Middle English Dictionary Entry
inke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | inke n. Also inc, hinke, enke, henk. |
| Etymology | OF enque, var. of enche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ink; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)241 : Alle weren þe saresinz so boc is writen wid enke.
- (a1333) Herebert Þou wommon (Add 46919)24 : And helpe he wole ich wot, Vor loue þe chartre wrot, Þe enke orn of hys wounde.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 John 12 : I hauynge mo thinges for to wrijte to ȝou, wolde not bi parchemyn and ynke [WB(2): enke].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.387 : Þey wolde somtyme..peynte hym wiþ ynke oþer wiþ oþir peynture and colour.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)194 : On vche braunche was a word of þreo maner enkes; Gold and Seluer he seis and Asur forsoþe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1070 : Ther is no Scrivein with his enke Which half the fraude wryte can.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)219a/b : Þe fierþe party..is somdel cloue for to ȝiue enke [L atramentum] the bettre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)310b/b : Wiþ atrament ynke [L encaustum] is y-tempred and y-maystred.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9898 : Well fairer on mani wise Þan tung mai tell..Or ani clerc mai writ wit inc.
- a1425(a1349) Rolle MPass.(2) (Upps C.494)44/14 : Þi bodi is like a boke wreten al wiþ reed Inke.
- a1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)143/15 : Hir maistres sall gyffe hir a penne with ynke, & þe nouyce sal make a crosse on þe buke of hir profession.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.5.19 : Wayte wel where as thin almury touchith the bordure and set there a prikke of ynke.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)280/906 : For toth ach þe galles þat men make ynk with.
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57248 : Item, for paper and hynke, j d.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)91 : We how not to honor þe gospel þus, þat is to sey, þe henk, or þe parchemyn, and þe figeris.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)67a : Inke: Atramentum, Encastum, Incaustum.
- a1500(?a1449) ?Lydg.Lavenders (Cmb Ff.1.6)18 : Wasshe with wyn the feruent inkes spott.
- a1500 PFulham (Jas 43)230 : Kepe alwey sum ynke in thy pene To wryte with all thynges that bere charge.
b
- (1303) Pat.R.Edw.I179 : William Inkeman.
- (1306) Close R.Edw.I475 : James le Inkemakere.
- (1308) Close R.Edw.II59 : James Inkemakere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Sln.122 Artist.Recipes (Sln 122) 86/19 : To make grene enk. Take vertdegrece and grynde it small, [etc.].
- a1525 Stockh.Huseby.78 Artist.Recipes (Stockh Huseby 78) 286/14 : To make redde ynck: tak vermylon and grynd hym.
Note: Additional quots., sense (a). New spellings (enk & inck).
- ?a1450 Hnt.HM.1336 Artist.Recipes (Hnt HM 1336) 282/3 : Forto make blaake inkke of Lumbardye.
- a1500 Sln.122 Artist.Recipes (Sln 122) 112/20 : To make ynke Lombard. Tak a quantyte of standyng water, and 3 vnces of galles, and stampe hem all to powder, and sethe hem [etc.].
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 176/17 : To make ynke Lumbarde. Take a quarte of standyng reyne water, and .iij. vnce of gall and breke hem into powder [etc.].
- a1500 Corp-O.291 Artist.Recipes (Corp-O 291) 286/6 : Take parchement that ys olde wrete and bren hit yn the fyer al to colys, and grynd hit smale on a ston, and temper yt vpp with ynke Lumbarbe.
- a1525 Sln.4 Recipes in Crafte Lymmyng (Sln 4) 284/1 : To make ynk Lumbart. Take .j. vnce of gallys, and half an vnce of grene coporose, [etc.].
Note: New cpd., ~ (of) Lombardie, ~ Lombard. Clarke's gloss = 'Lombard ink, iron-gall ink'.
Note: New spelling (inkke).