† medlen.

Forms:

α. Middle English melde, Middle English–1500s medle.

β. Middle English mele, Middle English meyle, Middle English–1500s mel.

γ. Middle English–1500s merle, 1500s marle.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French medle.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman meddle, medle, mele, Old French, Middle French melle (c1180), mesle (early 14th cent.) fruit of the medlar tree < classical Latin mespilum mespil n. Compare later medlar n.For the relationship between the α. and β. forms and for the development of Anglo-Norman -dl- from early Old French -sl- see discussion at meddle v. The γ. forms with -r- appear to have developed from the Middle French variant merle (15th cent.).

Obsolete.

The fruit of the medlar tree, a medlar. Frequently attributive in medle-tree.

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c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1287 (MED) A sat and dinede in a wede Vnder a faire medle tre.

a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 (MED) Mespyla sunt fructus, meyles idem.

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646/28 Hec mesculus, meletre.

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 716/37 Hec mespulus, a meltre.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiiij^v/2 Chese a graf of a good merle tree.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 Meddlers [1577 Hedlers; 1580 Medlars] or marles.

1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/2 I was ware of the fairest Medle tre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	medle
释义	† medlen. Forms: α. Middle English melde, Middle English–1500s medle. β. Middle English mele, Middle English meyle, Middle English–1500s mel. γ. Middle English–1500s merle, 1500s marle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French medle. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman meddle, medle, mele, Old French, Middle French melle (c1180), mesle (early 14th cent.) fruit of the medlar tree < classical Latin mespilum mespil n. Compare later medlar n.For the relationship between the α. and β. forms and for the development of Anglo-Norman -dl- from early Old French -sl- see discussion at meddle v. The γ. forms with -r- appear to have developed from the Middle French variant merle (15th cent.). Obsolete. The fruit of the medlar tree, a medlar. Frequently attributive in medle-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > medlar medlec1330 mespila1398 medlara1425 azarole1658 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > medlar tree open-arseOE medle-treec1330 amylliera1400 medlar?1440 mesplierc1480 medlar tree1548 lazarole1668 nespola1875 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1287 (MED) A sat and dinede in a wede Vnder a faire medle tre. a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 (MED) Mespyla sunt fructus, meyles idem. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646/28 Hec mesculus, meletre. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 716/37 Hec mespulus, a meltre. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiiij^v/2 Chese a graf of a good merle tree. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 Meddlers [1577 Hedlers; 1580 Medlars] or marles. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/2 I was ware of the fairest Medle tre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330
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