Middle English Dictionary Entry
turble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | turble adj. |
| Etymology | OF torble, turble adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. trouble adj.
1.
(a) Turbid, muddied; (b) unsettled, stormy.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)278/5 : Men see not clerliche in turble [vr. trouble; Ayenb.: ystered] water.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)155a/b : The rote byneþe or lower is attended..þat þe superfluite be expulsed..fro þe 2a houre of þe day vnto þe 3a, And þat þe day be quiete and bryȝt, nouȝt turble [L turbata] ne raynee.