Middle English Dictionary Entry
maund(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | maund(e n.(1) |
| Etymology | OE mand & OF mande, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A basket woven of wicker or other material; basket serving as a measure, varying in capacity; (b) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1365) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.29 : [John Bryt, bailiff of Queenhithe, had divers measures called] maundes.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4548 : De iij paribus del cardes, cum le weghbalk et maundes pro lina.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.472 : Pro i fatt, vi pokis, i maunde.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.504 : Pro i pipa, i maunde, et i barello.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.510 : Pro xlvii parv maundes plais.
- (1439) Doc.in Zupko DEWeights103 : 1 maunde de wastyng paper.
- (1441) in Salzman Building in Engl.354 : [8] mawndes [for removal of rubbish].
- (1443) Doc.in Zupko DEWeights103 : ii maundes orenges.
- (1459) Paston (Gairdner)3.180 : Item, ij maundys.
- (1467) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.608 : Item, pro i maunde cum pruse platers, val. vi s. viii d.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)283 : Mawnd, skype: Sportula.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)232 : Mawnde; escale; vbi mete vesselle.
b
- (1346) Feudal Aids 4179 : Willelmus Maund.