† hattrel Obs.
Forms: 4 haterel, hat-, haatreel, 5 haterell(e, hatrelle, hattrel.
[ME. a. OF. haterel, hasterel, hatrel, nape of the neck, head.]
The apex or crown of the head; also, the nape of the neck; the neck.
| a 1325 Prose Psalter cxxviii[i]. 4 Our Lord riȝtful shal keruen the haterels of the sinȝers [cervices peccatorum]. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1492 Fra þe haterel oboven þe croun..tyl þe sole of þe fot doun. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 80 It wendys vp to þe haterell with attempre hete. 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 674/4 Hec vertex, hatrelle. c 1440 Partonope 3492 Joye and sorow take hym be the haterell. c 1450 Henryson Mor. Fab. 35 And strake the Hattrel of his head away. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 745/14 Hic vertex, a natrelle. |