Middle English Dictionary Entry
bīl(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | bīl(e n.(2) Also būl(e, bẹ̄l(e, biel, (late) boil. |
| Etymology | OE bȳl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Any festering sore on the surface of the body; ulcer, carbuncle, boil, bubo; also, an ulcerated wound; ~ of Egipt, the plague; (b) a swelling; a canker, pimple, blister; a callus; (c) fig., sin as boil.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)309 : Þo bi-gan þe souwe anon..To beo ful of schabbe and of buyles.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)224 : Oþere zyknesses..ase goutes and beles.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6642 : Lazare..lay at þe ryche mannys ȝate Ful of byles.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6011 : Þan sent drightin..Þe fals pharaon to faand, Bile and blister, bolnand sare On all his folk.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.83 : Byles [C: bules; vr. belis, boilus] and bocches and brennyng agues.
- c1400 WBible(1) (Lamb 25)Lev.13.19 : Beel [Corp-O: of the bocche; L ulceris].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.9.9 : There shulen ben in men and yn beestis biles [WB(2): botchis; L ulcera] and bleynes swellynge, in al the loond of Egipte.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.28.27 : Smyit thee the Lord with the byil [L ulcere] of Egipt.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)69b/b : Vlcus: a byle or a wounde.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)13568 : Thei may hele..Alle her bocchis & her biles.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)28b/a : Evel and roten pustles i. byles of blood..ben alle þoo þat leuen attre in here brekynge oute.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)29a/a : Antrax..is cleped forsoþe bona buba i. a good byle by contrarie speche.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)118a/a : Þai ben vlcerede wiþ shaly vlcers i. byles.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)122a/b : Apostemes & wicked vlcers i. byles.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1525 : In his the [i.e. thigh] þar was a byle.
- a1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)22 : Saphire is ful gode..to heele biles & swellinges.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)282/916 : For bulis on womans tetis Tak the Juyse of morell..and lay it all cold to the sore.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)9/16 : A goud letuarie..for boillis.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)31/21 : For to breke a byle.
b
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)54/155 : So stabilly to god gun he pray Kneleand..Þat on his knese war waxen biles Als es on kamels, like to kyles.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)47b/a : Papula: a byle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)36 : Byle, sore: Pustula.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)188/593 : For boyles in a mannes mowth.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)676 : Gibbus: a byle behynde; gibber: a byle before. Hec struma idem est.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bile.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. boil.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)29a/27 : For wound is an hurtyng newe ymakyd with kervyng of Iryn, Bot byle is an old sore rotid.
Note: Supplemental material: defining quot. for bil(e n.(2) sense (a)--per MP
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Whanne marye was greet (Fil) 84/428 : Thouȝ ȝe drynke poyson it schal nouȝt tame To Greuen with neyther boch ne beel.
Note: Glossary: "beel n. 'swelling, canker, pimple, blister'."
Note: New spelling.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)6.66 (v.1:p.83) : The mekenesse of Goddis sone..was to vs..medecyne.., medecyne most conuenient, the bolnyng bille of mannes pride which that myght curen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.10vb (1.3) : 'Vlcus' is a bole or a boche.
Note: New spelling: bole.