† nutshalen.

Forms: see nut n.¹ and shale n.¹; also early Middle English nute-scale.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nut n.¹, shale n.¹

Etymology: < nut n.¹ + shale n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch notescale , nootscael , nootscale , notscael (Dutch †notenschael , noteschaal ), Middle High German nuzschal (German Nussschale ), Old Swedish nutskal (Swedish nötskal ), Danish nøddeskal . Compare later nutshell n.

Obsolete.

a. = nutshell n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [noun] > nutshell

nutshalec1275

shellc1330

bark1377

nutshella1400

nut-housing?c1475

nut skin1648

putamen1793

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14605 Þa bi-sohte he nute-scalen and lette þe curneles ut draȝen.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 141 (MED) He wroot alle þe gestes of Troye sotelliche, as it myȝte be closed in a note schale.

1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Iviij His sonne Henrie, yet more meete to play with nutshales, then to handle a sword.

b. = nutshell n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > types of

venialc1380

nutshalea1393

nutshella1400

flea-biting1553

flea-bite1577

nothing1577

epitomea1593

quilicoma1644

ephemera1751

pinprick1853

bibelot1873

piffle1884

peanut1910

popcorn1964

trivia1968

factoid1982

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 566 (MED) Bot al nys worth a note schale.

a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in Wks. (1843) I. 135 All is not worth a couple of nut shalis.

2. = nutshell n. 2b.

ΚΠ

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 141 (MED) Cithero..wroot alle þe gestes of Troye sotelliche, as it myȝte be closed in a note schale.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nutshale
释义	† nutshalen. Forms: see nut n.¹ and shale n.¹; also early Middle English nute-scale. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nut n.¹, shale n.¹ Etymology: < nut n.¹ + shale n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch notescale , nootscael , nootscale , notscael (Dutch †notenschael , noteschaal ), Middle High German nuzschal (German Nussschale ), Old Swedish nutskal (Swedish nötskal ), Danish nøddeskal . Compare later nutshell n. Obsolete. 1. a. = nutshell n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [noun] > nutshell nutshalec1275 shellc1330 bark1377 nutshella1400 nut-housing?c1475 nut skin1648 putamen1793 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14605 Þa bi-sohte he nute-scalen and lette þe curneles ut draȝen. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 141 (MED) He wroot alle þe gestes of Troye sotelliche, as it myȝte be closed in a note schale. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Iviij His sonne Henrie, yet more meete to play with nutshales, then to handle a sword. b. = nutshell n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > types of venialc1380 nutshalea1393 nutshella1400 flea-biting1553 flea-bite1577 nothing1577 epitomea1593 quilicoma1644 ephemera1751 pinprick1853 bibelot1873 piffle1884 peanut1910 popcorn1964 trivia1968 factoid1982 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 566 (MED) Bot al nys worth a note schale. a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in Wks. (1843) I. 135 All is not worth a couple of nut shalis. 2. = nutshell n. 2b. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 141 (MED) Cithero..wroot alle þe gestes of Troye sotelliche, as it myȝte be closed in a note schale. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas nutshale [Also in †nutshale, examples of which (c1205–1577) are given under nutshell v., where see the equivalent forms in continental Germanic.]extracted from shalen.¹ < n.c1275 as lemmas
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† nutshalen.

> as lemmas