selion (c.1285)

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selion (c.1285)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 11,417a *selj; Gdf: 7,365a seillon 2; GdfC: 10,676a sillon; TL: 9,356 seillon; DEAF:  seil (seillon); DMF:  seillon 2 / sillon; TLF:  sillon; OED:  selion n.; MED:  selion n.; DMLBS: 3009c selio ]
seilion,  seilloun,  seillun,  seilun;  selioun,  sellione;  seylloun,  seylloyn,  seylun,  seylyon;  silioun,  sillion;  soilom  

The sense ‘joist’ is unique to the Bibbesworth text tradition. A similar semantic shift is evident in solive.

s.

1 unit agricultural selion, narrow strip of ploughland marked by a furrow on either side
( a.1250 )  .iiij. seilluns qui extenduntur usque ad cheminum ferratum  sub cheminum
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  Fetes arrer deus seilluns en un jour e semez l’un [...]  324.c62
( 1292-93 )  .xxvj. selions de terre  45
( 1310-11 )  c'est un sillion qe contint en sei .vj. acres solom les usages du pais  Ed II vi 26
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Et en selioun gisont rais (M.E. And in londes lyn forewys)  329
2 agricultural furrow, land turned over by the plough
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  Homme que met meyn desure la cue de une charrue et regarde tuz jours par derere, jamés beu selion ne errat  38.42.23
( MS: s.xiv1 )  La ou est l’areine ouan, serra le silioun l’autre an  434.10
( MS: s.xv )  prenge de ewe ke esta sur la racynne de chenne u la chenne ad esté colpé [...] u ewe de plue ke esta en pes en aukun seilun  128.E129
3 archit. joist, horizontal beam for supporting a floor
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Trestuz les seillouns (M.E. gistes) (var. (T: s.xivin) soulyves) mettez outre, E desuz les seillouns la plauncié  954-55
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Et bons selions (M.E. gistes) mettez outre  454
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