Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrushel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrushel n. Also (in place names) trushil-, trussell, thrishel-, thrischel-, thrissel-, thrichchel-, trishel-, trissel-, frischel, phrishel. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE *þryscele; also cp. ME thrush(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. throstel n.
1.
(a) In cpd.: ~ cok, = throstel-cok n. (a); (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.217].
Associated quotations
a
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.203 : Goth not awey..The thruschylcok nor the feldfare.
b
- (1214-25) in Ekwall ERN406 : Thrichchelton.
- (1242) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Thrisselton'.
- (1242) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Thrysshelton.
- (1244) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)14 : Aqua de Frischel.
- (1284) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Trisselton.
- (1306) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Thrushelton.
- (1313) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Trisshelton juxta Stouford.
- (1326) in Ekwall ERN406 : North Phrisshel.
- (1346) in Ekwall ERN406 : Thryschelton.
- (1364) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Trusshilton.
- (1428) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)210 : Trussell; Trussellton.