Middle English Dictionary Entry
dagge n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | dagge n.(1) Also dag. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. OF dague dagger. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) dagges, ornamental points or incisions on the edges of a garment [see gloss. in M. Davenport, The Book of Costume (New York, 1948)]; (b) fig. adornment, embellishment.
Associated quotations
a
- (1394) Wardrobe Acc.Rich.II in Archaeol.62507 : j goune de sanguino frisio, una cum dagges.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)9/16 : Hir clokys also wer daggyd & leyd wyth dyuers colowrs be-twen þe daggys þat it schuld be þe mor staryng to mennys sygth.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)223/33 : For a-for-tyme hys clothys wer al daggyd & hys langage al uanyte; now he weryd no daggys & hys dalyawns was ful of vertu.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.193 : Wolde þey blame þe burnes þat brouȝte newe gysis, And dryue out þe dagges and all þe Duche cotis [etc.].
b
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)5.34 : Thus grew this rose oute of the thorny brere..Thre of hem [petals] arn berded..And too stande naked with-oute dagge or berd.
2.
A shred, tag, or strip (as of cloth or leather).
Associated quotations
- (1406) Wardrobe Acc.Philippa in Archaeol.67182 : j dag de coreo.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7258 : Greye clothis..fretted full of tatarwagges, And highe shoos, knopped with dagges, That frouncen lyke a quaile pipe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)111 : Dagge of clothe: Fractillus.
3.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1310) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 1851 : Robertus Daggeberd.