Tirelincel (1260-70)

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Tirelincel (1260-70)

[gdw]

[FEW: *6/i,406b martyrium; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  tirer (*); DMF:  tirelincel; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

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1‘Sheet-puller’, name for a devil who pulls people back into bed
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 ) Le persçuz oy le sein suner Ke tost l’apella au muster; [...] ‘Gis,’ dit Tirelincel, ‘tut en pes, Ne covient matines oyr huymés’  3903
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Un deblet q'est asses petit A provocer son appetit, Au fin q'il dorme plus et plus, Sur tous les autres est eslit Ly quel serra toutdis au lit Et tempre et tard luy bienvenus. Le noun de luy n'est desconus, Ainz est as dames bien conus, Tirelincel en chambre est dit: Qant l'alme enhorte a lever sus, Tirelincel dist, ‘Couchiez jus’  5205 and 5207
lincel  tirer 
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Tirelincel