Middle English Dictionary Entry
burble n.
Entry Info
| Forms | burble n. Also borble, burbel, burbulle. |
| Etymology | Prob. ML or OF; cp. burblen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bubble; (b) a clot of blood; (c) a blister or pimple.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 St.Mary Magd.(1) (Auch)417 : A litel child..playd wiþ burbels of þe water.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)394 : En ewe surde rebounde: In watur risen burblis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166b/b : Vnto..þe burblez reste [*Ch.(2): til þat no burble appere; L quieuerint ampulle].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)56 : Burbulle [Win: Burbyle] or burble: Bulla.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)69/35 : If þu fynde þer-aboun as it were a burbill þat standes on þe water when it raynnes, þan is it a sygne of dede.
- 1468 Medulla (StJ-C C.22)47 fn. : Bulla: A burbyl.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)19b : A Burbyll in ye water: bulla.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)51/16 : As hit were a borble þat stondeþ on þe water.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : Þe wonde, wele mundified of þe cludderez or burblez [L trumbis; *Ch.(2): cludde of blode].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/b : The orifice forsoþ shal be stopped fro of burblez [L trumbo; *Ch.(2): gobates].
c
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)126 : The burbolys weche growen in the lyppes of kyzne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400 Harv.lat.235 Artist.Recipes (Harv lat.235) 295/8 : Put þerto a lytil clene water and noreche hit forthe with a softe hete til hit purge hym with thyk burblis abouyn.
Note: Need date, sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.68rb (2.9) : Vryn citrin & thenne & bright, wiþ burbles abouen, seiþ myslikyng of þe lunges, but it wil sone passe awaie.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.45r (2.9) : Þat þe vryn is granelouse & ampullouse, ful of greynes & burblis, is tokne of mykel dryhede.
Note: Additional quots. Need date (?c1400).