Middle English Dictionary Entry
handain(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | handain(e n. Also handen, anden, hainden, (?error) haidan. |
| Etymology | ?From hō̆nd(e & dai-wine. Many forms have Latin endings. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A day's work of manorial service; also, a measure of the amount of work constituting a day's work.
Associated quotations
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 515 : Debet metere dimidiam acram pro handayn et habere inde j garbam per corigiam.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 545 : j hayndenam.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 547 : Symon Hup..triturare iij haydanas que debent continere eandem mensuram sicut handayne de Suby, et post Festum Sancti Martini qualibet septimana j handaynam.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 5154 : Johannes Burinest..debet facere..iij handenas, scilicet, triturare, fossare, claudere, domos cooperire et muros erigere usque ad horam terciam.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 5160 : ij andenas.
- (1252-61) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 5207 : Facit qualibet ebdomada..iij handaynes..et facit..a Festo Beati Johannis usque ad Festum Beati Michaelis v handaynes.