† masueln.

Forms: Middle English mansell (transmission error), Middle English masnel (transmission error), Middle English massuel, Middle English masuel, 1800s mazouelle.

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman masuele (compare Old French machuele , maçuële , massuelle , all 13th cent.) < masue , massue , maçue club (compare Old French maçue (1155), Middle French, French massue (c1380); probably ultimately < an unattested post-classical Latin form *matteūca club, cudgel ( > Romanian măciucă ) < *mattea (see mace n.²) + -ūca , after festūca fescue n.) + -ele -el suffix².The form masnel in quot. c1330 probably shows n for u by minim confusion; the form mansell in quot. a1450-1509¹ probably shows scribal metathesis of a similar form. The form mazouelle in quot. 1857 may reflect an Anglo-Norman form (compare mazue, variant of massue), or may be a 19th-cent. archaism.

Obsolete.

A short-handled club; a mace.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club

masuelc1312

macec1325

maulc1325

mell1333

brogged staff1429

balk-staffc1460

malleta1500

quarterstaff?1560

sport staff1634

morgenstern1637

roundhead1643

morning star1684

patu patu1769

patuc1771

shell-stick1790

holy water sprinkler1816

mace-head1824

shark's teeth sword1845

taiaha1845

c1312 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 16 (MED) ij massuels, xij d., ij frayels, vj d.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 4503 (MED) He..þouȝte haue slawe sire Beuoun Wiþ an vge masnel [read masuel].

a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 351 Forth he toke a mansell.

a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 5702 (MED) Beffore hys arsoun his ax off steel, By þat oþer syde his masuel.

1857 Archæol. Jrnl. 14 281 A German mazouelle of steel.

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

单词	masuel
释义	† masueln. Forms: Middle English mansell (transmission error), Middle English masnel (transmission error), Middle English massuel, Middle English masuel, 1800s mazouelle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French masuele. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman masuele (compare Old French machuele , maçuële , massuelle , all 13th cent.) < masue , massue , maçue club (compare Old French maçue (1155), Middle French, French massue (c1380); probably ultimately < an unattested post-classical Latin form matteūca club, cudgel ( > Romanian măciucă* ) < mattea (see mace n.²) + -ūca* , after festūca fescue n.) + -ele -el suffix².The form masnel in quot. c1330 probably shows n for u by minim confusion; the form mansell in quot. a1450-1509¹ probably shows scribal metathesis of a similar form. The form mazouelle in quot. 1857 may reflect an Anglo-Norman form (compare mazue, variant of massue), or may be a 19th-cent. archaism. Obsolete. A short-handled club; a mace. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club masuelc1312 macec1325 maulc1325 mell1333 brogged staff1429 balk-staffc1460 malleta1500 quarterstaff?1560 sport staff1634 morgenstern1637 roundhead1643 morning star1684 patu patu1769 patuc1771 shell-stick1790 holy water sprinkler1816 mace-head1824 shark's teeth sword1845 taiaha1845 c1312 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 16 (MED) ij massuels, xij d., ij frayels, vj d. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 4503 (MED) He..þouȝte haue slawe sire Beuoun Wiþ an vge masnel [read masuel]. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 351 Forth he toke a mansell. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 5702 (MED) Beffore hys arsoun his ax off steel, By þat oþer syde his masuel. 1857 Archæol. Jrnl. 14 281 A German mazouelle of steel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1312
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