Talk:maselyn

RFV discussion: February–March 2022

 * : a kind of drinking cup.
 * Quotation added by Astova to the Middle English entry:
 * Made him eke in a maselyn
 * Made him eke in a maselyn

Changed to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * OED instead identifies this with, for which there are no post-Chaucer cites. The term is given as "a vessel made of maslin = a brass-like alloy", which also lacks modern uses (it got a few mentions in Notes and Queries though, and strangely resurfaces in a 1926 military stores catalogue). I'm not sure why they think Chaucer meant a wooden cup rather than a metal one; perhaps a Chaucer scholar or ME expert would know. This, that and the other (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed, to move to Middle English This, that and the other (talk) 01:21, 27 March 2022 (UTC)