Middle English Dictionary Entry
bullen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bullen v. |
| Etymology | From bulle n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) letter bulled, a letter under (the Pope's) seal, a bull; (b) to denounce (sb.) by letter.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.265 : Þe pape Celestyn..With letter bulled [F enbulle] fyn assoyled to Scotlond sent. Whan þis bulle was brouht home [etc.].
b
- c1400 PPl.A(1) (Hrl 875)5.77 : [Ichaue] neȝeboris many..ybulled..to þe lord, to make hem lese siluer.