Middle English Dictionary Entry
laund(e n.
Entry Info
Forms | laund(e n. Also lande & lond, lound. |
Etymology | OF lande |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A glade, clearing; tract of open or lightly-wooded ground within a forest; edges or margin of a forest; open area in a forest used for hunting; remote wooded area; ~ kepere, forest bailiff, forester; (b) a tract of open uncultivated country, plain, area of level ground; battlefield; ground; (c) lenden a (in, on) ~, lenen in (upon) a ~, lien in (on) a ~, lien upon laundes, to halt in a clearing, rest in a secluded place, etc.; on (upon) ~, ?abroad, on earth; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.17].
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7403 : In þe forest of Rokingham..Þer was a launde of noblay, Where come to gider seuen way.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)63,77 : Þai..riden west Into þe þikke of þe forest. Into a launde hii ben icome, And..liʒt adoun..Hii leien hem doun vpon a grene..And fillen aslepe..Bote þe damaisele..wente aboute..So fer in þe launde..Þat ʒhe ne wot neuere whare ʒe is.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)216/30 : Þe fole wyfmen þet guoþ mid stondinde nihcke ase herte ine [Vices & V.(2): in þe] launde, and lokeþ azide ase hors of grat cost.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1691 : And to the groue..In which ther was an hert..Duc Theseus the streighte wey hath holde. And to the launde..rideth..For thider was the hert wont haue his flight.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.377 : Þat place is closed wiþ hilles on eiþer side, and haþ a pleyn in þe myddel by twene hiʒe landes [L inter duos saltus], wiþ streiʒt entrynge and streiʒt out goynge.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.251 : Som of hem [Britouns] com out of hilles and laundes [Higd.(2): mowntes and hilles; L de montibus et saltibus]..and chasede out þe Pikkes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.401 : Þey wente to Circetre, a place þat was toforehonde ful of wode and of laundes [Higd.(2): fulle of hilles; L locum..saltuosum].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1290 : Sche wente..Unto the Park was faste by..Til sche cam ther the Launde was, Thurgh which ther ran a gret rivere..Sche sih the bestes in her kinde, The buck, the do, the hert, the hinde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2160 : The hert which fre goth on the launde Not of an Oxe what him eileth.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)169a/b : Þat mount haþ many wodes, busshes, and treen withoute fruyte, and many laundes and leopes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/a : Þe Capriole..defendeþ himself in woodes and laundes for hunters..oonliche wiþ swyftnesse of flight, and..whanne he is pursued in valeys and in feldes he takeþ his cours and fleeþ in to high place and mounteynes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.293 : Þere ne was lyoun ne leopart þat on laundes wenten..ne other best wilde Þat ne fel to her feet.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1894 : Ʒet is þe lorde on þe launde, ledande his gomnes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)21 : The hertes þat bene in greet hilles whane it commeþ to Rut..come adoun in to grete forestis and in þe hethes and into þe laundes, and þer þei abide alle þe wyntere in to þe entryngis of Auerille, and þan þei take hure hauntz..nye þe townes and þe villages in the playn contre, þeras þei fynde good fedyng in þe newe growyng lond.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2429 : Whil I was..among þe holtis hore..A ful gret hert I sawe a-fore me renne, Dovn by þe launde and þe walys grene.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)245 : A faire forest sone I fand..þare was mani a wilde lebard..I saw sone whare a man sat On a lawnd.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)34 b(1)/a : Indago: a parker or a launnde.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)57b/a : Saltus: a launde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)291 : Lawnde of a wode: Saltus. Lawnde kepare: Salator.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)33.345 : Be the wastful lawndes [F les landes gastes et desiertes] haue vndirstondyng 'Thy wykked werkys'.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)53.209 : King Galaaz..that hadde I-Ryde..In A wylde forest..Into A wast lawnde he happede there.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)18845 : Atte forest..a buschement they ordeyned..at a carfox..besydes a Lawnde, was fair & grene and þerto ful of flowres.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)24 : I..turnede to-wardes a tree..And, als I lokede to a launde a littill me be-syde, I seghe ane hert with ane hede.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)120 : I..thoght I wolde walke..Forth in the parke and in the holtys hore, And thorgh a launde as I yede apace..I fonde anon a delytable place..beset with trees.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)121/16 : I..went into the wod fast by the laundes, wher as dwelled an holy hermyte..at the wod syde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)163/33 : They rode..to the foreste of aventures tyll they com to a launde, and thereby they founde a crosse.
- (1473) Paston5.182 : Make no ferther bergayn than Sporle woode and the lawnde not delyng with noon other woode, nowther in the maner, nor ellys wher in none other tenement.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)16 : Y rose..to sporte me in a forest..y met with þe forster; y prayed hym..þat y mygh[t] walke in to his lawnde where þe deere lay.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)71b : A lawnde: Saltus.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)578 : On the VIII day to wood they paste..Vppon a lavnde fayre and wyde Be a rennande reuer syde They sett that ladyes tente.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)142 : We shull assemble as many as we may gete in the pryviest wise that we can, and lete hem be loigged in a launde [F lande] that is in the forest of Bredigan.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.536 : Þan loked þai it [the battle] schuld be In a launde vnder þe cite.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.251 : Charles wente to Spayne, and wan þe dales, laundes, and contrayes aboute þe hilles montes Pireney.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.118 : Rid forþ be ricchesse..And ek þe longe launde [vrr. lande, lane] þat leccherie hatte, Leue hym on þi left half a large myle or more.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)765 : He watz war in þe wod of a won in a mote, Abof a launde, on a lawe, loken vnder boʒez Of mony borelych bole.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2146 : Ryde me doun þis ilk rake, bi ʒon rokke syde, Til þou be broʒt to þe boþem of þe brem valay; Þenne loke a littel on þe launde.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)10 : The hare is a common beest..þei lyuen of corn and wiþ wedis growyng of londes, of leves, of herbis.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)302 : And in a launde [vrr. laund, lond], upon an hil of floures, Was set this noble goddesse Nature. Of braunches were here halles and here boures.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1517 : O lawe in þe launde þane by þe lythe strandez, Sir Lucius lygge-men loste are fore euer.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3849 : With þe lussche of þe launce he lyghte one hys schuldyrs, And akere-lenghe one a launde.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1257 : He fyndis þe Duke in þe felde..Than spake þe Duke on þe laund [Cmb: land].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7510 : Ector..Tachit vpon Toax, toke hym in the face..And he, for dere of þe dynt, droppid on þe laund.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)634 : Thay lightede appon a lawnde so clere Vndir þe Mownte Mowmartere, It was a ful faire syghte.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1251 : Many a Sarazene laye on his bake, & one þe lawnde righte þer þay lay..gronande one the grete.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4818 : Þan past þai doun fra þat pike in-to a playn launde [L planiciem maximam], Quare all þe gronde was of gols.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.18 : In myd Plumtun Lone, hor paueluns were piʒte..Thay sette listes on lenthe, olong on the lawnde [Dc: loʒ lande].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)210/14 : 'Loo where they lede oure lordys over yondir brode launde'..Sir Idres..pulde up her brydyls and halowed over that champayne.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)302/36,303/6 : At the laste they com to a blak launde, and there was a blak hauthorne..Also..a knyght..in blak harneyse..called the Knyght of the Blak Laundis.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)209 : Sadel and brydel lene þou me A whyle for to ryde..By a launde vnþer þys cyte.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)298 : I am with the kynge loot that the saisnes han discounfited at the ende of this launde [F al chief de ceste lande] towarde that wode.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)683 : Thei com oute of the foreste and entred in to a feire launde [F lande] that was grete and large.
- a1500 Orfeo (Hrl 3810)32/341 : He cam to a fayr contray..alle grene -- Hille ne dale was nouʒt sene. Amyd þe launde [Auch: lond] a castel he sye.
c
- a1350 Opon a somer (LdMisc 108)8 : I hiede to holte wiþ honteres..So ryfly on rugge roon & raches ronne Þat in launde vnder lynde me leste to lende, And Lenede.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)2 : Bi west, vnder a wylde wode-syde, In a launde þer I was lente, Wlanke deor on grounde gunne glyde.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)9.56 : I wente be a wode..And vndir a lynde vpon a launde lenide I me a stounde.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1000 : For on ho standes a ston, and salt for þat oþer, And alle lyst on hir lik þat arn on launde bestes.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1207 : Loude alarom upon launde lulted watz þenne.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)1.8 : On Maluerne hulles Me byfel for to slepe..And in a launde as ich lay, lenede ich and slepte.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)255 : Thus þe forest þay fraye Þe hertis bade at a-baye; On a laund [Cmb: launde] þer þay laye [Þe] Lordis downe lyghte.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1576 : Þis doghety knyghte and fre Lyghted down vndir a tree; A prowd foster gan þam see On launde [Cmb: A laund] þer þay lende.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)334 : Herdes at þe hond ay by holte sydes, Vppon laundes þai lay likyng to see.
d
- (c1200) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)133 : La launde de Postgate.
- (1212) Bk.of Fees78 : Ricardus de la Lande.
- (1242) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)131 : Laundis in foresta de Daneby.
- (1254) Pat.R.Hen.III376 : William de la Launde.
- (1285) Feudal Aids 656 : Nicholaus de la Launde.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1096 : Robro de la Launde.
- (1300) Survey Wychwood in Archaeol.37436 : Sic usque la Launde de Prestesgrove.
- (1303) Feudal Aids 110 : Walterus de la Lound.
- (1303) Feudal Aids 2378 : Henricus de la Launde.
- (1326) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)257 : La Launde.
- (1369) EPNSoc.13 (War.)330 : Le Launde.
- (1409) Deed Yks.in YASRS 50122 : [The manors of..More Munkton] le Laund [Colton].
- (1420) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)440 : Le Launde.
- (1425) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)257 : Oldelaunde.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2247 : On the morowe after comme down from Baion and the Lawndes thither grete pouple.
- a1500(c1175-80) Cart.Boarstall in OHS 8812 : Willelmo de la Launde.