Middle English Dictionary Entry
bobelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bobelen v. Also bubelen. |
| Etymology | Cp. bobel n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To form bubbles [cp. bobel]; (b) to make a rumbling noise [cp. next & bomblen].
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)308 : If the water bubyll, he is not clen enseymyd.
b
- c1440 Chaucer CT.WB.(Lin-C 110)D.972 : Bobelyng [vr. bubliþ; crit.ed.: as a bitore bombleth in the myre].