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urle (s.xii1)

urle (s.xii1)

horle,  hourle,  hurle;  orle,  ourle;  url; 
pl. urlis  
  FEW:  *orulare 7,424a Gdf:  orle 5,640a GdfC: TL: orle 6,1286 DEAF:  ore 2 (orle)  / orle  / orler (orle)  DMF:  orle  TLF:  orle  OED:  orle n.  MED: DMLBS:  urla 3565a

According to FEW, the Latin substantive ora produced the (unattested) verb *orulare, which explains the existence in Anglo-Norman of both ur1 and urle as quasi-synonymous substantives. Although appearing in mostly the same contexts (and as variants of each other in different manuscripts), urle seems to be attested mostly with reference to clothing.

s.

textilecostumedecor.hem, border (of clothing)
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) la barbe [...], lequel descendit en l'urle de sun vestement  Oxf Ps ANTS 124.132.3
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Mande lui cum sun ami Qu’aveit unes noveles pels, Mais urle i failli e tassels, De barbes as reis  Trist thomas2 734
( c.1185 )  Or n'est amé ne vair ne gris [...] Li riche homme aiment les burels Et sanz urle, pané d'aingnels  Proth ANTS 11408
( MS: s.xiii1 )  hora: (B) urle (var. (Ba: s.xiiiex) hurle; (D: s.xiiiex) ourle; (E: s.xiii) vile)  TLL i 237
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  L’urle e le tassel Ke tant furent bel U sunt devenuz  Serm Royal 1345
( MS: s.xiiiex )  urlas: (C) hourles  TLL ii 130.26
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  si avoyent [...] espines atachés a le urle de lour garnemenz que i[l] ne devoyent la ley ublier  Bible Holkham 47.32
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  fimbriis: (D) urlis (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) urles)  TLL ii 73.72
geog.bank, ridge
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Desus l’orle d’une fosse al travers d’une reille Fet danz Nectanabus chescune nuit sa veille  Rom Chev ANTS 477
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) ripa: gallice rive vel urle  Dictionnaire hébreu 973.18
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  cil ke dort sur la urle du puiz hu de la rivere ne chiet il lenz [...]?  Ancren2 82.5
rim, edge
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Quant il ot esguardé le hanap tut entur E vit le vin si truble [...] Dous iraignes vit surdre des funz d’une tenur; Sur l’un ur (var. (H: s.xii4/4) url) s’asist l’une, e l’altre sur l’autre ur  Becket1 4039 (var.)
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) Del hanap peinst tut envirum Troie et le reial dunjun, Et cum li Griu dehors l’asaillent [...] En l’urle aprés fut peinte Heleine Et cum Paris li dux la meine  Floire ants 325
herald.orle, narrow bordure following the outline of a shield
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  De or e de asur eschequeré A rouge ourle o jaunes lupars  Eight Rolls 107.247
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire R. Somerville port burlé d'argent et de goul a un bordure d'azure a un ourle merletz d'or  Ashmole Roll 4 m.2

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See also:

ur1  uraille  uret1  urler 
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