Middle English Dictionary Entry
gandre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gandre n. Also gōnder, gander, ganer. |
| Etymology | OE ganra, gandra. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gander; (b) fig. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d.1447); (c) med. ~ drit, gandre(s fen, ~ fute, ~ muk, gander's dung; gandres grese, the grease of a gander; (d) ?in plant name ~ gousse, an orchid of some kind, prob. the early purple orchid Orchis mascula or the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia [probably an error for stander- -- cp. mod. Engl. standergrass and standenguss]; (e) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)302 : Ge feccheð ofte in ðe tun..te gandre & te gos bi ðe necke & bi ðe nos.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)778 : Cok, iarce, et le Cyne; Cok, gander, and swan.
- (1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : Jtem, broudgees and [?]..olde Gandres and xxi ȝonge gees.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.295 : Mallius Torquatus and oþere Romayns were awaked wiþ crienge of gandres [L anserum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)49b/b : Foules þat hauen longe biles & streiȝte hauen longe neckes, as it fareþ in cranes, hayrouns, gees, gandres.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)197/13 : Her skyn..wole bicome as it were þe skyn of a gandir.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)638/15 : Hic ancer, Anglice, gandyr.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)28a/b : Þe fatnesse of a gandre or of an henne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)185 : Gandyr, byrde or fowl: Ancer.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)108b : Ganderes also beþ nedefulle to be nyhe þe walles. For be nyghte þei wole lightliche crye ȝif eny thing meve or stere beside hem.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)28 : Þis capitol..had be take had not a gander with cry a-waked þe keperes.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57296 : My mastyr paid her for a gander, iiij bredegese, and v yonge goslynges..iiij s.
- (1468-9) Acc.Howard in RC 57535 : My master yafe to the seid Nicholace a gonder worthe vj s. viij d.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)157 : No wiht..may ageyn replie, Goos nor Gandir nor no grene Goslyng.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)624 : Ancer: gandur.
b
- (c1450) Now is the Fox drevin (CotR 2.23)p.224 : This Fox at Bury slowe oure grete gandere; Therfore at Tyborne mony monne one hym wondere.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)321/26 : Anoynte him wiþ oile of lilie or wiþ gandris grese.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)49/17 : Tak ganers fen & aysell & hete to-gedir and lay it þer-to.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)186/7 : Medle it with gandres gres.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)308/1009 : Tak egromoyn, gander muke, and the rote of the rose stampid togedir.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)216 : Tak & ley to þe wounde gander dryt, & let hyt drawe.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)224 : Do þeron gander feut, & hyt schal drowe hyt out wyþoute sore.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)102/6 : Take gandirfen and eysell, and bete hem to-gedir.
d
- a1500 MS Ashm.1443 in Hunt Plant Names (Ashm 1443)230 : [Satirion]: gandergas.
e
- (1306) Pat.R.Edw.I486 : Richard Ganderbyte.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3211 : Reginaldus le Gandre.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10232 : Henr' Gandr'.