escrolle1 (c.1240)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

escrolle1 (c.1240)

Cite this entry
  FEW:  *scrofellae 11,342a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  escroele 9,523b TL: escröele 2 3,1011 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  écrouelles  TLF:  écrouelles  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  scrofulae 2984a
escrelle;  escroele,  escroelle;  escroiele,  escroile,  escroille;  escrouele,  escroule;  escroyle;  esqroele  

s.

1med.pathol.(tumour or sore from) scrofula, 'king's evil' (swelling of the lymphatic glands): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  si le foillet de la escrelle remeint dedenz [...]  i 66
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Eu col unes glandres out, K’em escrouele numer seout. Turnees sunt a pureture, A rancle e emfle e a quiture  2613
( s.xiii2?; MS: s.xivin ) [E]scroeles naissent en la gule, desuz les aiseles e es illers, e unes glandres qui ne sunt pas escroeles  ii 65.xiii
( MS: c.1325 )  escroyles que est malad[i]e de roy  151.693
scrofles 
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.
escrolle_1