Middle English Dictionary Entry
lēden v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | lēden v.(2) P.ppl. leded, ileaded, ileadet. |
| Etymology | From lēd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make (sth.) of lead; (b) to cover (sth.) with lead; (c) fig. to make (sb.) as dull as lead; (d) ppl. leded, weighted with lead.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)9.175 : Yf..thi water..shulde a falle into the dale..pipis hit to condit me may lede [L plumbeis fistulis; L gloss.: plumbare].
b
- (1390) Will York in Sur.Soc.4129 : Lego..Magariæ Merchale a ledede stande of xv galuns.
- (1431) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)194 : Also in our Tyme was mad þe Halle Rooffe..þe bare Tymbyre and þe makyng c li. Also more I Femeryld and ledyd.
- (1439) Agree.Build.St.John in BAAJ 25119 : Al the same rof..the seyd John Heywod..shal latthen & dighten redy to be ledyd.
- (1439) Agree.Build.St.John in BAAJ 25119 : A porche..archyd and bownden with a beme couplyd & latthid abyl to be ledyd.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)292 : Leedyd: Plumbatus. Leedyn wythe leed: Plumbo.
- (1457) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.157 : A clensyng fatt..kylderkyns, an alegiste leded.
c
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)109 : This is properliche the ax with whiche j dullede sum time Helye vnder the juniperyn..With this ax j dulle and lede the clerkes at cherche. So hevy and so leded j make hem..I spare noon that j may dulle and that j fynde.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)214/4 : Nan..ne beore nan irn..ne ne beate hire þer wið, ne wið scurge i leadet [Nero: i leaded].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)218a/a : Cassia..may nought be y-founde but what falleþ by his owne wight or is y-smyte donn wiþ leded [L plumbatis] arwes.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)18a,b : How þey moste ben vsed to kast þe leded schaft..þat is wiþ dartes and speres leded aboue þe heued.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)38b : Þey had also schaftis leded [L plumbatas] att þe ende..þe whiche were ycast wiþ grete myȝt.
- (1474) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.528b : For John Hamond, for 8 d., one lyne, leded.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)41 : Oue esponger primeȝ espougeȝ…wyþ a sponge fyrst led out.
Note: ?New gloss
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 17/38 : Loke þat þu haue an .iij. or .iiij. of clene barbours bacenes at þe leste, or ells of clene erþen pannys þat be clene leded withynne and euene al aboute.
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 28/20 : Boyle hem togederes in a litul newe erþen potkyn þat be clene glared [read: glazed] withynne .i. ledid.
- a1500 Hnt.HM.64 Artist.Recipes (Hnt HM 64) 277/8 : Melte youre brymstone in a panne of erthe that is welle yleddid or of copur or of brasse.
Note: Glossary: "leded, ledid, yleddid ppl. adj. 'glazed (of a ceramic)'."
Note: New sense.