Middle English Dictionary Entry
lob n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lob n. Also lobbe & lobī (? lọ̄bī). |
| Etymology | Prob. OE; cp. MDu., MLG lobbe, ONorw. lubba. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The pollack (Gadus pollachius); ~ fish; (b) a lazy lout, lubber; ?also, a bundle of clothing [quot.: c1475]; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1321) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.12 : [A thousand of] lobbes.
- (1351) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.16 : [Up to 1200] lobbe, lieng, talcod, [and other kinds of salt fish].
- (1357) Statutes Realm1.356 : En le Cent de Lob, Lyng, ou Cod, eient les mestres & mariners de chescun Cent de Lob, Lyng, & Cod, le cent acompte a dis vintz, vint orgois si tantz y soient.
- (1421) Doc.in Rogers Hist.Agric.3312 : Lob fish.
- (1466-7) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.611 : Pro iiii lastis stokfissh de lobbe et lynges.
b
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.52 : Grete lobies [vrr. lobres, losels, globis, polys] & longe þat loþ were to swynke.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.170 : This lorell þat hadde þis loby awey.
c
- (c1291) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.643 : [William] Lobb.
- (1296) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.68254 : De 13 s. de Ricardo Lobbe.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3150 : Richardus Lobbe.