Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄d n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hẹ̄d n.(2) Also hede, heid, hedde, hete, ȝed(e, eid & hide, hied(e. |
| Etymology | From hẹ̄den v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Attention, notice, regard; nimen (taken) ~, to take notice, observe, note, see; nimen ~ of (to), taken ~ at (of, on, to, til, unto, upon), pay attention to (sb. or sth.); (b) with cl. or inf. phr. as obj.: taken ~, to pay attention to (sth.), mark, consider.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Lytel wotyt (Hrl 2253)27 : Vpon þe rode why nulle we taken hede?
- a1350 Most i ryden (Hrl 2253)42 : Hire teht aren white awe bon of whal..ase hende mowe taken hede.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8405 : Wawain nam to þis kniȝt hede Þat he ladde wiþ him Modrede.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1084 : Otuwel took of him hede, & of his armes hadde a siȝt, & knuȝ him a non riȝt.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)32/26 : Þet is a uice huerof al þe wordle is besmet, huo þet nimþ wel hede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)368 : Of þe names þat he nemned, þemperour nam hede.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.31.2 : He toke hede to [L animadvertit] þe face of laban þat it was not towards hym.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.41 : A, taketh hede sires of this lusty man!
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.497 : For thei [the clergy] ben to the worldes ye The Mirour of ensamplerie To reulen and to taken hiede Betwen the men and the godhiede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2279 : Al..nou aday, In loves court to taken hiede, The povere vertu schal noght spiede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)283a/a : In gentil hors and noble me takeþ hiede of [L spectantur] foure þynges: of schappe and of fayrnesse, of wilfulnesse and of colour.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)292a/b : If þe wolf is y-stened he takeþ heede of [L considerabit] him þat þroweþ þe firste stoon.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.314 : Kynde..bad me nymen hede, And..wytte for to take.
- c1400 I herd an harping (BodDon c.13)18 : With an o. & an I, I droupe al for drede; I sai þe sunne sikirly, on lettres you take hede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1007 : I consaille..To taken hede vn-to þat I seye.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1089 : There is non auctour telleth it, I wene, Take every man now to his bokes heede.
- a1425 LChart.Chr.C (Roy 17.C.17)646/258-61 : Takys hete, & lok vp with ȝoure hee..tak hete, & here þis charter be redde.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)486 : Scho..cryde at the emperour herde, For men scholde tak hed, Scho made hyre vysages for to bled.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)18/6 : Alipius..be-cause of his study took non hed at þe boy, neythir whan he came ne whan he went.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)55/16 : Take hed at þe birdis of þe eyr, þei sowe neythir ne repe.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)312 : Till his askyng þe kyng toke hede.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)590/11 : He wolde answere no wordys..takynge no hyde to his wordys.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)49/209 : Herke Abraham, and take good heyd.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)48 : Wherfore take we now vnto thys good hede, He neuer faylyd creature at nede.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)7684 : He made hym aray all in blake, That she no hedde to hym shuld take.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)7.160 : For we knowen þe writer of hem, luke, to ben a phisisien..we take heed [L animadvertemus] þerwith all his wordez to ben medycyne of þe langwysing soule.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.156 : I toke ful gode hede How þow contraryedest clergye with crabbed wordes.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)12/6 : But me mot take hede al aboute what longeþ to þe cause þat schal be demed.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.429 : Cosyn Iason, take hed what I schal seyn.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.52 : Take heede ek if the dwellers in that leir, Her wombis..swelle or ake.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)224/22 : Take hede wethyr..þe swellyng fallyt down in-to þe thyes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)664 : Þat I say to þe, take hede.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)31-32 : Swelk men be howuen tak hede þat bi þis are not curats excusid þat prechun not..And tak þei ȝed how Gregor seiþ to presthod, he seiþ not to cure.
2.
(a) Care, anxiety; taken ~ of (til, to), haven ~ of, to be actively concerned about (sth.), be moved by, be provident for, be interested in; to interest oneself in (sb.); taken ~, beware; ~ taking, concern; (b) trouble, pains; taken ~, take pains (to do sth.), yeven ~ to, take pains with (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)21 : Þo þis child was i-bore his freond nomen þer-to hede, huy leten hit do to Glastingburi to norischci and to fede.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3191 : Sir king, take hede þer to; Sir canados wil haue þi quen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)192/8 : God ne heþ hede [Vices & V.(2): reccheþ not] of kueade yefþes.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)929 : Gracious god..tak hede to þin hond-werk, & help now vs tweyne!
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3577 : Noght Charles Olyuer that took ay hede Of trouthe and honour, but..Genyloun Olyuer.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)148b/b : Þise foules haueþ litil affeccioun & taken litil hede of his briddes.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)14.145 : Hede [Hnt: After cours of concepcion non tok kepe of oþer].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.577 : Ther is another thing I take of hede..Which cause is of my deth for sorowe and thought.
- a1425 Primer (Add 36683)3 : God, take heede to myn help: Lord hiȝethee to helpe me.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)57/22 : A kyng schulde alway take hede till his laste ende.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4137 : Ny he toke non hedde þerof, bot dauncede forthe & song here note.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)303/889 : We..pray ȝou..take good eyd to oure corn, and chare awey þe crowe.
- c1475 Earth(3) (Brog 2.1)24/5 : Take hede! Whoso þinkyse on his ende, ful welle schal he spede.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)444 : The kyng to hys dowghttyr spake: 'Ye schall take hed of a jeentyll man, A feyer poynt for yow he wane.'
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)59/67 : In renome, glorie of peoples praising..without hede-taking to qualite and maner of doing.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)44/5 : Oon of tisilies clerkis þe which took hede [L intendebat] to heele alle woundis generaliche.
- c1405 Chaucer CT.WB.(Elsm)D.213 : And sith they hadde me yeuen all hir lond, What sholde I taken heede hem for to plese?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1048 : Tho wepte she many a teere, Whan that she saugh his wyde wowndes blede, And that she took, to kepen hym, good hede.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)32 : Þei þat seyn þis preching is takun for reding, take þei ȝede to preche.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)147b/a : As longe as þe blood is not staunchid, we schal ȝeue more hede to the staunchinge of þe blood þan to þe helynge of þe wounde.
3.
Expectation, confidence; taken ~ at (in), look for (sth.), hope for; taken ~, expect (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)2 : I recomende my sympilnesse praying hem..þat þei take no hed at no crafty langage wher non is.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)1/14 : He ordayned that the eldest schuld haue his empire, and sayd to the othre thre: 'Fair sonnes, take ye noon hede to haue any of myn heritage.'
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4438 : Of þin enmys haue na drede, In my hight haue hope and hede, I sall be helpe to þe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1425 Contempl.DLGod (Mdst Mus.6)11 (D.37) : Tak þanne good hie of þese wordis.
Note: New spelling (added to form section). Quot. belongs to sense 1.(a).