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Parel(l, Parrel(l, n. Also: -el(e, -ile, -al(l. [ME. and e.m.E. parel (Cursor M.), -il (Chaucer), -yll (Lydgate), -ell (Caxton), var. of peril Peril(l n.] Peril.The first syllable, as in Peril(l n., is freq. written with a scribal abbreviation; but the following are some attested examples of par- before c 1550: a1400 Leg. S. ii. 930.
Parele c1500 Harl. MS. fol. 147.
Parrell 1507 Reg. Privy S. I. 227/1.
Parrell c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 920, 3521.
Parrell 1533 Gau 12/16.
Parel

a. = Peril(l n. 1. b. = Peril(l n. 2. c. = Peril(l n. 4.a. a1400 Leg. S. xvi. 394.
Na for na parele wald scho dred c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1676.
That thai thocht on no parrile [: quhyle] Ib. 2011.
Fra all parrell of se maid quyte a1500 K. Hart 873.
And he be tynt in parell put we all c1500-c1512 Dunb. xx. 39.
Parrell 1526 Douglas Corr. 110.
Sik parrell appering and brekis throw their lait novellis 1547 Corr. M. Lorraine 204.
Prayand your grays to conseder the parrall, for [etc.] a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun Pref. vii.
I think parell to mell with materis of grit importance 1560 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.).
I … tinkis nocht to schepe parrall of my lyf a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxvii. 15.
Parrell 1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 119.
Parrel 1573 Sempill Sat. P. xxxix. 174.
Our Madene Castell … tuik appointment quhen thair wes na parel [: quarel] 1584 Wemyss of Bogie MSS.
Sure fra all parrell, dangers and inconvenientis 1614 Highland P. III. 171.
The parrell of these gentilmenb. a1400 Leg. S. ii. 26.
Sailand in Italy In parelis wes he stad sindry 1558-66 Knox I. 446.
Quhairintill great parrellis may be ingenerat to the commoun-weall 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 16.
Frie fra all payment of the saidis annuellis … and all utheris parrellis quhatsumevir 1576 Misc. Spald. C. II. 334.
That greit parrallis followis rycht oft thairbyc. (1) a1500 Henr. Fab. 865 (Bann.).
To compeir … Vnder all pane and parrell that may fall 1596 Highland P. I. 192.
Vpone the parrell of my salvatioune 1619 Lett. Eccl. Affairs II. 608.
Andro Hart … denyes all upon his parrell 1622 Melrose P. 476.
Offering to act him self vpoun the parrell of his heade nevir to returne(2) 1568 Buch. Indict. 41.
Ane lettre purporting his vyif to be parted with cheild … in extreme parrell of hir lyif 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV. 24.
Be thair frequent casting of stanes … thay … hes putt hir in parrall to have pairtit with barne