Middle English Dictionary Entry
gauded ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | gauded ppl. Also gaudet, gaudeid, gaudied. |
| Etymology | From gaud(e & gaudī n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a rosary: adorned with large, ornamental beads.
Associated quotations
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.159 : Of smal coral aboute hir arm she bar A peyre of bedes gauded al with grene.
- (1416) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.49 : [One pair of beads of coral with a] knoppe [of pearl,] gauded [with] paternostres [silvergilt].
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.49/20 : I will my nese Annes his wiffe haue a pare bedes of corall gawdid with gold.
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30174 : j payr bedis of corall gawditt with golde.
- (1467) Paston (Gairdner)4.263 : My master gaff here a peyr of bedes for a gentylwomannes nekke gawdeid with viij gawdeid of goolde and viij perles.
- (1468) Will York in Sur.Soc.45164 : De j pari precularum de gagate, gaudet.
- (1482) Paston (Gairdner)6.52 : I bequethe to Marie Tendalle..my peir bedys of calcidenys gaudied with silver and gilt.