Middle English Dictionary Entry
gǒunde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gǒunde n. Also gunde. |
| Etymology | OE gund |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Morbid matter secreted in the eye; also, matter in the ear; (b) ?in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)45 : Des eus oustes la chacie [glossing:] the gounde [vr. the gunde].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)18 : Albume del oiel et chacie, Whyte of the ee and gounde.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)24b : Yf þe flewme smyȝth þe ere or the eyne with gounde, take þe juis and a-noynte þe eyne and hit makiþ relesse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)206 : Gownde of þe eye: Ridda, albugo.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8624 : The Emerawd..Voydeth a-way al grevaunce ffrom an eye fer & ner..Clenseth a-way al ordure, The gownde, & euerythyng vnpure.
b
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1078 : Johanne Gundervyle.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10237 : Henr. Gundeuyle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)100.65/3 : Gif þanne, æfter þam, soȝoða ȝetenge, oþþer hwylc innan cund brine, nim þane þisse wyrte wurtewalan.
Note: Antedates word
Note: (a)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.3v (1.3) : Þe superfluytes of þe fode..ar sente oute by þe pores of þe skyn & by oþer issues of þe body, as be þe eyȝen by gownd & bleredehede, by þe eres wiþ droppyng and sap.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).