Middle English Dictionary Entry
tille n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tille n.(2) |
| Etymology | From lentil(le n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The lentil (Ervum lens); the seed of this plant; also, ?the seed of the European white lupine (Lupinus albus) [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)987/1 : Þe tylle..haþ in rynde a maner scharpnesse by þe which he laxeþ þe wombe, but þe piþ..constreigneþ and byndeþ.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1384/21 : Euerich weiȝt haþ a..propre name..Þe leste party of wighte hatte calculus..and weyeþ tweye greynes of tilles.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ezek.4.9 : Take thou to thee wheete and barli and beenys and tillis [WB(1): lent] and mylie and vetchis.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)69/18 : Nyme..al-so moche sed of tylle as þou myȝt nyme with þy 3 vyngres.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)594/5 : Tylles [glossing Dict.: Lupinus].