Middle English Dictionary Entry
wandāle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wandāle n. Also wandail(e, (in place names) wandele, wandil; pl. (in place names) wandales, etc. & wandeiles, wanddailes. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N. Prob. from ON: cp. OI vöndr & deila to divide, -deill a share; also cp. AL wandaila, wandala. For the corresponding ME elements cp. wō̆nd(e n.(1) & dēl n.(2), dōl n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A division of land;
(b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.245].
Associated quotations
a
- [ (c1150) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.72526 : Totam terram meam de Midethet, a balco qui est inter vandelas demenii mei et vandelas hominum meorum. ]
- c1400 Burton Chron.Melsa (Ryl Lat 219 & Eg 1461)2.173 : Concessit idem abbas…Thomæ Walrano, pro 2 solidis annuis et pro homagio, unam wandayle et unam placeam terræ in Hotona.
b
- (1172) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)117 : Wandele.
- (1175) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)157 : Wanddayles.
- (1199) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)172 : Wandayles.
- (a1200) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)124 : Wandayle.
- (1233) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)292 : Le Wandeles.
- (a1300) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)141 : Wandail.
- (c1300) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)293 : Wandales.
- (1333) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)59 : Sanwandeiles.
- (1407) Deed Yks.in YASRS 6932 : [One acre in one selion lay in] Lez Wandylls.
- (1407) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)146 : Wandale.