At 10:19 PM 12/29/2000 -0000, B. M. Cook wrote:
>> Has anyone heard of an author of a saint's life refer to
himself as a
>> "baiulus"? The Lexicon lat. Nederlandicae defines
baiulus as a "bearer"
>> or "carrier".
>
>I am glad someone has mentioned BAJULUS. It is one of
those words I have
>been looking for a precise definition of for some time.
[The only sources to
>my hand are Lewis & Short and Souter (who is not late
enough) ]
>
Here is the entry for the word "bajulus" from R. E. Latham,
ed. _Revised Medieval Latin Word List from English and
Irish Sources_:
BAJUL/US, (adj.) bearing c 1112, c 1170; portable, carried
c 1188, 1392; (subst.) bailiff, official (Fr. baile) c
1070, 1438; * bearer of letter 12c., c 1458; B. CRUCIS
12c., 1279, -ATOR CRUCIS c 1200, c 1250, crusader; B.
SIGILLI c 1250, c 1412, -ATOR SIGILLI 1252, keeper of the
seal; -ATOR 1347, 1434, -A (fem.) 12c., 1252, bearer; -A
AQUE, holy water stoup 1415 (cf. AQUA); +BADIVOLA, litter a
1142; -ATIO, giving of bail 1355; bailment 1374; B. CRUCIS,
bearing a cross 1278, 1467; -ATUS, bearing of burden a
1100, 1284; office, balliwick 1284; -IA, commandery (of
Hospitallers) 1313, 1375; -O (bibl.), BAJOLO a 1250, to carry.
So there you go -- several definitions to choose from.
Stephen A. Allen
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