ele1 (s.xii1/4)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

Entry Log

Clear

ele1 (s.xii1/4)

[ FEW: 24,281a ala; Gdf: 1,120b aele /3,23a elle; GdfC: 8,58a aile; TL: 3,27 ele 1; DEAF: ; DMF:  aile; TLF:  aile; OED:  aisle n.; MED:  ele n.2; DMLBS: 56b ala 1 ]
aele,  aile,  ale;  eele,  eile,  elle,  esle;  ile;  hele  769 nelle  

s.

1orn.zool.anat.wing, limb of airborne animals or creatures that enables them to fly
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  (the dragon) Mot les eles, tent le col, Vers le gripun drechet sun vol  1017
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mout y avoit oyseaux [...] Et lor elles senestres toutes rouges estoient  i 24.249
( MS: c.1250 )  ala: ele  i 421
( MS: 1272-82 )  [...] unes plus courtes pennes en l’ele plus procheines del cors  67D
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Cest oysel [...] ad le col tout jaune [...] et les aeles de porpre colour  151
build.wing, aisle (of a building)
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  (In the church) Devers l’ele del Nort s’en est li bers alez  5526
( 1321 )  [...] les eiles acordauntz al costere del comble  427
( 1381 )  jeo devise que mez executours faceont parfournir le vout sur la ele del dit eglise  i 114
geog. spur, protruding section of a mountain range
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Es eles de Montgieu entra, E jor e nuit tant espleita Que il vint en une valee  2989
ship.ship's side (?)
( 1337-38 )  Et in Endlangiowes et Carlebemes meremio pro ystying bord et hecchis leggin .iiij. bord pro .j. aile meremio pro hord railes  i 25
mil.wing (of an army)
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Si un muncelement de vos enemis departi voille destreindre une de vos eles ou ascune partie  103.15
2orn.zool.anat.fin
( MS: s.xii1/4 )  Pissun par mar nodat, la destre ale s'esloisatm esloisat et resoldat  82.2
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  Lez pisson ové eylez (M.E. fynnes) paunde  55.6
3anat.agnail, hang-nail
( c.1290; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Coupet des cisours des ungles les eles (M.E. the wottewale)  (A) 305ra
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Ungle, ele et urtil (M.E. Nayle, angenayle and too)  47
anat.nail(?) (possibly in confusion with the English word?)
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  mon pouce, mon nelle, mon doit  52.10
l’ele d’une geline
1fig.scrap (as worthless object)
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  l’escu ne li vaut l’ele d’une geline  1666

s._pl.

1weaponsmil.feathers (of arrow)
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  vos devez prendre queintement od unes tenailles les eles de la sete barbalee  i 51
estre desuz les eles de
1to be under the protection of
( 1313-14 )  il covendreit qe la femme siwist sa volunté q’est desouz ses eles  Ed II vii 157
ciele#1  northele  suthele 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
ele_1