Middle English Dictionary Entry
gnǒdden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | gnǒdden v. Also gnudden. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE gnoddian (appearing only as gnudda, glossing L frica). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gnīden v.
1.
(a) To rub (sth.) between the hands; force (kernels of grain) out of the ear by rubbing; ~ out; (b) to rub (a part of the body); (c) to crush (grass), ?die.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)71a : Ha breken þe eares bi þe wei, & gnuddeden [Nero: gniden] þe curnles ut bitweonen hare honden.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233b/b : Þe flex is ydrawe vp and y-gadered..and þanne y-bounde in knyches and bundels, y-knokked and y-bete, breyed and y-carfled, y-ruddid and y-gnoddid.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)11 : Corn up-sprong..The which they gnodded, and eete nat half ynough.
- (a1475) *Sln.73 Recipes [OD col.] (Sln 73)lf.200b : Gnodde and wasch wel þi..bagge in þilke lyȝe..wasch it wel þerynne euermore gnoddynge it wel þerynne wiþ þyn hondes.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64b : Hwil þe ȝicchunge least, hit þuncheþ god to gnuddin [Tit: gnudden; Nero: gniden; Cleo: grinden; Recl.: rudden], ah þrefter me feleð hit bitterliche smeorten.
c
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)2358 : Mony knyȝt wiþ deþes wounde Gnodded gras on þe grounde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)280/907 : Persepire gnoddid and layd to the teth is a gode medecyne.
Note: Supplemental material for (a)
- a1475 Chaucer Form.A.(Cmb Hh.4.12)11 : Corne..thei knoddyd.
Note: New spelling (knodden)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Nicod.(3) (Eg 2658)29/23 : He gnodded his eyȝen þerwiþ and anone he hadde his siȝt.
Note: Postdates sense (b)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 23/16 : Aftre þat take and gnodde and wayssche wel þy saflour bagge..with boþe þyn hondis.
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 24/7 : Take þy cloþ or þy þreed and put hit þerynne eueremore gnoddyng and waysschyng hit wel.
Note: Additional quotes.