Middle English Dictionary Entry
mart n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mart n.(1) Also marte, (error) martir. |
| Etymology | Sc.Gael. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cow or ox slaughtered at Martinmas and prepared for provision for the winter; (b) a slaughtered animal.
Associated quotations
a
- (1307-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.992 : In 228 Martis emptis..105 li. 17 3/4 d.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)454 : Bestes þai [hunters] brac and bare, In quarters þai hem wrouȝt, Martirs as it ware Þat husbond men had bouȝt.
- (1360-1) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lv : De xxv s. receptis de vj martis extractis de manerio de Wyndegat.
- (1367-8) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lxxx : De viij li. v s. receptis de xv marts de eodem manerio venditis.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)207 : His modir hase gyffen hym þat darte; Þerwith made he many marte In that wodde-lande.