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techelé (s.xii1/3)

The form tachelé is a cross reference to the following entry:

techelé (s.xii1/3)

tacelé,  taceled,  tachelé;  tecchelé,  tecchilé,  techellé,  techilé,  teichelé,  tetchelé,  tezchelé;  thechelé  (tachehilé  TLL ii 58.82 techchelé,  thachelei  Waterford busby 336.S188.5)  
  FEW:  taikns 17,294b Gdf:  tachelé 7,621b GdfC: TL: tachelé 10,28 DEAF:  tache (tachelé)  DMF:  tachelé  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  tachellatus 3359c

a.

1colourflecked, speckled, having coloured spots
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex ) Mult est bone gagatromee. S’est une piere tachelee, Cume pel de chevrol sen faille  Lapid 51.574
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) E les fuiles mult sunt ledes, De ruge e blanc taceledes  S Brend mup 492
( s.xiii1; MS: 1272-82 ) unicornes [...] sunt de quatre colours: rouges, bloys, neirs, teichelé  Pr Jean3 179.F153
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex ) La y a auxi plusours orafles (=giraffes), en [Arabe] ils les appellent gerfancz. C’est une beste techchelé qe n’est pas plus haut d’un chival destrier  Mandeville 453
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Pute et lecchour sont resemblé A la pantiere techelee  GOWER Mirour 9254
zool.horsescolourdappled, having a coat marked with grey or white spots
( MS: s.xiii1 ) Parte autem altera equos autem inter fructecta in equicio vagantes, precipuis tresdecim coloribus [...]: badeos, aureos [...] scutilatos (gloss: techelés) [...]  TLL i 173.78 and ii 62.78
( MS: s.xiiiex ) guttatos: (C) pomelés, techilez  TLL ii 39.78
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) Il (=horse) ne est pas tut neir ne blaunk mes feraunt techelé  BOZ Char 169
2stained, discoloured
( MS: s.xiiiex ) gipsatum: (C) techilé de tere  TLL ii 42.82
( 1394 ) jeo devise a William de Holme .j. nowche d'ore, ové .j. chein esteaunt en mylieu techellé  Test Ebor i 200
pathol.(of complexion or skin) spotty, covered in freckles or spots
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 ) (the knight) est rus, Tachelez mult e lentilus  Proth ANTS 4048
( MS: s.xii/xiii ) cesium: .i. nevosum: (O) techilé (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) tezchelé, thechelé, anglice frekeneyt;  (C: s.xiiiex) haudlé )  TLL ii 42.82
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) Face techelé: [...] oignez de la sanc de tor et la fra clere  A-N Med ii 214.33
pathol.(of skin) blotchy, marked
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) tant de mal lui fist qe sa colour en ert muee e tote sa char tecchelee del mortal beivre venimous si qe bien resemblot leprous  Dial Greg SATF 6516
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm ) ascuns apparurent soilez et tecchilez de lepre  TREVET Cron1 269.19
fig.tainted
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin ) pensees volanz qe ne durent nient[...] la (=soul) funt tecchelee de lour noires tecches  Ancren1 201.34

s.

colourspotted, speckled, flecked one
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm ) tes oailles garderay a tes voluntez [...] Jeo voil cest an les techilez aver Pur mon loer  Genèse 1365

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See also:

entechelé  teche1  techelous  techelure  techer  techete  techeté  techous 
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