Middle English Dictionary Entry
hīnd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hīnd(e n. Also inde, hende, heinde & (?error) hine. Pl. hīndes & (early) hīnden. |
| Etymology | OE hind |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The female of the European red deer (Cervus elaphus); (b) hert and ~, hertes or hindes, etc.; (c) a representation or picture of a hind; (d) ~ berie [OE hind-berge], ?raspberry; hinde(s-calf [OE hind-cealf], ~ foun, a fawn of the red deer; hinde(s tonge = hert(es-tonge; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.246]; also, in surnames and as ship name.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)411 : Cerua, hynd i. bysse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1184 : Þa milc wæs of are wite hinde, þe Brutus sceat mid his honde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8108 : Islaȝene weoren to þon mele..þritti hundred hærtes & al swa feole hinden [Otho: hindes].
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)662 : Þe king rod on huntingge; To wode he gan wende For to latchen þe heynde.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1206 : To pleyn vnder þe linde, þe hert to chacen and þe hinde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2571 : Þe werwolf an huge hert hade hunted riȝt þider..& hastilyche þan hiȝed & an hinde brouȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.293 : An hynde [L cerva] appered sodenliche.
- 1391 Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52109/6 : Cuidam Pruciano presentanti dominum cum ijbus hyndes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.1059 : He song, that he..Made..The Hinde in pes with the Leoun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)280a/a : After þe rysynge of þe sterre arturus, þe hynde conceyueþ and goþ wiþ calue eighte monþes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.274 : Egydie after an hynde cryede, And þorw þe mylke of þat mylde best þe man was susteyned.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1158 : Þe hindez were halden in with hay & war, Þe does dryuen with gret dyn to þe depe sladez.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)15 : Whan they be in Rutte, whiche is to say hure loue, in a Forest where be fewe hyndes and many hertes or male dere, þan þei sleen, hurten, and fighten eche with other.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1094 : Þey hoved under a linde, To se þe cours of þe hinde.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)27b/a : Felena: an hynd.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)639/19 : Hic ceruus: harte. Hec cerua: hynde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)240 : Hyynde, beste: Damula, damus.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1365 : He broughte a coppe wyþ milk & wyn þat milked was of a whit hynde [rime: mynde].
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)427 : And many an hert and many an hynde Was both before me and behynde.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)64a : A Hynde: Cerua, Ceruula, bissa.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)113 : Thenne an hynde kome fro þe woode..And fell before hem adownne; þey drowȝe to þe pappes..and putte hem to sowke.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1448 : Ne nawit..nulle ich hit bileuen to nimen his heortes & his hindes & al þa deor þat ich finde.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)342 : Huy nomen with heom..Venesun of heort and hynd and of wilde swyn.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8568 : Wo so were of take mid hert oþer hinde, Me ssolde smite of is heued.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)707 : Cheueroil, cerf, et bice; Roo, herte, and hynde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1683 : To flen wilde bestes, hyndes & hertes wiþ hydes wel fayre.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2575 : He þe hert & þe hinde hade þere slayne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1978 : Wher was Leon and Leonesse..With Hert and Hynde, and buck and doo.
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)2365 : Þey toke hert and hinde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3595 : They..slowe al that was sauage Hert and ynde, bothe buk and doo.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.12.10 : Orpheus..hadde maked the hertes and the hyndes to joynen dreedles here sydes to cruel lyouns.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)105/17 : Withouten þaim also er all maner of wylde bestez of wenery, as hertez and hyndez, bukk and da, and rae, and many oþer.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)195 : And ferther al aboute I gan aspye The dredful ro, the buk, the hert and hynde [rime: kynde].
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)17 : Hertys and hyndes one hillys þay gouen.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.25 : Hertis or hyndis on hassellis brestis.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)255 : The scheperde hows ful mery stode Vndir a forest..Of hert and hynde gret mynde.
c
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4576 : Pro j panno integro de rubeo beaudekyn in opere, cum albis hyndes, usitato.
- (a1460) Badge York in Archaeol.17 (Dgb 82)227 : The Bages that he beryth by the fayre Mayde of Kent is a whyte Hynde.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.4 (Hrl 2169)245 : [Silver a cheveron gules between] iij hyndys hedys.
d
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125(d) : Ermigio: hindberge.
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)411 : Hinnulus: hindcalf.
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)160 : Cerflange: hyndetonge.
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)649 : Hindetonge [vr. hertis tounge; glossing AF (Cmb): Cerlaunge].
- (1346) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.234 : [For the hundred skins of] hyndecalves, [8 s.].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)222b/b : As basilius seiþ..and ambrosius..þer he spekiþ of hynde calues [L hinnulis ceruorum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/a : Capriolus, as auicenne saiþ, is yliche to an hynde calf and chaungeth nought his teeþ.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)26 : Here kydes ben kyded with pomeled heere as þe hynde Calfes, and as an hynde calf of þe first yere begynnethe to put out his heued.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)20/26 : Take lauerwort, hyndestong, & mayden hare.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)348/10 : A ȝonge hynde-fowne þat is newe-borne sekeþ refute of þe modere & for to sowke here tetes.
- (1451-2) Lin.DDoc.58/13 : Item, a hyndde calf skynne tewed and xl d. to William Ostiler.
e
- (a1193) in Ekwall PNLan.66 : Hindeburne.
- (1212) in Ekwall PNLan.102 : Hindele.
- (c1250) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)139 : Hindelupe.
- (1255) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.115 : Hyndelegh.
- (1269) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)254 : Hyndeletheyt.
- (1316) EPNSoc.30 (West Riding Yks.)270 : Indelay.
- (1316) Pat.R.Edw.II580 : [A ship called] la Hynde [of Ipswich].
- (1332) in Ekwall PNLan.89 : Hindehull.
- (1376) in Ekwall PNLan.89 : Hyndefeld.
- (1382) in Ekwall Dict.EPN223 : Hynden.
- (1400) EPNSoc.30 (West Riding Yks.)271 : Hendelay.
- (1424) EPNSoc.30 (West Riding Yks.)55 : Hyndaghbroke.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 5232 : Thomas Hynebest.
- (1481) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)373 : Hindelowe.
- (1483) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.156 : Nuper uxori Roberti Hynde nuper burgensis et Goldsmyth predicte ville Bristoll.
- (1493) EPNSoc.30 (West Riding Yks.)271 : Suthindelai.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1300 Add.15236 Gloss.(1) in Hunt Plant Names (Add 15236)218 : [Ramnus:] anglice hyndeberi.
- a1400 MS Add.15236 in Hunt Plant Names (Add 15236)218 : Secundum aliquos hyndebery, secundum alios vero grysleys, i. spinokys.
- c1300 Add.15236 Herb List in Hunt Plant Names (Add 15236)218 : Anglice hyndeberi.
Note: Glossing L Rhamnus catharticus; thevethorn is a synonym
Note: May require modifying gloss
Note: !I made the new hinde n. = n.(2). I'm not sure of its vowel length, but this one is definitely long, and I suspect the new entry has a short i.--per MM