Middle English Dictionary Entry
arsǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | arsǒun n. Also arsun, harsun, arsyon. |
| Etymology | OF arçon, arson; cp. ML arciōn-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The uptilted front or back of a saddle, saddlebow; for ~, former ~, forþer ~, pommel; hinder ~, cantle; (b) a saddle provided with pommel and cantle.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2263 : He ladde bi his harsun [Clg: exle] one gisarme [Clg: wi-eax] stronge.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3094 : Wiþ boþe honden he held him to þe arsoun.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)1762 : In to Beues forþer arsoun, Half a fot he karf.
- c1330 Floris (Auch)385 : Richeliche þe sadel was wrout: Þe arsouns [Suth: arson was] were gold pur and fin.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3385 : On ys stede ful þe dent by-side þe for arsoun.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)171 : Alle þe metail anamayld was..Þe steropes..& his arsounz al after, & his aþel sturtes [read: skurtes].
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)345 : His stiropes to-braste And his hinder arsoun.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13706 : He leide hum ouer-þwert hys arsoun.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)3891 : Vpon the arsoun [Add: arsyone] Heng a gleyve.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)5581 : Boþe his arsouns [Add: crowchis] weren off yren.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)7107 : Hys ax fro hys arsoun [Arms: out of his arsun] he drowȝ.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)78/10 : So grete a stroke that he..bowed bak vpon the arson of his sadle.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)33/1040 : Two bole axys grete and longe In hys former arsun wer yhonge.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)955 : In þe arsouns, before and behynde, Were twey stones of Ynde.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)401 : He clef hys body a-doun in-to the arsoun.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)876 : Þe dede kors a pulte adoun And lep him self in to þe arsoun.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4244 : He shoof hym..adoune And lep hym-self in to þe arsoune.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1704 : Unneþe he miȝte sitte Upriȝt in his arsoun.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)370 : Launfal lepte yn to þe arsoun And rood hom to Karlyoun.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)11018 : He hym hit þan with so grete Ire, That of his sadill he made hym voyde þe arsone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)963/8 : He toke the body lyghtly in hys armys and put hit upon the harson of hys sadyll.
Note: New spelling
Note: Need date in (a)