Middle English Dictionary Entry
glā̆sen adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | glā̆sen adj. Also glesne, glæsen. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS glæsen & Merc. *glesen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of glass; (b) yeven a ~ houve, to delude (sb.); ~ glose, a deluding or sophistical interpretation; (c) ~ wright, a glazier.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)102.67/1 : Ȝewyrng þat wos of hure leafen on ane glæsene ampulle.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)83 : Þe sunne scineð þurh þe glesne ehþurl.
- c1390 Whon alle soþes (Vrn)38 : A glasen pot is wayk and liht.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196b/a : Quick siluer..is best y kept in glasen vessel [L in vasis vitreis].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)190/11 : Leie it in a pound of watir of ro. in a glasen vessel [L in vase vitreo].
- (1445) in Salzman Building in Engl.186 : For makyng of iij grete latises..for conservacion of iij glason wyndowys.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)92 : Take floures or roose..do hem in a glasen vessel [vr. a vessel of glas].
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)123/15 : He comaunded theym to repare the chirches of glasen wyndowes.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum360 : Defautes of the glasyn wyndows.
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.171 : Lyf fleigh for fere to fysyke after helpe..And thei gyuen hym agayne a glasen houve.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.100 : Thou approvest ȝour capped maistres with a glasen glose.
c
- (1312-13) Acc.Chester in LCRS 5980 : Thomas le Glasenwryth.
- (1379) in Rec.B.Nottingham 1204 : Johannes Glasenwryghte.
- -?-(1363) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9655 : Joh. de Preston, glasenwreght.
- -?-(1370) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9666 : Joh. de Kyrkeby, glasenwright.
2.
(a) Resembling glass; (b) ?of a vessel: glazed; (c) med. of phlegm:?having the thick viscid consistency of molten glass; ~ humour, the vitreous humour; (d) ~ eied, glassy-eyed.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.15.2 : I siȝe as a glasen [WB(2): glasun; L vitreum] se mengid with fijr.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)207b/b : Zinguites is a stoon wiþ glasene [L vitrei] colour.
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch [OD col.] (Dub 244)p.xxxv : So oure Lord..hadde Mankynde in helle, þat was glasyne, þat is to seye, britil as glas.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)127b/a : Put ham in a glasen [*Ch.(1): yglassed; L vitreo] vessel havynge many holes in þe botume.
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)14a/b : Þe glasen [*Ch.(1) & L: vitreus] humour susteynynge and comprehendynge in þe hynder partie þe humour cristallyne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)32b/b : It is made a grete flewme muscylagynouse & plastry or glasen [*Ch.(2): vitreous; L vitreum] by laste hardnyng.
d
- c1460 Lydg.ST (Roy 18.D.2)34 : Glasyne Eyde [Arun: Glasy-Eyed].
3.
In surnames.
Associated quotations
- (c1273) Hundred R.Tower 15b : Willelmus Glasney.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2361a : Per mortem Walteri Glaseneye.
- (1332) Sub.R.Lond.in Unwin Finance76 : Johannes le Glasenwiche.
- (1390-1) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.571 : Johannes Hengham, candeler..imprisonavit Willelmum Glasen, bocher..in domo sua.