Middle English Dictionary Entry
til-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | til-man n. |
| Etymology | From tillen v.(1) & man n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tilie n., tiller(e n.
1.
(a) A cultivator of the land; a farmer, husbandman; also fig.; also, a farm laborer; (b) as surname [could also be construed as from tile n.(2)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)371 : Marchandes, men of craft, & tilmen..I pray..for hom alle.
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Arun 507)153 : He sagh in hell..Tilmen þat falsli tendis.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.14/35 : Galien folowed hym, & which þat Ipocras had sowen as a gode tylle man he ered & augmented.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)237/29 : Summe feendys komyn as tylmen wyth here hors & carte.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128a : A tyll man..Agricola..Colonus, terrecola.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2333 : Cayme, that a tilmon was, cornes offert not oright.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2462 : Iff tylmen toke tent..Of sede þat is sawen, be sesyng of briddes, Shuld neuer corne for care be caste vppon erthe.
b
- (1199-1216) Abbrev.Plac.King John70 : Walterus Tileman.
- (1204) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames349 : Alan Tileman.
- (1279) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms31 : Galfr. Tileman.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2199 : Ada Tilleman.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tillman.