Middle English Dictionary Entry
mid-rid(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mid-rid(e n. Also midred(e, middrede, mide-rede, midreden & (error) myddere. |
| Etymology | OE mid-hridir, -hriþre. Some forms show confusion with ME miǧǧern . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. mid-rif.
1.
(a) Anat. The diaphragm; ?also, the spleen; (b) = mid-rif (b).
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)76 : E pluis parfunt si gist rate [glossed:] mide-rede [vr. midrede].
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)636/35 : Hoc diafragma, Anglice, myddere.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)82b : The levis tempirde with aysell is gode for the mydryd.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)61/28 : That lyuer, forsoþe, wiþ his pannycle is bounden wiþ þe mydrede [L dyafragmate].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)181/9 : Grete woundes ben dedely..as þoo þat persen þe substaunce of þe brayn and of þe lyuer, of þe mydrede, of the stomak.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)260/17 : Tokenes of myddrede wounded ben þikke and grete breth, [etc.].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)80b : A Mydryde [Monson: Midredyn]: Diafragma.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)678/5 : Hec diafragma: a mydrede.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)751/12 : Hec diafragma, Anglice, a mydred.
b
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2388 : Þai come samen to þat nobil hyne With half þe mydrid of a swyne.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)80b : A Mydryde:..Omentum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)110 : The splen is the undred [read: midred] lower than the lyuer and the kydneys lowar than the splene.
Note: New spelling
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.41rb (2.3) : Whie it [the womb] goþ so vp to þe mydredde is for þe spirituales ar warme kyndely and þe matrice wolde haue hete.
Note: Need date. New spelling: midredde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. midred.