† ˈmartiloge Eccl. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 martilage, martilogie, -ye, martirlogi, 4–6 martiloge, 5 martelege, martilege, -logge, martloge, martylogye, mertelage, mertilloge, 6 martylage.
[ad. med.L. martilogium, -legium, corrupt forms of martyrologium martyrology.]
A list or register of martyred saints; a martyrology.
| [c 1000 De Consuet. Monach. in Anglia XIII. 400 Þeah þe on martirloᵹian (L. in martyrlogio) na si hæfþ.] 13.. S. Erkenwolde 154 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 269 Merkid is in oure martilage his mynde for euer. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 81 By þe martiloge it semeth þat he regnede sixtene ȝere. c 1425 St. Mary of Oignies ii. viii. in Anglia VIII. 173/30 She halowed festful dayes writen in hir mynde and impressed in hir herte as in a martiloge. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 331 Wherefore hit is redde in the martilogge: ‘Suche a day at Scotlande Seynte Brigida’. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 164/2 Of whome the martiloge of holy chirche speketh not. 1524 in Nichols Mann. Anc. Times (1797) 272 A boke called a Pye, and a boke called a Martylage. 1548 Udall Erasm. Par., Luke Pref. 4 b, The holye Bible, legenda Sanctorum,..& martiloges. |