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isel, izle Now only dial.|ˈaɪz(ə)l|
Forms: 1 ysel, ysle, 3 isel, 4 usle, usel, 5 iselle, isyl(le, ysel, 6 isille, ysyle, 6–7 (9 Sc. dial.) isle, 7 issle, 8 Sc. aizle, 9 Sc. eizel.
[OE. ysel, ysle, cogn. with MHG. usele, usel, üsele, mod.Ger. dial. üsel, isel, üssel, issel, spark, LG. ösel, ON. usli fire, conflagration; f. root us- (L. ur-ĕre, us-tum to burn).]
A spark; an ember; chiefly in pl., Sparks, embers; ashes; in mod. dial., Floating sparks from a conflagration; extinct sparks, particles of soot, smuts.
c1000ælfric Gen. xix. 28 Þa beheolde Abraham..and ᵹeseah hu þa ysla upfluᵹon mid þam smice. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 65 Ich..pine me seluen on asshen and on iselen. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 747, I am bot erþe ful euel and vsle so blake. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 431 Iosephus was i-founde y-hid among useles. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ix. 184 Ysels myxt with litel water. c1440Promp. Parv. 266/1 Isyl of fyre, favilla. 1513Douglas æneis x. i. 135 Amang the assys cauld And lattyr isillys of thar kynd cuntre. 1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Elw tan, ysyle. 1609Bible (Douay) Isa. xxix. 5 As smal dust: and as issles passing away. 1785Burns Halloween 115 An aizle brunt Her braw new worset apron. 1866Reader 15 Dec. 1001 Killmoulis..often torments the goodman sorely by throwing ‘isles’ or ashes out when sheelin or shelled oats are spread out to dry. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Izles, floating particles of soot, smuts.
Comb.c1440Promp. Parv. 266/1 Isylkake..bakyne vndyr askys, flamicia. |