† chulle, v. Obs.
[a. ONF. chouler, choller, cheoller, to drive a ball with the foot, play football with: in central OF. ceouler, {cced}ouler, souler, in med.L. cheolare, ceolare, solere. Still used in Fr. dial., where chole, choule, in North Normandy, sole, soule in S. Normandy, Brittany, Maine, is the name of a well-known football game: cf. sole v.2]
To drive with the foot, as a football; to kick about, toss or bandy about.
| 138. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 280 Cristene men ben chullid, now wiþ popis, and now with bishopis..now wiþ prelatis under bishopis: and now þei clouten þer shone wiþ censuris, as who shulde chulle a foot balle. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1444 Thane sais syr Gawayne, ‘so me God helpe! We hafe bene chased to daye, and chullede as hares’. ? a 1400 Of þo flode of þo World Royal MS. 17 B. xvii. 101 a (?c 1425), Tho world makus a mon to ryse and falle, And chulles hym as men don a balle, That is casten fro hande to hande. |