† ˈpallen, a. Obs.
[OE. pællen, pęllen, f. pæl, pall n.1 + -en4.]
Made of ‘pall’ or rich cloth; in early use, ‘of purple’.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 64 Bicgað eow pællene cyrtlas. c 1000 ― Hom. in Leg. Rood (1871) 103 Se casere..dyde of his purpuran & his pellenan gyrlan. c 1205 Lay. 23762 A ræf swiðe deore..& ænne pallene curtel. a 1400–50 Alexander 1517 He plyes ouer þe payment pallen webbes. 14.. Siege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.) 322 Piȝten pauelouns doun of pallen webbes, With ropis of riche silk. |