19 : Acia: tyxhyl.