hastelet

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman hastilet (compare continental Old French hastelet, modern Norman hâtelet), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaːst(i)ˈlɛt/, /ˌast(i)ˈlɛt/, /ˈaːst(i)lɛt/, /ˈast(i)lɛt/

Noun

hastelet (plural hastelettes) (Late Middle English)

  1. A chunk of roasting meat.
    Synonym: brede
  2. (hunting, in the plural) One of thirty-two choice parts of a boar for roasting.
    Synonym: brede

Descendants

  • English: haslet, acelet, harslet, hasslet

References

  • “hastelet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • David Scott-Macnab (2010) “The Medieval Boar and its Haslets”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen‎, volume 111, number 3, Modern Language Society, pages 355-366
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