Middle English Dictionary Entry
til n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | til n.(1) Also tild; pl. til(d)es, til(d & (error) tykes. |
| Etymology | OF tille piece; ult. ON: cp. OI telgja to carve. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cut of meat, smaller than a quarter of the carcass;—also coll.; also, a portion of a fish.
Associated quotations
- (1342-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9938 : In 1 quarter carn. Bov. recent. et 2 tykes [read: tyles] et 1 carcos. porc., 7 s.
- (1344) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9940 : In 8 carcos. vitul. et 2 Tyles carn. recent., 15 s. 5 d.
- (1409) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9953 : In 5 bednalfish, 2 s. 8½ d.; In 20 til' del strugon, 6 s.
- (1417) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9955 : In v carcass, 1 quart. et 1 tyld Carn. bov. 35 s. 9 d.
- (c1420) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9956 : In 4 carcas, 2 tyll bov. sals., 29 s. 2 d.
- (c1430) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9960 : In 2 carcass, 3 quart., et 2 tyld carn. boum, 20 s. 5 d.
- (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.4599 : Item, iij tildis bef, cum j pecia de bacon, xx d.