Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōdes-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lōdes-man n. Also lodsman, lādisman & (early pl.) lædesmen. |
| Etymology | Cp. lōd-man & OE lād-man. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who navigates a ship during a voyage (distinct from the master and the steersman); a pilot; (b) a guide, conductor; also fig.; (c) a leader, director, governor; (d) a carrier; (e) ?a harbor-pilot [cp. lod-man (b)].
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6245 : Ah ȝe scullen habben lædes-men [Otho: lodes-men], and forð ȝe scullen liðen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)140/23 : Þe ssipmen..ase zone ase he y-hyerþ þane smite of þe lodes-manne [F governeour]..hi lheapeþ ase wode.
- (1360) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.6 : [To a seaman called] lodesman [for his reward for safe conduct of a ship].
- (1390-1) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5287/22 : Edwardo Thorne, le lodesman nauis domini, pro viagio domini de Prucia vsque Angliam..c s.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.996 : The Schip aros ayein the wawes; The lodesman hath lost his lawes.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)424 : Þe arc..waltered on þe wylde flod..Nyf oure Lorde hade ben her lodezmon, hem had lumpen harde.
- (1417) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.655 : [Steersman [L conductor] or] lodysman [of a certain ship].
- (1421) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.363 : [The ship sank by default of 4] lodismen [names unknown].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)180/21 : Suche roches ben in many places..þerfore dur not the marchantes passen þere but ȝif..þei han gode lodesmen [F conduvceours].
- a1450 Chaucer LGW (Tan 346)1488 : Askyng hem..Yif that they were broken..Or had nede of lodesmen [vrr. lodesman, lodman] or vitayle.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)363 : Into a galey Thes vii sages were put awey, And bad here lodesman..Shuld cast hem ouer the ship bord.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1601 : Þere nys within our shippis..But all trewe marchaundise; wherfor, sir lodisman, Stere onys in-to þe Costis.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57206 : My mastyr paid to Perker, mastyr of the kervell, x s..my mastyr paid to Yonge, that is lodesman of the kervelle, vj s. viij d.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)54 : Ne heo ne couþe nanne wei, bote god was hire lodes-man.
- (a1333) Herebert Come shuppere (Add 46919)10 : Þat woe wyten ous vrom sunne þorou þe lodes-mon [L ductore..te].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)296a/a : Tame swyne knowen here owne hous and..come þerto wiþouten guyde and lodesman [L sine duce].
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1938 : Waspasian was yware, That..he knewe þe counttre, His lodys man he had him be; And he fulle wel ladde hem..to Jerusalem.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4967 : Þe lede at was þar ladisman..Went þurȝe a wale wode.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)169/14 : A maister..purposed to come to..Oegines..oon of þe breþere..purposed to go vnto Parys forto be þe maisters lodesman.
c
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9025 : Here lodes-man þat made hem glew..he hyȝte Gerlew.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)6968 : Vche kynrede of þo twelue had a lodesmon [Vsp: ouer man] hem selue þat shulde he owne kynrede lede.
- c1425 Evang.(BodAdd C.38)625 : Þou Bedleem londe of Iuda, a lodes man [L dux] shal cum þe fra þat gouerne shal in israel.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3601 : Moab..Of the ix batel..Lodesman and cheftan was..Of a thousand knightes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2341 : Laite anothire ladis-man [Dub: lodesman].
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.975 : These bees haue a souerayn and a kyng, Whiche þat is loodisman of hem all.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)96/7 : Reymond..was..hede & lodesman [Rwl: ledder] & prynce of al þe hoste.
d
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)310 : Lodysmanne: Vector, lator, vehicularius.
e
- c1500 PFulham (Trin-C R.3.19)p.129 : So myry..is the grounde Than lakkyth the lyne wherewyth to sounde, So is he begyled that stondith atte sterne, For the loodsman that shulde hem lerne, Lakkyth brayne, and also the lanterne is out.