Middle English Dictionary Entry
hǒund(es-fish n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hǒund(es-fish n. |
| Etymology | From hǒund & fish. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A fish with hard, rough skin, sometimes used for food; prob. any of various small sharks; a dogfish; -- also, as surname; (b) ~ skin, a kind of shagreen, used for polishing.
Associated quotations
a
- (1311) Doc.Gildh.Lond.in RS 12.3432 : Ricardus de Hundesfissh.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1825 : With thilke bristles of his berd vnsofte Lyk to the skyn of houndfyssh [vrr. hounde fissh, hundefische, houndes fissh] sharp as brere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)250 : Hownde fyshe: Canis marinus.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1084 : Harske as a hunde-fisch..So was þe hyde of þat hulke hally al ouer.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)164 : Þat he fer wiþ his flok fare ne miȝhte For..harm of þe hound-fich þat hovede þerinne.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)182/572 : Elles, congre, houndsfisshe, soles, porpos..bene perilous for thies [the lepre].
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.201 : Hire skyn is tendyr for to towche, As of an hownd-fyssh.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)584 : Þornebak, thurle polle, hound fysch, halybut..alle þese cut in þe dische as youre lord etethe at meele.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)53/22 : Some fisshes the whiche hath of the too partie forme of a foure-fotyd beste as porpas, houndfissche, the whiche mowe be eten in tyme of fastyngis in that partie where they are seen fisshe but noȝt of the toþer partie.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)705/7 : Hic suamatus: a hundfych.
b
- (1355) in Salzman Building in Engl.346 : [A skin called] hundysfishskyn [for the carpenters].
- (1449-50) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1402 : Item..pro j howndfissch skyn..ad officium carpentariorum vj d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Paris n.a. lat.699)96/14 : Cheneit [glossed:] hand fische [vr. hundfyssh].
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Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Dc.45 Artist.Recipes (Dc 45) 148/16 : Take the luyerys of whytyng oþer of hondfysch and kepe þam tyl þay be a chaufyd; þanne take þe lyuerys and melt þam and þan hyt ys oyle.
Note: Additional quote, sense (a). New spelling.