lid-gate and lidgate - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

lid-gate n.

Forms	lid-gate n. Also litgate & (in names) lidiat, lidyathe, liddigate, lite-, litheyate, lichet, ludgate.
Etymology	OE; cp. WS hlidgeat; forms in lith- influenced by ON; cp. OI hlið. Also cp. ME lid n. & gāte n.(1).

(a) A swing gate for cattle; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.251].

a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.159 : E pur estre meut a eyse, Nous passerom par cele heese [glossed:] lit-gate.
(1365) Doc.in Der.ANHSJ 2277 : [Three] Lydyates [at Baslow are not repaired].
a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)861 : Il ad essel e assel [glossed:] axetre, lidegate.
a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1385 : Hast þow ay cast vp lyde ȝate Þere bestus haue go in ate?

(1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4244 : Radulfo de Lidgate.
(1235) Close R.Hen.III181 : Galfridus de Lidiat.
(1275) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames121 : Agn. atte Litgate.
(1275) Pleas Som.in Som.RS 4112 : Geoffrey de la Lidgate.
(1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 1619 : Rob. Attheliddegate.
(1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 1670 : Attelitheyate.
(1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7217 : Galfridus atte lydegate.
(1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10113 : Walt. ate Litegate.
a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)92 : I answerde, 'my name was Lydgate [vr. Lidgat], Monk of Bery.'
c1450 Lydg.FP (Ryl Eng 2)p.1 head. : Translatid in to Inglissh bi Iohn Ludgate Monke of..Bury.