Middle English Dictionary Entry
jordan n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jordan n. Also jordon, jurdan, yurdan. |
| Etymology | ML jurdānus & CL Jordānes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of glass vessel with a bulb-like body and a rimmed neck, used by physicians and makers of pigments; (b) a chamber pot; (c) as a surname [in PPl. apparently with punning allusion to William Jordan, a Dominican friar].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.305 : I pray to god so saue thy gentil cors, And eek thyne vrinals and thy iurdones [vrr. Iurdanes, Iordanes, Iordans].
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)153 : Loke thou have a good thicke jordan of glas..make a good lute..and therwith daube thi jordan al aboute half ynche thicke, and putte al thi mater in the jordan, and hange it over the fier..and ordeyne thee anothir glass..and sette that litil glas upon the jordans mouth, mouth aȝens mouth..and whanne thou seest the leyt arise riȝt blood reed, thanne is thi vermyloun maad.
b
- (1402-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99217 : 1 lectus de plumis; 7 jordan; 7 cappe pro noctibus.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100398 : 1 fethyrbed..5 nyght chares, 5 jordan.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)660 : Hec madula: jurdan. Hic jurdanus, idem est.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)267 : Iurdone, pyssepotte: Jurdanus, madella, madula, urna.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)68a : A Jordane: madula..mansatorium, vrinarium..vrinale.
- a1500 Feast Tott.(Cmb Ff.5.48)95/271 : Ther come in iordans in iussall, Als red as any russall.
c
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1029 : Johanne Jordan.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.83 : I shal iangle to þis Iurdan [C: Iordan, yurdan] with his iust wombe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 50/4 : Put hem in an vrynal or ells in a gode large jurdan of glas, and stoppe hit faste and put hit forto drye vp.
- a1500 Sln.122 Artist.Recipes (Sln 122) 119/19 : Tak a jordan of glas ydawbyd abowte half an enche thikke with clay ytempered with horsdonge, and put thi matere þerinne, and hange it ouer a clene glowseer so that it be almost an hand brede fro the colys.
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Clarke Crafte Lymmyng (Sln 73) 203/12 : Styre þe iordan wiþ a smal ȝerde of yren at þe botme forto make þe hatt arise out of þe mater.
Note: Additional quotes, sense (a).