Middle English Dictionary Entry
chapelet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chapelet n. Also chappelet, chaplet, (error) chappetelot. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A wreath of flowers, leaves, or branches to be worn on the head, garland; ~ of thornes, the Crown of Thorns; (b) a representation of a garland.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5723 : On hir hed sche haþ a chaplet Of rosys rede.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)908 : On his heed was set Of roses reed a chapelett.
- 1448(1435) *Mandeville Brut (Arms 58:Kooper)f.322r : Þen men settyn on hure hedys chapelettes of prikyng netlys and two sqiers blewyn on hure eerys wiþ two gret hornys of bugle.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)99 : He tooke of the brawnches of the tre and made hym a chaplete in syngne of victorie.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)539 : Now haueþ Ihesu a chapelet Of þornes on his heued y-set.
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)16/237 : A-boue al hem sit God in his Godhed, hauing þe chapelet of lory leuis þat euermor ben grene.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)17 : A glorious company of virgines alle in whyte, chapelettys of white lilies vppon her hedes.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11608 : Soote rosys & vyolettys, Ther-off to make hem chaplettys.
- c1500 In a chyrch (Ashm 61)45 : My sone hath a chaplyte [vr. chapplet] of thornes prekyng.
- 1598(a1475) Flower & L.(Speght)154 : Every lady had a chapelet On her hede.
b
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4511 : Pro j coverleto cum chapletz de viridi.
- (1435) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.283 : Unum craterem argenti coopertum cum j Chapelet super coopertorium.
- (1435) Will York in Sur.Soc.3047 : Cum uno chapellet de hawthorn.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1215 : Grene Sattayn y set with byrdes and Chaplets of gold.
- (1473) Will Uvedale in SAC 3159 : Volo quod Elizabeth uxor mea..habeat..vi plates diversimodi signatos cum chapelette.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : A rede coverlet wyth grene chapelettes.
2.
(a) A fillet, head-band, diadem; also, a head-band worn as a badge of office; (b) a coronet or circlet.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.203 : A womman..arayed as an hoore, and her here abrood, wiþ a chapelet [Higd.(2): fillette; L vitta] of gold on here heed.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7066 : His croket kembd, and theron set A Nouche with a chapelet.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.196/31 : The Maystres..shullen comen with two chapelettes, & they schull chesyn othyr two Maystres..apon whom the Forseid chapellettes schullen be sette.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.3.19 : The Lord schal take awei the ournement..mytris ether chapelettis [L mitras], and coombis.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)563 : Of fyn orfrays hadde she eke A chapelet..And faire above that chapelet A rose gerland had she sett.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)161/22 : Þanne he doth adown his Galaoth þat syt vpon his hede in manere of a chapelet, þat is made of gold.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)33.79 : With A chapelet vppon hire hed, ful of precious stones.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)118 : A chaplet..With trayfoyles and trewloues of full triede perles, With a chefe charebocle chosen in the myddes.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)p.36 : Here entrethe Anima as a mayde..with a ryche chappetelot [read: chapelet] lasyde be-hynde, hangynge do[wn] with ij knottis of golde & syde tasselys.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)227 : The mayden was fayre and hadde on hir heede riche chapelet of preciouse stones.
b
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)149 : Herry [III] was crowned at Glouceter..Eke in his crownyng thei sette on his hed but a chapelet, that thei schuld do no prejudise to the Cherch of Cantirbyry, to whom longith to crowne the Kyng.
3.
Some kind of head-dress.
Associated quotations
- (1401) Will York in Sur.Soc.4281 : Lego Margaretæ..j fylytt de perele..patri meo j chaplet.
- (1406) Wardrobe Acc.Philippa in Archaeol.67181 : Schaplett de serico.
- (1420-1) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.485 : ii chapeletts parv' de worsted'.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)69 : Capelet [vr. chapelet]: Capellus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 28/12 : Forto clarifie perles þat beþ in werkes as in chapelettes or in sercles or in eny oþere manere werk.
Note: Additional quote, ?prob. sense 2.(b). Glossary: "chapelettes n. pl. 'chaplets (crowns or coronets)'."