yle
See also: Yle
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin hȳlē (“matter, the fundamental matter of all things; the matter of the body”) (whence English hyle), a transliteration of Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood; material, substance; matter”) or πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental matter”). The concept of “fundamental matter” was propounded by the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle (384–322 BCE).
Noun
yle (uncountable)
- (philosophy) Matter.
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis [The Lover's Confession]; published as Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts by Dr. Reinhold Pauli, volume III, London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street, 1857, OCLC 162886391, liber septimus [book 7], pages 91–92:
Alternative forms
References
- Bradley Strattman, A Middle-English Dictionary [12th–15th century], Oxford University Press, 1891 (1967)
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “yle”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
From Old French isle, from Latin īnsula.
Alternative forms
Noun
yle (plural yles)
- Isle, island.
- 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Man of Law's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:
- The bareyne ile stondynge in the see.
Descendants
- English: isle
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