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Suppowel(l, n. Also: suppouel(e, suppowal(l, -alle, -ale, -aill, -aylle, suppoualle, -ale. [Late ME suppowall (1400), suppoayle (c1400), suppoaille (Hoccleve), sowpewaille (Lydgate), AF *suppouail, *suppoial, suppuail, var. of souspoial, f. sou(s)poier, -puier, vulgar L. *sub(tus)podiāre, f. sub(tus) and podium (all in OED). Support, assistance; aid, help. Also in various constructions and collocations.(1) 1375 Barb. xvi 111.
He wist rycht weill with-owtyn wer That thai rycht ner suppowall had 1375 Barb. xvi 139.
Weyne ȝe ȝone ribaldis durst assaill Ws … Bot giff thai had suppowaill ner 1405 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 200.
For the qwilk suppouale [pr. supponale] gude wil and kindenes sa schawin c1420 Ratis R. 345.
Schap to leif it swa, That rycht suppowell have of thé, And thi part wnrapreuit bee c1420 Wynt. ii 1168.
Thai … Askyt at Josue suppoualle c1420 Wynt. iv 1332.
Suppowalle c1420 Wynt. vi 2102.
He wald thame helpe in all thare rycht Wyth gret suppowale, fors, and mycht 1513 Doug. viii xii 24.
Marcus Antonyus cummys thame aganys With hail suppovel of barbaryanys(2) 1398 Acts I 212/1.
To punyce all thaim that risis nocht in the suppowel of the officeris c1420 Wynt. iv 887.
How oure frendys … For yhoure caus … In till oure suppowale ras c1420 Wynt. v 492.
And wyth hym in hys suppowaylle That kyng passyd off Brettan 1424 Acts II 7/1.
That secular power be callyt … in suppowale and helping of halykirk 1432 Acts II 20/2.
The schiref … sal … rais the cuntre in his suppowell(3) 1400 Facs. Nat. MSS II 44.
Of the quhilk wrangis … I … requere yhow of help and suppowell 1402 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 55.
For his help & his suppouele thar til to be done 1415 Lennox Mun. 61.
With al my micht … in cunsale, red, suppouele and help agaynis al dedlik c1420 Wynt. vii 2502.
That he wald gyve thame gud consalle, And gyve thame helpe and suppowalle 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 136.
Til haf consentit or counsell till haf gevyn or help or suppouel tharto til haf mad — c1420 Wynt. vii 214.
The Erlys off Flawndrys, and off Saynt Gyle … Past in ost and gret batayle For till mak helpe and suppowalle c1420 Wynt. vii 3316.
On thare best wys to gyve cownsale, And mak hym help and suppowale — 1513 Doug. viii iii 176.
With succurs and suppovell, blythly I Sal ȝou fra hyne hame to ȝour army send(4) c1420 Wynt. ii 1627.
He sulde mak suppowale Tyll this Ewandire c1420 Wynt. iii 582.
Cambere wytht the Welsche hale Come to mak hym suppowale c1420 Wynt. iv 634.
The Attenyens hale Ras to ma thame suppowalle