Middle English Dictionary Entry
fǒudre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fǒudre n. Also fouldre. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lightning, thunderbolt; the thunder-stone.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)535 : But never was ther dynt of thonder, Ne that thyng that men calle fouder, That smot somtyme a tour to powder.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)81 : Coparius is a stone þat is bred in þe eyre & some callen it fouldre; & he falleþ with a tempest to þe erþe when gret tempest of þondres & lyȝtnyng fallen.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.112 : And Aungel..descendid..Whas clothis whitte als the snawe, his face like foudre shynyng.