Middle English Dictionary Entry
lā̆rder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lā̆rder n. Also lardre. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. CF lardier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A supply of salt pork, bacon, and other meats; such meat in storage; also fig. [Certain instances of the word in for and to phrases may belong with sense 2. (a).]
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Kenelm (Hrl 2277)236 : Ho so hadde suche kyn ynowe; he nere noȝt to bymene, Þeȝ his larder were neȝ ido, & his somer lese lene.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.28 : Alle Northwales he set to treuage hie, Tuenti pounde of gold be ȝere..& þer to fyue hundreth kie ilk ȝere to his lardere.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.310 : Som of þam..ware conseild..Þorgh pastours forto fare, for bestes to lardere [F pur larder].
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)107/20 : And þerfore þei schullen be kept to þe deuelis larder, as oxen þat ben late go fro þe plow, astraied at here large where þei wollen, þat ben kept to larder.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)661/25 : Hoc lardum: lardyre.
- (1425) *Indent.Elyngham (Add Charter 62408) : xij swyne for larder.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9108 : He drow hem doun, as men doth dere In wilde wodis to lordis lardere.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)98b : Neet, scheep, and swyn is nede to be I-slayn to lardere for þe more plente þou hast of flesche, þe lasse the nedeþ to spende of brede.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6159 : Whete and fflour, fflesch and lardere, Al togedere þey sette on fere.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2308 : Corn euerydel, larder [L laridum], fisch, foul, forage..is to brenne.
- (a1461) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.2124 : And ȝe, gracious and soverain lord, shall have a gode oxe to youre lardre.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)13709 : Vnder hyr Arm, an Ax she bar, Lych a bocher that wyl slen Grete bestys, and affter ffleen, And sythen put hem to larder.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)21430 : For to cachche me venysoun Off ffatte bestys, hih off gres, With howndys..To chachche, and brynge what they may, Hoom to my larder.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70b : A lardyr:..lardum.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)427 : xxti someres, y-trossed alle ful ryȝt, With brede and wyn and lardyr.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)54 : Your female swyne..withe good mastyng..shall be good for your lardere.
2.
(a) A room or building for the processing and storage of salt pork, bacon, and other meats; (b) the department of the royal household or of a monastic house in charge of stored meats.
Associated quotations
a
- (1380) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.90 : [In a building called] larder.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : [In the kitchen:..2 axes, one for the] larder.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)4688 : Moo þen a þousande seleres Filled he wiþ wynes newe & fresshe And larderes wiþ salt flesshe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)36b/b : Lardrium: a lardere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)288 : Laardere [Win: Lardre]: Lardarium.
- (1468-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9992 : 1 axe pro le lardar.
- a1500 Who that maketh (Trin-C O.9.38)246 : Hoo so makyȝt at crystysmas A dogge lardyner..he schalle neuer haue goode larder.
b
- (1450) RParl.5.194a : John Martyn, Yoman of oure Larder for oure mouth.
- (?a1500) Doc.in Dugdale Monasticon 1443 : She must be charged with all the ox-skeynes..all the inwardes of the oxen..all the tallowe..comming of hyr oxen, and also of every messe of the beyofe that she selleth; and all these be called the yssues of the larder.
3.
(a) Slaughter of animals or persons, carnage; maken a ~, to make a slaughter; maken ~ of, slaughter (an animal or person); (b) ~ of helle, an infernal abattoir.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1128 : Al þe kinges ost a non Foleuweden otuwel Echon, Roulond & oliuer, & maden a foul larder.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5513 : Ravine of othre mennes folde Makth his larder and paieth noght.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1166 : Thanne is the larder of the swyn; That is Novembre which I meene.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.321 : Þe kynges oste at gesse in þe Est mad lardere Of tounes & hamelesse, of granges & garner.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7228 : Jewel thoght hem ouertake; Of oon he hoped larder to make.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70b : To make lardyr: lardare.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)82.10 : Zebee, that is, swilke that the deuyl makis his lardere of.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)336 : He..made so grete lardre [F ochision] of the Geauntes that noon durste of hym a-bide a stroke.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)655 : Ydiers..made gret lardure [F essart] of Romayns.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)99/13 : Thus drawen was this innocent, as an oxe to the larder.
b
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.PPriests Benef.(Corp-C 296)251 : Prelatis courtis..ben dennys of þeues & larderis of helle.
4.
Cpds.: ~ hous, = sense 2. (a); ~ silver, a customary tax on salt pork, bacon, etc., or in commutation of service connected with the larder-house; ~ trough, a trough for salting meat.
Associated quotations
- (1371) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.95 : [One house called] larderhouse.
- (1375) Inquis.PM Edw.III14.7 : [The extent includes a customary rent called] larderselver.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.216 : Lardertroghe.
- (1390) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5224/28 : Duobus valettis pro mundacione le larderhous.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)12a/b : Carnarium: a larder hous.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)670/17 : Hoc lardarium: lardyrhouse.
- (c1425) Stonor1.43 : In le larderhous, j saltyngtrowe, j magna cista pro carne.
- (1454) in Scrope Castle Combe [OD col.]210 : Pro quodam redditu vocato lardersylver pro eisdem terris.
- (1460-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9990 : Pro le pavyng in le larderhouse.
- (1463) Dower Pekham in Archaeol.74 (Gldh Hustings Roll 196(10))156 : A Shedde withoute the Este dore of the same Celer called a larderhouse, adioynyng to the same Celer.