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† suppowell, n. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 Sc. suppowale, -aill, -all, 5 suppowaile, -aylle, -elle, supowaill, supowel, suppouel(l, suppowle, sow(b)powaylle, -aille, suppoayle, -aille, Sc. suppouaill, -ele, (sowpowayle, sowpewaille, 6 suppoyle), 5–6 suppowell. Also subpouelle.
[a. AF. *suppouail, *suppoial, suppuail, var. souspoial, f. sou(s)poier, -puier:—pop. L. *sub(tus)podiāre, f. sub(tus) under + podium prop, stay: cf. appui.
The word has been often misunderstood and altered in early MSS. or prints, and some modern editors have misread suppouail as supponail.]
Support, assistance, succour.
1375Barbour Bruce xvi. 139 Weyn ȝhe ȝon rebaldis durst assale Vs..Bot gif thai had suppowale neir? a1400–50Wars Alex. 4300 Na supowell vndire son seke we vs neuire. 1400in Lett. Hen. IV (Rolls) 23, I, as ane of yhour poer kyn..requere yhow of holp and suppowall. 1407Hoccleve Min. Poems (1892) 59 Ye wole vs helpe and been our suppoaille. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 24312 For mor suer sowpewaille To the bordoun spiritual A staf is nedful. 1513Douglas æneis viii. iii. 176 Wyth succours and suppowell, blythly I Sall ȝow fra hyne hame to ȝour army send.
b. A prop, support.
c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. vi. (1908) 47 A kusshyne oure lady to sitte on and a suppoayle [W. de W. (1520) suppoyle] to lene to.
Hence † suppowell v. trans., to support, succour; † suppoweller, a supporter; † suppowelling vbl. n.; † suppowelment = suppowell n.
1391in Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 44 The said Erle..and..his sone salbe lele helparis, conselleris, suppouailairis, promotouris and furtheraris to the said Erle of the Lenenax. a1400Morte Arth. 2818 Walde þow suffire me..With a soppe of thi mene suppowelle theym ones? c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xviii. 83 Þai hing so þikk þat, bot if þai ware suppoweld by oþer treesse, þai myght noȝt bere þaire fruyt. 1409in Exch. Rolls Scot. IV. p. ccix, He sal be til him..lele helper and suppouellour. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 3740 Yovr werkys alle I sowbpowaylle, And hem supporte. 1430–40― Bochas iv. Prol. (MS. Bodl. 263) 207/2 Eek of memorye upholdere and norice And Registreer to suppowaile trouthe. c1440York Myst. xxxiv. 11, I comaunde you..þat noman appere To suppowle þis traytoure. c1470Harding Chron. lxii. ii. (MS. Arch. Seld. B. 10) lf. 41 Wher nede was he made suppowialment [ed. 1543 suppowelment]. Ibid. clxxviii. xviii. 141 b, And alle were slayne withoute suppowalment. 1513Douglas æneis iv. x. 32, I hoip it sall proffit, na litill thing, My gret help..and suppowelling. |