Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrum-setle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrum-setle n. Also (early) þrimset(t)le; pl. (early) þrimset(t)les, -setlen. |
| Etymology | OE þrym-setl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A throne; (b) pl. the name of an order of angels, thrones.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)43/10 : God on þyssen dæige heo genam to þan heofonlice þrymsetle.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)44/5 : Unasecgendlicen lofsangan heo to þan þrymsettle gelæddan, þe hire gegearcod wæs fram frymðe middeneardes.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)123/29 : Eorðe is gecweðen Godes fotscamol, & seo heofon is his þrymsetle.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)56/33 : Þæt fulfremede fæsten..bicymæð to Godes þrymsetle.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)233 : Hlaford of mihte, þe alste hefenen þrimsettles.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)69/17 : Heofona mihten synd ængles & hehængles, þrymsetlen, ealdorscipen, hlafordscipes, & anwealde.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : He ȝescop tyen engle werod oðer had oðer hapes þat beoð angeli, boden; archangeli, hahboden; Troni, þrimsetles.