Middle English Dictionary Entry
wǒlled adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wǒlled adj. Also wulled. |
| Etymology | From wǒl n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Covered with wool; also, unshorn;
(b) made of wool, woolen;
(c) anat. covered with villi, fibrous.
Associated quotations
a
- (1425) RParl.4.292b : Graunte, be auctorite of this present Parlement, that no manere of personne…ne doo shippe with inne the Royme of Engelond, any Shepe wolled or clipped in to the saide Contre of Flandres.
- (1440) in Black Leathersellers24 : That…no man nor womman selle…any…unsuffisant lethir…rased or frised, or the greyn broken of on the side that was wolled or hered.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.72 : Now putte among [the sheep] their tuppis whyte Not oonly wolled [vr. woolled], but also their tonge.
b
- a1480(c1450) Barlaam (2) (Peterh 257)175/6446 : He wysshe his body, and wyped it with þat wolled clothe þat he ȝaf hym in his palice.
c
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)36/7 : Ysofagus is þe weie off þe mete procedinge fro þe þrote…to þe stomak and it compounde of two tunikellis wulled [Ch.(1): villulate] oþer cotounde wiþ-inne.