Obs. Forms: 4 calculen, calclen, 5 calkule, -el, -ylle, 5–6 -il(l, 4–6 calcule. [? a. F. calcule-r in same sense, ad. L. calculā-re: see CALCULATE.] To reckon; = CALCULATE v.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 364. Of þat was calculed of þe element þe contrarie þei fynde.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., xxix. Sel. Wks. I. 75. Þei traveilen in veyn þat calculen þat [etc.].
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls Ser.), II. 237. He calcleþ and accounteþ þe ages of þe world by þowsendes.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), I. xxv. 62/1. They that calculen & casten yeres, dayes & monethes.
1549. Compl. Scot., 167. Quha can calkil the degreis of kyn & blude.
1559. H. Balnavis, Lett., in Keith, Hist. Aff. Sc., App. 44. You may calkill what twa thousand futemen … will tak monethlie.
