Middle English Dictionary Entry
chullen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | chullen v. |
| Etymology | ONF chouler, choller (CF ceouler, souler) kick a ball, & ML cheollāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To kick or throw (a ball); fig. to treat (sb.) as one pleases, kick or chase about.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Grete ferly (Roy 17.B.17)67 : Þo world makus a mon to ryse & falle, And chulles hym as men don a balle þat is casten fro hande to hande.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.280 : Cristene men ben chullid, now wiþ popis and now wiþ bishopis..and now þei clouten þer shone wiþ censuris, as who shulde chulle a foot-balle.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1444 : So me God helpe! We hafe bene chased to daye and chullede as hares..And we lurkede vndyr lee as lowrande wreches!