Middle English Dictionary Entry
dudde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dudde n. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE; cp. OI dūði, LG dudel; MnE duds; ?also cp. OE Dudda pers. name. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth.
Associated quotations
- (1307) Doc.in Boldon Bk.p.xxxvii : In..xxvj duddis emptis ad pauperes.
- (1334-5) Acc.R.St.Swithun in Hamp.RS (1892)238 : In donis eisdem pro eorum duddis.
- (1355) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.244 : [John Fesaunt..l] dudde.
- (1387) Acc.R.St.Swithun in Hamp.RS (1892)413 : In x duddes emptis et datis famulis Manerii, ut melius se haberent in officiis suis.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)36a/b : Lacerna, pallium fymbriatum: a cowle, a dudde, or a gowne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)134 : Dudde, clothe: Amphibalus, birrus.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)568/19 : Birrus vel Birrum i. grossum vestimentum: a dudde.
- ?c1460 Medulla (Add 33534)134 fn. : Amphibalus: a sclaveyn, a faldynge, or a dudd.