Middle English Dictionary Entry
glẹ̄be n.
Entry Info
| Forms | glẹ̄be n. |
| Etymology | L glaeba, glēba. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Soil, earth; (b) a piece of cultivated land; (c) a piece of land forming part of a parson's benefice.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.397 : Þey þat this londe [Wales] Be wel lasse þan Engelonde, As good glebe is oon as other [L par tamen glebæ gloria].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)183b/b : Þe glebe of þe cuntrey of lectonia bereþ wele corne and fruyte.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)13/26 : Þe glebe of Anglysseye habundithe in so moche þat þe soyle of þe mounte of Snadonye myȝt suffysen yn pasture to alle þe bestis of Walis.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.335 : Þe nynþe sheef everich glebe [L de omni gleba] of Engelond he ordeyned for his owne iourneys.
c
- (a1443) *Pet.Chanc.PRO ser.CP 1 file 12no.267 : Evidences concernyng the glebe & tythes of the person of the seid chirch.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)449 : Ȝif persouns hadden no glebe & no propre hous as eritage, þey sueden more crist & his apostlis.