"betel" meaning in Middle English

See betel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeːtəl/ Forms: betels [plural], betell [alternative], beetel [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel From Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beten + -le. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:bȳtel<ety:der<ang:bīetel>>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "?", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰew-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bautaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ilaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bautilaz", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bautil", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bīetel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bȳtel", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "betel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="betel">, {{inh|enm|ang|bȳtel}} Old English bȳtel, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*bautil|t=hammer, mallet}} Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), {{af|enm|beten|-le|id2=agent noun}} beten + -le Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} betel, {{enm-noun}} betel (plural betels)
  1. mallet, maul, hammer
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  2. bat, club, cudgel
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: batildore
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