Middle English Dictionary Entry
duchẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | duchẹ̄ n. Also duchie. Pl. duchẹ̄s, duchẹ̄es, ducheas, duchies, duchesses. |
| Etymology | OF duchëé & duchié. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The realm of a duke, a duchy; also, ducal rank or status; (b) governorship.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.267 : Brenicius..fliȝ to..Litel Britayne..After þat he hadde þat duchee [Higd.(2): realme; L ducatus] oon ȝere, he come in to Engelond.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.245 : A kyngdome oþer duche May nat be sold soþly.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)333 : They [women] Betraye Empyres, Remes, ne Duchees [vrr. ducheas, Duchess, Duchesses].
- (1417) Proc.Privy C.2.236 : God..sendes you..victorye of your enemys in your duchee of Normandie.
- (a1422) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)117.5842 : Except þe Castels, Maners, landes..whiche þat þe seid Elizabeth helde þe terme of hir lyve of þe Duchee of Cornwaill.
- (1425) RParl.4.274a : To cree Thomas, yat tyme Erell of Notyngham..into Duc of Norffolk, with ye Stile, Title, Name and Worship, to ye same Duchie appendant.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.2905 : The duchie of Burgoyne.
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : As myghty werre..as they can divise..in our duchies of Normandie and Guienne.
- (c1444) Paston2.69 : Ples your Hyghnes..to graunte..your lettrys patents under the seel of yowr Duche of Lancastre.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3150 : Þe Duk his doughter gaf hym to wyue, To haue þe Duche [F de sa terre l'ireta] after his lyue.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)26.412 : A Rial plase of lym & of ston..That marched next to þe dwchie [F qui marchisoit a la duchee].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9757 : Palomydon..provet the bettur, To haue..deghit in his Duche, as a duke noble.
- (1473) RParl.6.72b : Any Acte made for the Corporation or name of the Duchie of Lancastre.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)24 : Youre auncien enheritaunce, verray right and title in youre duchies of Gascoigne and Guien, withe the countrees, baronnyees and seignouries therto belonging.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)35 : A prince may not gyve away his duchees or countees ne his demaynes that is his propre enheritaunces..bethout the agrement and consenting of a parlement.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)933 : Two duchyes..I wille geve here in hande.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.5.18 : The ȝeris frutis of my duchie [WB(2): sustenauncis of my duchee; L annonas ducatus mei] I soȝte not.