Middle English Dictionary Entry
chillen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | chillen v. Forms: pr. ppl. chelling, chilland; p. ppl. chilled, sceld, (error) scolde. |
| Etymology | From chill , late vr. of chēle, chile n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ppl. Cooling, chilling; cooled off, chilled, cold.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)136/7 : No þing abidiþ to vs but fire hoot brennyng, watir coold chelling.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.299 : Ther chilling sonnys shine.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.452 : In londis chillyngest [L frigidissimis].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2965 : So his chere chawngide, That the chillande watire on his chekes rynnyde.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)184/574 : Lat his brede be made of barlich and drynk but sceld..watire, ale, and wyne but scolde, ne none hote drynke.
2.
(a) To feel cold or chilly, be chilled, shiver; (b) of persons: to shudder (as with fear); of love or kindness: to grow cold, lose or lack ardor.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)75 : Chyllyn or colde: Frigucio.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)371/455 : They [harlots] schul brenne and boyle and chille in oure denne.
- a1500 PPl.B (Oriel 79)14.50 : Chillist [Ld: whan þow clomsest for colde or clyngest for drye].
b
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)368 : Such a hidor hem hent & a hatel drede, Þat al chaunged her chere & chylled at þe hert.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.49 : Then grace sholde growe ȝut..And charite, þat child is now, sholde chaufen of self.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.40/29 : Now hath vndircrept them necligence, charite chyillith.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.16va (1.4) : I speke..vppon þe kyndes & qualites of complexioun..And in þise wise be a þinge neuer so brennand or chilland or dry or moyste þerfor, it is neuerthemore hote ne colde ne wete ne drie.
Note: Quot. antedates sense 1.
Note: New sense: Physiol. dominated by the 'cold' quality.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)179.10 : Ȝef a mannus toth chille, take þis herbe [mint] and sethe it in wyn..and waysche þin mowth þer-wyth.
Note: New subsense for sense 2.
Note: Gloss: "Of a tooth: to become numb or deadened."
Note: In the c1450 Med.Bk.(1) quot. in sense 1., the form with the back vowel, scolde, may belong to or have been influenced by cọ̄len v.(1).
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--all notes per MLL