Middle English Dictionary Entry
ūrī̆nā̆l n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ūrī̆nā̆l n. Also urinale, urinel, orinal, (early SWM) urnal; pl. urinals, etc. & urinallis, (error) uinales. |
| Etymology | OF orinal, urinal (vars. of orinail) & ML ūrīnāle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A vessel in which to urinate, a chamber pot; also, a receptacle usu. for the purpose of holding urine, esp. for medical examination; clei ~.
Associated quotations
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)8845-6 : He nam his vrnal [Clg: glæs-fat] anon, an þe king meh þar-on; One wile after þan þe vrnal an honde he nam…and þus saide anon…al hol þou salt iworþe.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)41/915 : Þe ȝongeman…tasted his senewe and his veyne, He takez an vrinal for to sen.
- c1450(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy [OD col.] (Glo 19)No.1, Bk.1, ch.41, fol.5v : Put thy lyft hand ther atwynne thy face & the vrinall.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.792 : Ther is also ful many another thyng That is vn to oure craft apertenyng…sondry vessels maad of erthe and glas, vrynals [vrr. Orinales, vrynallis, vinales] and oure descensories, Violes, crosletz, and sublymatories.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)1138 : Þan þe leche askes a glas; An urinal sone broght him was; Þe child made water.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)70a/b : Vrinale: an vrinale [Hrl 1738: urynel].
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)75/555 : Þe uryn aw to be lokyd…anone as it is mad; Stop þe urynall þat þe kynd hete & þe spyrytis pass not owt þareof & þan, as belyf, lok yt.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)370 : Orynal, or vrynal: Urinale.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)10/22 : Take þe bacyn &, what þu fyndis þer-in…gedir it in an ampull of glas or in a cle vrynall.
- a1450 Lordyngis leue (Bod 48)p.78 : Þey wil wagge þe vryne and vrynal of glas.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)41b/b : The marys also haþ a long necke as an vrynal.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)134b : An Vrynall: vrinaria, vrinarium.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 46/16 : Put hit al togidres in a vrynale and stoppe hit, and þan sette hit in hote hors donge.
Note: Need date.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. urinal.