Middle English Dictionary Entry
curleu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | curleu n. Also curlu(e, -low, -liour, & corleu, -lu(e. |
| Etymology | AF curleu, CF corlieu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The curlew (Numenius); ?also, quail; (b) the quail (Coturnix); ~ eiren, quail's eggs; ~ mete, quails for food.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1312) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.999 : Curleus. ]
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.25 : Fesantes, Pertruches, Capons, and Curlewes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.43 : Þe corlue [vrr. corlew, curlowe, curlu], by kynde of þe eyre, moste clennest flesch of bryddes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)196 : Cranes and curlues craftyly rosted.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1422 : Scho broght in haste Plouerrs powdird in paste..Þe fesant and þe curlewe.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)1536 : Take this dish of gold..With thes curlews..Into the chambre..There my doghtre at mete is.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.35 : Wodcok, snype, curlue also..Alle schun be draȝun, Syr, at þo syde, And honestly rostyd.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)192/129e : Plover, partriche..Corlues and cormerant.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)221/9 : In fowles..tho that haue nesshe pennes bene dredfull, as turtures bene and curlyours.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)104.38 : Hij askeden flesches, and curlu [L coturnix] come to hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.1 Par.(Dc 370)313 : Thou wenyst..a new werk to maken in old werk..as it is seid, to fytche to gyder eeȝen of curluris [WB(2): kurlewis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.104.40 : Ther kam a kurlu [WB(2): curlew].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Wisd.16.2 : Greithende curleeu mete [L escam..ortygometram] to them.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.309 : Coturnicies, curlewes, beeþ þerynne greet plente.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)75a/a : Henne bane is mannes bane, and..leuest mete to sparewis & Curlewes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)145b/a : Curlewis hatte Conturnices & haueþ þat name of þe sowne of þe voys.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)145b/b : Eleborus is curlewes mete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324b/b : Cvrlewe eiren beþ liche to rauen eiren.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5447 : Ortigias is no more to seyn Þan a curlew, in grew.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46b/a : Ortix: a corlewe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)111 : Curlew, byrde: Coturnix, ortogameter, ortogametra.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)100a : Youre god..fedde yowe in wildrenesse with manna and with curlewes [vr. corluwes].
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)617 : Swannys, fesauntys, and cranys, Partrigis, plouers, and curlewys Before þe kynge was sette.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)104.38 com. : God sent the curlu and manna fra heuen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A herde of Curlewes.
Note: Modify gloss.
Note: Belongs to sense (a).
Note: Modify this gloss: "(a) A bird of the genus Numenius, curlew;--also as term of association."
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)231 : A heerd of curlewz.
Note: Additional quot.
Note: Belongs to sense (a). (This is also "as term of association".)
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section seems to be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL