Middle English Dictionary Entry
emeraude n.
Entry Info
| Forms | emeraude n. Also -ade, -oude, -ode, -oide, -alde, -a(u)nd, -a(u)nt; amer-, esmer-. |
| Etymology | OF e(s)meraude, -alde, from L smaragdus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1350 Most i ryden (Hrl 2253)66 : Hire gurdel of bete gold..al wiþ rubies..ant emeraudes mo.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)77 : Uor rubys, uor safyrs, oþer uor emeroydes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1799 : This gemme of chastitee, this emeraude [vr. emeroude].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1383 : His Ston is the grene Amyraude.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7016 : Dragons..þat Emeraudes [vr. emeraundis] in mouþes baren.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1470 : Alle þe fruyt in þo formes of flaumbeande gemmes, Ande safyres..and amaraunz.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1005 : Þe emerade..so grene of scale.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)175 : Trees clad with leves..of colour fresh and greene As emeraude [vrr. emerant, emeawde].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)28.465 : As Grene As An Emeraud it was.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.6.91b : The fifte world..so thikke sette of grene emeralldes stones: þat is of the prophetes & patriarkes.
- 1451-1500 Tundale (Wagner)2076 : What stones thay wer, yhe shal here:..Emeraude [vr. emerawnte].
- (1463) Will York in Sur.Soc.30259 : Unum emeraudston auro infixum.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)11404 : Some were emrodys fyne.
- a1500 BodAdd.A.106 Lapid.(BodAdd A.106)40 : He yt beres a emeraud apon hym..sal loue to kepe his body in chast.
- a1500 BodAdd.A.106 Lapid.(BodAdd A.106)41 : Ye fyn emeraud & gentil is ryght gren, & he be-tokenes ye grennes of gud fayth.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)85 : Esmeraude is a ston þat ouerpasseþ al þe grennesse of grenhede.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)69 : Þi chekes, frescheste of coloure .. Þ'emerounte, Ruby, with the margaryte, With þam in blysse myghte hafe no partie.
Note: New form: (with preceding article) themerounte (i.e. th'emerounte). For the loss of initial e- in this word, cp. also the AN aphetic form meraud(e).
Note: Hrl 3869 "The merounte". For the stacking up of parallels in this poem, cp. line 1 (in the Hrl 3869 copy), "myght, wisdom, godnesse of the Trinite" or line 20 (in the Add 31042 copy), "Þe sterry heuen, þe fyre, þe golde bryngyng"