Middle English Dictionary Entry
lā̆rden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lā̆rden v. Forms: p. lā̆rded & lā̆rd; ppl. lā̆rded. |
| Etymology | OF larder & ML lārdāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cook. To prepare (meat, fowl, etc.) for roasting by the insertion of pieces of salt pork, bacon, condiments, etc., in the outer surface; (b) to smear (a surface) with grease.
Associated quotations
a
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.92 : Pecokys and Partrigchis schul ben yparboyld and lardyd and etyn wyth gyngenyr [read: gyngyuer].
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.98 : For to make mylk rost..wan yt ys cold, larde it, and scher yt on schyverys, and roste yt on a grydern.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.106 : Nym the tonge of the rether..seth yt, and sethe nym a broche and larde yt wyth lardons and wyth clowys and gelofre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)133b/a : Eparyrcinum rosted & eted & licour y-collirized auailed in passione noctiluca..And if it be larded [*Ch.(2): be medlede; L lardatur] with piper long & sale nitro, þe effecte of it is bettered.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)288 : Laardyd: Lardatus. Lardyn flesche, or other lyke: Lardo.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)15756 : He schar a pece out of his þe, & lardid & rostoid [vr. lard it & roste], as fel to be.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)18 : Take Conyngys..& sethe hem; oþer larde hem & Rost hem.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)40 : Take swete Mylke..take Eyroun..& swenge hem..& boyle it so þat it wexe þikke..& presse it, & whan it is cold, larde it..& roste it.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)78 : Take a partrich..dight him, larde him, and roste him as þou doest a ffesaunte.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.21 : Perboyle þe hare and larde hit wele; Sethyn loke þou rost hir everydele.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)60 : A fessand roste..par boile hym and lard him..and rost hym.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.436 : When that is drie, vp walle hit [a cistern] euery side In lyke maner; eek larde hit, harde hit wel Tyl water wol endwelle hit and abyde.