Middle English Dictionary Entry
ī̆nde n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ī̆nde n.(2) Also ind, hind(e, jnde, inda, hende. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The color indigo (varying in shade from sky blue to a deep purplish blue); ~ colour, colour ~, indigo; blak as ~, as dark as indigo; (b) the pigment which imparts the color indigo (obtained chiefly from plants of the genus Indigofera); (c) a fabric dyed with indigo; (d) in cpds. & combs.: ~ bleu, indigo color; ~ bakade (baudas) , a kind of indigo imported from, or originally imported from, Baghdad.
Associated quotations
a
- (1318) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100374 : It. j parvus pannus de auro de colore hynde.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)712 : So is Inde and eke Bleu, Þat þe Middel heuȝ we clepeþ ariht.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9920 : Þe toiþer heu..Es al o bleu, men cals Ind, þe midward heu es þat i mene.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5263 : Albanyen..ben wiȝth men; Her visages ben blew so Ynde.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1411 : And al in asure and ynde enaumayld ryche.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)76 : Holtewodez bryȝt aboute hem bydez Of bollez as blwe as ble of Ynde.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1016 : Þe amatyst, purpre wyth ynde blente.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1662 : With many colour schewyng ful diuerse, Of white and rede, grene, ynde, and pers.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4466 : Adrastus..lay in his Tent, al of colour ynde [rime: fynde].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)67 : It hath hewes an hundred payre Of gras and flouris, ynde [F indes], and pers, And many hewes ful dyvers.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)31/5 : His bak is coloured blew as ynde [Man.(2): his back es ynde colour], And his wenges ben of purpre colour, And the tayll is ȝelow & red.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)11170 : Ther were stones of..Grene, rede, blewe, and Inde.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)378/49 : This other standard, feeld stable off colour ynde.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)62 : And ichone gayly vmby-gone with garters of inde.
- a1450 I have a gentil cok (Sln 2593)12 : His comb is of red scorel [read: corel], his tayl is of Inde.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)588/23 : Jacinctinus, anglice, ynde colour.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)31/29 : Than he com on so faste that his felyship semed as blak as inde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)311/27 : Syeste thou yondir pavylyon that is all of the coloure of inde?
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)168/157a : There were sheldis gylt and leyd wyth ynde.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)308 : Nor stoonys..Be nat saphires that shewe colour ynde.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)205 : He bar a smal ganfanon of two smale losenges of goules, and the feelde of golde and crownes of ynde [F dont li champ en estoit yndes a corounes dor].
b
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2185 : In vna libra de orpyment, vna Quarteria de ynde, et Albedine emptis de Magistro J. Pictore, iiij s. iij d.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)434 : Take almonde mylke made with gode brothe..and do therto the grounden flesh..and colour hit wyth ynde.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)465 : Potage of Ynde..take ynde that longes for potage, and..put in this colour therto.
- (1445) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 71/11b : Pepir, xl bal. Rawe silk, 1 litill fardell..Inde, I barell.
- (1472) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3577 : Custus circa picturam magni campanilis..ij lb. blew ynde, ij lb. vermeyon.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)7/19 : To make grene water. Take hynde and grynde hit smal and tempere hit vp wiþ ȝelew water.
c
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)927 : And many banere ygilt of ynde [LinI: mony abaner of gold and ynde] Þat day rateled in þe wynde.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)133 : Þe dwerȝ was cloþed in inde [vr. hynd] Before and ek behinde.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2994 : Then com..Fyve and syxty þousand knyȝtes, In Ynde [vr. all jn Hende] armed to alle ryȝtes.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)385 : Þe yong men wer clodeþ yn ynde [rime: behynde].
d
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2180 : In vna quarteria de yndabandas [read: yndabaudas] empta de Alexandro Furbur, xv d.
- (1320) in Salzman Building in Engl.168 : 1 lb. azure, 3 s. 6 d.; 1 lb. ynde baudas, 18 d.
- (1382) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.27 : [They found that..Peter ought to..deliver to Luke a barrel of] Inde Bakade.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)42b : The levis of him ben ynde blewe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)153a/a : Ȝif þou wilte colour þine oynement in dyuerse colours, make it blewe with ynde bawdas and rede wiþ rede lede.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)130/15 : Astertoum is an herbe þat..hath a ȝelwȝ flour..þe lef of þis herbe is ynde blew.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)169/27 : Lingua bouis agrestes is an herbe..and it haȝt a flour jndeblu [vr. ynde blew].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 49/34 : Take þe fayre whijt poudre of alabastre ybrent, and of fayre whijt leed, and of fayre ynde Bawdase..and medle hem al togidres.
- a1500 StJ-C.B.15 Artist.Recipes (StJ-C B.15) 212/25 : Sad it with blak ynke, or with good ynde Baudyas.
Note: Need dates, sense (d).
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 76/2 : Amende yt and sadde hyt with good blacke inke or with inde Bawdekyn.
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 78/32 : Here I shall tell the to temper all thy colours in her kynde in tempering..Azure, byze, orpment, browne, red lede, okyr, inde Baudekyn: with gummyd water.
Note: ?New spellings (?error) = Bawdekin, Baudekin.
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 178/30 : Forto make ynde of Flawndyrs, take feyre powder of drye schalke, and grynde it with florey with fayre clene water, [etc.].
Note: ?New cpd.: ~ of Flaundres. Clarke's gloss = 'artificial indigo pigment'.