Middle English Dictionary Entry
weler n.
Entry Info
Forms | weler n. Pl. (early infl.) weleren. |
Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A lip; pl. lips, the mouth; also in fig. context; sinnen on weleren, to sin by means of the lips, sin by speaking;
(b) a morsel, lump.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)107/3 : Ic geslea ænne wreoðe on his nose, & ænne bridel on his weleren [OE weleras], & ic hine gelæde ongean to his leoden.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)125/20 : On twam wisen mæn synegieð on heora weleren, þæt is, gyf heo unriht specað oððe riht forswigeð.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)536/9 : Labium: weler.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)40/25 : He nam pich & hrysel & punede togædere, & mid byrsten gemængde, & berede to weleren [c1225 Wor.Gloss.(Corp-C 178) 701/446: OE welerum (glossed:) balles; L massas]…& sealde þan drace.