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frigulum

frigulum [? erron. form forfigulum, cf. figulus] , earthenware vessel, cremation urn; b (conf. w. frivolus, cf. Jan.: frivolus, ‥ proprie autem frivola vocantur fictilia vasa et inutilia). ~a, vasa victilia GlC F 363; a940 (13c) classica Archangeli clangente buccina paliandria ~is homulorum liquefactis tetra relinquentibus CS 640 (cf. Altus Prosator 19: tuba primi archangeli / strepente admirabili / erumpent munitissima / claustra ac poliandria, / mundi praesentis frigola / hominum lucescentia / undique conglobantibus / ad compagines ossibus); ~a, i. vasa fictilia, ‥ GlH F 746 (v. b infra).  b ~a, i. vasa fictilia, inutilia, falsa dicta, ficta, inania, machina, vel unsoþe saga GlH F 746 (cf. ib. 751: frivola, vilia, ignominiosa res, fraudulenta, figments, vasa fictilia, inanes, nugatoria, nihil valentia, mendacia); fribula, vasa fictilia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 245.

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