Middle English Dictionary Entry
kide n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kide n. Also kid(de, kede; pl. kides, etc. & kid(de. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI kið, Norw. Swed. Dan. kid, Shetl. kidi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The young of a goat; ~ lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; ~ fel, kide(s skin, kidskin; ~ flesh, the meat of a kid; kides flok, a flock of young goats.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7804 : Þe firrste callf, þe firrste lamb, Þe firrste kide, & swillke..shollde beon to Drihhtin Godd Upponn hiss allterr offredd.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1535 : Two kides he fette and brogtes hire.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)274 : Cheverau [glossed:] kide.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.25.33 : Mannes sone shal cume..and..departe hem atwynne, as a sheperde departith scheep fro kidis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.303 : Alle þe splekked lamberne and kedes..schulde be Iacob his mede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3260 : She koude skippe and make game As any kyde or calf folwynge his dame.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)285b/a : The kyde hatte Edus and haþ that name of edendo, etynge, and is litel and fatte, and his fleissh is of good sauour.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3643 : Now high þe suith..O kyddes fatt þou fett me tuin.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Judg.14.6 : Sampson..taar the lioun, as he shulde to-teer out a kide, into gobetis.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 10.3 : Thre men shulen fynde thee there, stiynge vp to God into Bethel, oon berynge thre kyddis.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)107a/b : He had vij eminences in his heued..of þe whiche þer was one as grete & as scharpe as þe horne of a kidde.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)664 : Commoditees of it I woll entitell..Skynnes of oter, squerel and Irysh hare..Felles of kydde and conyes grete plente.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)715 : To Bacus þe balful men bringen in temple A kide, as is costum of comine peple.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4524 : Þe carcas of a fatt kid..Þat bring ȝe to ser bacus.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.79.55a : Þerwiþ þou fedist þi þouȝtes and þin affeccions wilk arn vnclene as kydes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)202 : A Kydde of a gayte: hedulus.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)212/4 : A man his hardy as a lyon..Swyfte and delyuer as a kyd.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.93 : Joseph cote was made rede of a kidde with the blude.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)758 : Edus, capriolus, edulus: a kyd lomb.
b
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.95 : Nym kedys and chekenys and hew hem in morsellys.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.14.21 : Þou shalt not seþyn þe keede [Corp-O: kidde] in þe mylke of his moder.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52225/24 : Item, pro vj kyd, xij gr.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.20 : Take Conynges or Kydde and smyte hem on pecys rawe.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)140/4 : I comaundide him to ete..þe braynes of briddis heedis..hennys..& kedis.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)82 : Affter vensoun wyþ furmente..Kydes, pygges, & hennes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)91b/a : Þes ben þe metes þat þe pacient schal ete: good hennes, capouns, chikens, ȝunge kiddes gelded.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.73 : He [God] fouchide nevere saaf to fede hem þus wiþ a kide.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)49b/b : Be he content of subtile metez..as flesh of shikenz & ȝong coluerez and kydez.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)430 : Take kydus or chekyns and hewe hom on gobettus.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)450 : At the thridde cours, bore in egurdouce, and mawmene to potage; and therwithe cranes, and kydde, and curlew.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)13 : Take Vele, Kyde, or Henne, an boyle hem in fayre Water.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)41 : Take þe fleysshe and vntrusse hym on a spete, in þe maner of a kede.
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : Longing for keruers..a kede y shuldrede.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)27/23 : In this tyme shulde chykenys be ete, and kydes and eggis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)80b/a : Late him ete..mylk and rere eyren and hennes & briddis and kidis.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)152b/b : Hise metis schulen be sutil and tendre..as hennys, chapouns, chikenes, kidis.
c
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.167 : Item, centum de kydeskinnes debet ob.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1967 : In kides blod he [Ruben] wenten it [Joseph's cloak].
- (1346) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.234 : [For the hundred of] kiddefelles, [8 s.].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1364 : Iacob..Boond the kydes skyn aboute his nekke.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)95/12 : He may ete good fleisch, as motoun of a weþer, kide fleisch sowkynge.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)121b/b : Þe pacient..maie ete kidde fleische oþer chekens soþen with þe forseide herbes.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)56 : Iren, wolle, wadmole, gotefel, kydefel.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4476 : [God] has na hert vs to here ne no hathill ellis For calues ne for kidis blode.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)237/7 : Drynke a sponful at onys with watyr dystillyde of þes erbys: cowsloppys, of bencoddys..and with þe poudyr of kyddys-blode dryed in a ovyn.
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)17 : The kiddes ffloke depured in clennes..Es lykennede to thyn here for pure brightenes.
- (1469) in Black Leathersellers31 : [1000 of] Kydskynnes.
2.
A young of the roe deer in its first year; ~ calf.
Associated quotations
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.167 : Dacra de kyde calves debet ob.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)24 : Þe kyddes [of the roe deer] can fede hem self and lif by hem self wiþ owte here dame.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)25 : Whan þe Emel [roe deer] haþ hure kiddes she doþ..as y haue said of þe hynde.
3.
(a) In surnames; (b) les ~ cotes, the name of a prison belonging to the Archbishop of York.
Associated quotations
a
- (1303) Pat.R.Edw.I179 : William Kydefot.
- (1309) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 1827 : Walterus le Kyderihay.
- (1310) Pat.R.Edw.II262 : Richard Kidelombe.
b
- (1430) Will York in Sur.Soc.308 : Lego xx s. ad emendum panem, cervisiam, et carnes bovinas et multonum dandas prisonariis in Castor Ebor, in les Kydcotes, et in prisona domini Archiepiscopi Ebor.