Middle English Dictionary Entry
trilling(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | trilling(e ger. Also thirling. |
| Etymology | From trillen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Turning; twirling; (b) a lozenge rolled into shape between one's hands.
Associated quotations
a
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)112 : We mowe see alday many men and wommen berynge bedes with trillynge on the fyngres and waggynge the lippes.
- c1470 Chaucer CT.Sq.(Phys-L 388)F.321 : With trillyng of [Heng: whan ye come ther as yow list abyde, Byd hym descende and tryl another pyn].
b
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.209ra : Magdalio: a thirlyng; malaxare to elte, to thirle betwix handes.