Middle English Dictionary Entry
cubbel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cubbel n. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. Icel. kubbi & Norw. kubbe block, stump; also, cp. MnE dial. kibble a big stick. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A block of wood tied to an animal to keep it from straying, a clog; (b) a surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)38a : Godd..teide for þi a clot of heui eorðe to hire, as me deð þe cubbel [Pep: kibber; L transl.: pondus; F transl.: blettrun] to þe ku [Nero: þe swine; Cleo: þe reoðer], oþer to þe oþer beast, þet is to recchinde & renginde abuten.
b
- (1281) Select Pleas Manor.in Seld.Soc.230 : Johannes Cubbel, xij d.
- (1332) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 18122 : Warynus Cubbel.