Middle English Dictionary Entry
trollen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trollen v. Also trul; p.ppl. trolled, troult & (?error) troiled. |
| Etymology | OF troller; perh. ult. from Gmc.: cp. MHG, G trollen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. trillen v.(1).
1.
(a) To roll (sth.), turn; move (the head) to and fro, rock; (b) cook. to roll (dough) into a ball; ~ togeder [= trillen v.(1), sense 1.(d)].
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)502 : Tryllyn or trollyn: Volvo.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Eliz.Spalb.(Dc 114)117/12 : Sche myghte not holde hir heed vpon a pilow no while in o manere, but now and now trollid it hyderwarde and þyderwarde.
b
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)76 : Trull hit with thi honde, al this togidur in þe bolle.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)95 : Put all in a treen boll, and trull hit to-gidre with thi honde.
2.
In phrase: ~ forth, to travel about, wander.
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.296 : Þus hath he [Jesus] trolled [C: troiled; vr. toiled] forth þis two & thretty wynter.
3.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.19 : Syr Gauan the gode was graythet in grene, With his griffuns of gold engrelet fulle gay, Trowlt [Thrn: Trayfolede] with trulofes and tranest be-twene.