Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆fal(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆fal(le n. Also tufal, taufal. |
| Etymology | From fal n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A lean-to; a hut, shed; (b) a nonessential characteristic of something, an accident.
Associated quotations
a
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4549 : De j tufall cum ij waynscotys.
- (1426) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100465 : Pro tectura unius tofall, 8 s.
- (1435) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2359 : A tawfall..standes on ye comon ground in ye syd of ye comon lane at ye est end of ye Fleshusse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)495 : To-falle, schudde: Appendicium.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)254/14 : Þe kyngis nowte-hard..tuke provand in þe kyngis pales to his catell & had it home vnto his tofall at he dwelte in.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7651 : Þus a kirke to þaim þai mak, Also þai made þaim tofalles, To duell in vndir þe walles.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)121 : It [life] is a þing not beyng a substaunce in it silf to kepe it silf and to stonde bi it silf, but it is an accident or a tofalle, þat is to seie, it is such a þing which is..dependaunt in beyng of þe same oþer þing.