Middle English Dictionary Entry
lọ̄me n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lọ̄me n. Also lombe, lume & (early) leome. Pl. lọ̄mes, etc. & lọ̄men. |
| Etymology | OE lōma |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An implement, tool; also, fig. a means; (b) a weapon; (c) the penis.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/28 : Tu segge alswa..bi þe muð..þe ewt misseið þe. Iblescet beo þi muð sei, for þu makest lome [Nero: leome] þrof to timbri mi crune.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)196/17,19 : Al þet heard..& al þet god..ne beoð nawt bute as lomen [Tit: lomes] to tilie wið þe heorte..na mon neluueð lomen for ham seolf.
- a1350 Of a mon (Hrl 2253)15,21 : Ydel men ȝet he seh lomen habbe an honde..So hit wes bistad þat no mon hem ne bad huere lomes to fonde.
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)65 : Cluppe the egge of thi lome..and..ley the egge ithe middel of the poudre, ant seththe wint thi clout faste abouten thi lome.
- c1350 Of alle þe witti (Add 45896)68 : Lynches and lacches, leggus and lockes, and uch a nedi lome þat men þerby lybbes.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.45 : The lomes þat ich laboure with and lyflode deserue Ys pater-noster..placebo and dirige.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)413 : Latyn brede moule, ale soure..broken cop..or lomys, as axes, wymbils..or ani oþer swilk.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)312 : Loome [Win: Loombe], or instrument: Utensile, instrumentum.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)54/18 : Fastyng, wakyng, & oþere hardschipes þolyng, men schulen not ȝerne þoo as ende, but as þingis or lomes þat helpiþ as to þe ende.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)234 : His londes liggen alle ley; his lomes aren solde.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4516 : Noe of suche lomes nam Þat weren forged..And kepte hem and siþen made mo.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2309 : He lyftes lyȝtly his lome, & let hit doun fayre.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1851 : With swerd and spere..And eke with many sundry dyuers lome..haue þei made assay.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)2032 : Þer was iryn in the wande Ten stone of the lande..Full euyll myght any men smale..With siche a lome fighte.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4750 : Large was his odd lome þe lenthe of a ȝerde.
- a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)p.30 : By sayne peter owte of rome, I se neure a wars lome Stondyng opon mone.
2.
(a) A loom for weaving; (b) a weaver's bobbin, or shuttle; (c) ?the beam of a loom; (d) woven cloth.
Associated quotations
a
- (1380) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.52 : [The webbers of London appointed for scrutiny of the number of] lomes [of either party].
- (1404) in Rec.B.Nottingham 222 : Appreciatores unius wollyn weblome..Item, j lynyn lome.
- (?a1425) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12086 : Si noluerit..hoc facere, quod instrumentum suum vocatum lome ammoveant.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)312 : Loome of webbarys crafte: Telarium.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)636 : Pallas..Stodyed..Tyll that she hadd founde lomys craftily To weyfe the thredys therin orderly.
- (1463) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.68 : No Maister of Weueris crafte..lette eany..to sette thair..lombes to hyre or loone to eany persoon of the said crafte.
- (1467) Statutes Realm2.420 : Poair de sercher tout maner des Wurstedes..sibien dedeins lomes come dehors lomes.
b
- a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)450 : Lomes [Cmb: spooles; vrr. pinnes vel speoles, spulys; glossing AF (Cmb) les trames].
c
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)223 : Lumes: iuga.
d
- a1525(?1468) Cov.Leet Bk.338 : Þat noman ne woman frohensfurth wasshe lomez nor clothes at þe Cunditis.
3.
(a) A container for liquid, a bowl, flask, cruse, cask, vat; (b) a ship, vessel; (c) a tomb, coffin.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Bridget(1) (LdMisc 108)22 : Heo fond ech lome iheped ful al a-boue þe brerde, Of chese and of botere.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)1002 : Þo seide..þe profete To þe widewe..'Þi mele ne shal wante noht..Þi lome shal noht ben empti.'
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)7.14 : He bente his bough..And in it grayþed he lomes of dede [L vasa mortis].
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)54 : Gider the homur..and the grees..and do it in a clene lome.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.447 : In lomys [L lagoenis] smaller hent This must, and vse it as wyn pestilent.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.478 : Hit [wine] bette is kept in picchid loomes [L vascula] smale.
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30172 : A verguce barrell, an ale lome.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)80/13 : Sette a lome vnder þe bacyn þat it mowe kepe þe water.
- ?a1500 Inf.Chr.(Hrl 2399)585 : Maystur Abakor..Thys cloþe haþ gewe to me..Do hem in lomus þre.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)314 : Þus of lenþe and of large þat lome þou make, Þre hundred of cupydez..to þe lenþe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)495 : Ledez loȝen in þat lome and loked þeroute How þat watterez wern woned.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)160 : Þer watz busy ouer-borde bale to kest..to lyȝten þat lome, ȝif leþe wolde schape.
c
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)68 : Þe maire with his meynye..Bede unlouke þe lidde..Þai wolde loke on þat lome quat lengyd withinne.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)149 : His colour..has caȝt no defaute, Ne his lire, ne þe lome þat he is layde inne.
4.
An heirloom.
Associated quotations
- (1424) EEWills56/32 : I wull he haue my grete maser..for þe terme of his life, and so from heir to heyr, lome.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1346) LRed Bk.Bristol2.3 : Webanlam.
Note: New spelling
Note: ?sense 2(a) a loom.
Note: See, though, same quot. under webbe n. "(b) in surnames and place names"--JL