Middle English Dictionary Entry
līde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | līde n. Also lud(e, luide. |
| Etymology | OE hlȳda |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The month of March.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)53/230 : Op-on Miȝhel-masse, fourtene-nyȝht his day fallez..And a-midde þe Monþe of luyde [Corp-C: Lude].
- c1300 SLeg.Cuth.(LdMisc 108)106 : In þe Monþe of luyde [Corp-C: Lude], of þis worlde he wende to þe Ioye of heouene.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11990 : Þe teþe day of lud in to londone he drou.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)12040 : In þe monþe of lude..In þe toun of biterbe aspied he was.
- ?c1350 Why werre (Peterh 104)p.16 : Forsothe catel cometh and goth As wederis don in lyde.