Middle English Dictionary Entry
colẹ̄e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | colẹ̄e n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. acolẹ̄.
1.
A stroke with the flat of the sword given in dubbing a knight.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)813 : Kyng Philippe, þat was his lorde, Girde hym wiþ riche swerde And ȝaf hym þe colee [LinI: tole] ariȝth, And bad he shulde be gode kniȝth.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)193 : A knyght oweth wel to suffre colee er he entre in to stour or haue dignitee of wurshipe.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.135 : Crist toke the ordre of knyght with the colee certayne, Als vse is to make knyghtes in the lande of Almayne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: New spelling--Also, (error) tole
Note: See yeven v., sense 15.(b): ~ acole (colee)
Note: Even though one of the meanings of tol n.(3) is "a handheld weapon, such as a sword..." it is likely that the variation between the Ld and LinI forms is due to a misreading of 'c' as 't'.--per MLL