Middle English Dictionary Entry
dod(de n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dod(de n. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE; cp. MnE dial. dod a bunch or heap, dodd a bare round hill & Du., Fris. dod(d a bunch or heap & (?) OE Dodda personal name. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A measure of grain [more than a quarter]; (b) dod-corn, a manorial rent; (c) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].
Associated quotations
a
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6943 : Debet duas doddas avene in medio marcio.
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6947 : & flagellare xxiiij doddas.
b
- (1334) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 229 : cc. v qu. ij bu. avene de quodam redditu ibidem vocato Dodcor[n] ad predictum terminum S. Michaelis.
c
- (1175) in Pipe R.Soc.22176 : Gamel Dod.
- (1209) Pipe R.Winch52/54 : Dodde, Will.
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6959 : In marisco sunt iiij bercarie, quarum una vocatur howich..altera..middelwich..tercia..doddeswich.
- 1402(1347) Assess.Edw.III in Archaeol.Cant.10135 : Johanne Dod.