Middle English Dictionary Entry
haunche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | haunche n. Also hanche, haunge, anch. |
| Etymology | OF hanche & ML hancha, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The part of the human body between the lowest ribs and the thighs, the hips, haunch; ~ joint, the bones of the haunch; (b) one side of the haunch, a hip; pl. hips; also, buttocks; (c) the hip joint; (d) ~ bon, hipbone, ilium; ~ spondile, one of the sections of the sacrum; ~ turn, a trick in wrestling by which one's opponent is thrown over one's hip; pixis ~, hip joint; (e) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.91vb : For þe allopis, & for peyne & ake in þe anch, also for conseruacion of helthe, vse this: tak polipodie .. & bray & sethe in water with plumbes, hony, & squinant, if þou it haue & put to fenel seed or anys, a good quantite.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9107 : And noþer body ne þe arme Bledde neuer blode, colde ne warme, But was as drye, with al þe haunche, As of a stok were ryue a braunche.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)227/15,18 : Of an enpostym of þe haunche & of þe cox..[L De apostemate ancharum]..if þe enpostym be without þe haunche in þe hipe or in þe leg.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)292 : Þoruȝ herte oþer þoruȝ haunche, Wiþ his sper he will launche.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2079 : The hede haylede owtt behynde..Thurghe hawberke and hanche.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)43b/b : Thanne þe vppere part of þe tail boon, þe which is callid vertebrum, and þe box þat is callid scia and al þe ioynct þat is y-compouned of hem is callid þe haunch ioynct, and þanne alle þat is compouned of þese and of þe fleisch wtynne forþ is clepid þe parties of þe haunche.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)227 : She was sklender aboute the flankes, and the haunche lowe and comly, well sittynge.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1088 : And in þe haunche riȝt Tristrem was wounded sare.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/b : Gutta sciatica is..an yuel þat comeþ of humours þat falliþ doun in to þe grete senewe þat is bytwene þe grete brawnes of þe hanche [L coxe siue aunche].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)110b/b : Of mannes parties he [Sagittarius] disposiþ þe þies [L femora], & makeþ longe haunchis and legges [L coxas et crura].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)238/26 : Akynge of haunchis schal be curid wiþ avoidinge of þe mater.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2032 : He hade belted þe bronde vpon his balȝe haunchez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)96a/b : Fistules þat perseþ to þe vesic & bonez of þe haunches [L ossa ancharum] & of caude i. taile be not cured.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)20b/a : By the haunches here ben vnderstonden þe lower parties of tho wombe fro þe sumenis vnto the þighes and schamfast membres.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1046 : He lay lenand on lange..þe thee of a manns lymme lyfte vp by þe haunche.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)31/26 : Þou shalt haue akyng of thyn haunchis and of thi mylte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17208 : Hyr syxthe hand she gan to launche Lowe doun vn-to hyr haunche.
- a1475 Prk.Med.Miscell.(Brog 2.1)43 : A vayne in þe hanche kut purgethe malencoly and confortithe þe vaynes.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)222/19 : Alevyn tokenys bene whych tokenyth Streynth and corageous. The fyrste is harde heere..the viije large haunges of good proporcion.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)623 : Targa [read: terga]: the hanches.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)326/12,13 : Of the haunche out of his place. Al þe coniunccioun of þe haunche is tofore seid..And þis place mai go out of þe ioinct in iiij maners, as ynward & outward, forþward & bacward.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)144/9 : Ure lauerd..seh hu feole þe..wreastlere of helle breid up on his hupe & weorp wið þe hanche [Nero: haunche] turn in to galnesse.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3279 : Nicholas..heeld hire harde by the haunche bones.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3803 : And out his ers he putteth pryuely Ouer the buttok to the haunche [vr. shank] bon.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)176/23 : Eueri of hem haþ a box þat is clepid pixis haunche.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)43a/b : The ynnere part is compouned of 3 spondilis, þe whiche ben y-callid þe haunche spondilis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)43b/b : Thanne wiþ þe laste of þese spondilis ben conteyned þe haunch bonys, to þe whiche alle þe lowere bonys ben y-bounde, and þei ben vpholders of alle þingis þat ben abouen whanne þat a man arisiþ.
e
- (1215) Close R.Tower 1240 : Hugo Haunche.
- (1332) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 18153 : Thomas Haunche.
2.
(a) The hip or hips of an animal; (b) a haunch of venison.
Associated quotations
a
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)166 : Sum wer pynchyd by the hanche, And sum pulled owt the panche.
b
- [ (1289) R.Swinfield in Camd.5915 : j hanch pingued. ]
- (1452) Feast Neville(1) (Tit B.11)88 : Haunche of venyson rostid.
- (1481-90) Acc.Howard in RC 61320 : My Lord gaff to master Wodes man, for bryngenge of halff a haunche, viij d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. haunch.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. haunch joinct.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. haunch bone.