Middle English Dictionary Entry
caudē̆l n.
Entry Info
| Forms | caudē̆l n. Also cadel, caudell(e. |
| Etymology | AF, corresp. to CF chaudel (cp. ML caldellum). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A hot fortified drink, esp. one containing spiced wine or ale; also, a broth; (b) a pudding, meat loaf, or the like; (c) a mess.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11767 : As me seiþ, 'wan ich am ded make me a caudel.'
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)3248 : Þin heued oweþ to ake wel: Dame, let make him a caudel!
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.24 : Chykens in Cawdel. Take Chikens and boile hem..Þenne take ȝolkes of ayren and þe broth and alye it togedre [etc.].
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.45 : Cawdel of Almand mylk. Take Almandes blanched and drawe hem up with wyne..Boile it and serue it forth.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)50/112 : Swynge it fast with a spone as þou wold swynge cawdell.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)366 : To orden a rere soper..A cawdell I-made with swete wyne.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.51 : For a cawdel. Breke ten egges..And swyng þy ȝolkes..Þen mynge hom wele with gode ale.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)131/239 : Ȝaff sche not ȝow cawdel to potage..to comforte ȝour brayn?
b
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.54 : Cawdel of Samon.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)445 : Cadel of Musculs to Potage.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)464 : Caudel Ferres. Take..wyne..ȝolkes of eyren..sugre..saffron..bred..ande make the caudel stondynge..dresse hit up in leches in disshes.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)195/8 : Sche mad for owr Lady a good cawdel & browt it hir to comfortyn hir; and þan owr Lady seyd on-to hir, 'Do it a-wey, dowtyr! Ȝeue me no mete but myn owyn childe.'
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)64 : Cawdelle: Vitellium, caldearium, caldellum.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)112 : To mak cawdelle de pork tak the braun of pork parboile it and grind it small with yolks of eggs [etc.].
c
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.205 : Glotoun was a gret cherl..And cowhede vp a cawdel in clementis lappe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. caudle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)116b/b
: If a man be woundid in þe heed þou schalt kepe þat wounde whanne it schal be opened from þe eir þat it entre not in to þe wounde and þerfore þou schalt spere out þe eir and diȝte þe wounde wiþ a caudel.
Note: New sense: Med. ?a medical ointment or dressing.Note: MED uses this same quot. under speren v.(1), sense 5., where "caudel" has been transcribed as "candel." Although candles may be used medicinally (see candel n., sense 1a.(b)) the sense doesn't seem suitable for this quot. The quot. doesn't seem to belong to caudel n., either. Presently, not enough information to determine where this quot. belongs.--notes per MLL