Middle English Dictionary Entry
fern n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | fern n.(3) Also vern. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF vironner turn, go around. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A windlass.
Associated quotations
- 1295 *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/8.m.10 [OD col.] : Et iij d in j Ferne portando de fratribus Minoribus usque ad [etc.].
- (1328) in PParv.510 fn. : Circa facturam cujusdam Verne sive Ingenii constructi.
- 1348 *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/18.m.9 [OD col.] : Ad unguendum le verne.
- 1399 *Acc.Exch.K.R.473/11.m.2 [OD col.] : Les vernes ad petras..inde subleuandas.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.166 : For þe hirynge of an Ferne.
- (1433) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3554 : In pinguedine empta pro les poles de la ferne ungendis.
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7117 : Takyng a downe of ye ferne downe of ye scherche.
- 1466-67 *Acc.Walden [OD col.] : Item, for grece for the veryn. Item, for the takynge down of the veryn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1398) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.94 : [A set of] aundiris [with an iron] vern.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.113 : [2 brass pots, an iron] vern, [a measure bound with iron].
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.158 : [3 brass pots and a] chaufron [worth 10 s., a long iron] vern, [a set of] aundirens.
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