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arles north. dial.|ɑːlz|
Also 3–7 erles.
[Apparently a. OF. *erle, *arle:—L. *arrhula dim. of arrha. Cf. also OF. erres, arres, mod. arrhes:—L. arrha. Historically a plural, but sometimes used as sing.; the formal sing. arle is hardly in use.]
1. Money given in confirmation of a bargain; esp. that given, when a servant is hired, in confirmation of the engagement; earnest-money.
1540Act Jas. V (Jam.) Gif ony maner of persoun gefis arlis or money on ony maner of fische. 1652MS. Grassman's Bk. at Durham (Raine), Spent when we hired the hird, 1s. Given him in arles, 6d. 1674Ch. Accts. Bedlington Northld., Given the smith in arles for the bell, 1s. 1691Blount Law Dict., Argentum Dei..Money given in Earnest of a Bargain: In Lincolnshire called Erles, or Arles. 1816Scott Old Mort. xxiii. 166 Ye gae me nae arles, indeed.
2. fig. An earnest, a foretaste.
c1220Hali Meid. 7 As on erles of þe eche mede þat schal cume þ[e]rafter. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxvii. 21 (Jam.) This was bot erlys for to tell Of infortune, that eftyr fell. 1513Douglas æneis xi. Prol. 160 Wyth grace in erlis of glore.
3. arles-penny is used in the prec. senses.
1590Bruce Serm. Sacram. S ij a/2 (Jam.) The heart gets a taist of the swetnes..quhilk taist is the only arlis-penny of that full and perfite joy. 1794Burns My Tocher's, etc. Wks. IV. 309 Your proffer o' luve's an airle-penny. |