Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōld(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | mōld(e n.(3) Also moulde, mulde; pl. moldes & (early) molden. |
| Etymology | OF molde, var. of molle model, pattern. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A pattern or model according to which something is made; mold in which metal, wax, food, etc. is shaped; of a (o) ~, shaped by the same mold, alike; (b) ~ makere, one who makes molds; ~ pece, ~ ston, a stone or piece of other material from which moldings are made; bacin ~, bras ~, dish ~, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- (1323) Sacrist R.Ely 233 : Bordis empt. pro moldis cementariorum faciendis.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)942 : Marke schuld ȝeld vnhold..Of siluer fair y fold Þre hundred pounde al boun, Of mone of amold.
- (1340) Sacrist R.Ely 296 : In x petris de mold.
- (1371) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.359 : In xjc turvis emptis pro igne circa le mold.
- (1389) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.513 : [He shall set no new] molde [to finish after noon rung].
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.80 : Take Pottes..and fyll hem full of fars..oþer make with þyn honde, oþer in a moolde pottes of þe self fars.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.341 : If any masoun made a molde þer-to, moche wonder it were.
- (1428) EEWills82/21 : Y bequethe to Simkin aforseid all my mooldes & instrumentis to my craft longyng.
- (1439-41) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)260/17 : For costis of a mason in Rydyng to the quarris wt a molde for the seid stone.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)342 : Mold, forme: Duca..Moold for a belle or a potte: Effigies.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1385 : The same..shal at their owne costes do be made and browght vn to london iiijcxvj fote of legement table..in the forme that ys callid casshepeed according to a molde to theym therof deliuered by the said William.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1386 : They shal..be made and brought vn to London iijc fote of Crestes and Corbel table aftur the fourme of ij Moldes to theym therof deliuered.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)584/15 : Formula: a leste or a lytyl molde.
- (1456) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)376 : It is ordeyned þat no persone of þe seid craft þat maketh or dooth to make any furneys to melt in metall, or queser or herth to nele in mouldes, [etc.].
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)9 : He mad certeyn moldes and pored the metal new molten in hem, and so made figures.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)137/21 : The potter by the compace of oon molde makith diuers pottes of different bignesse and facions, bothe more and lesse.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)83a : A mulde to caste in: duca, formula, effigies, patrona.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)1451 : Þer men myȝth se..Arcangelus of rede golde, Fyfty mad of o molde.
- ?a1500(?1458) Off alle Werkys (Inscr)p.42 : Than crafti men for the querry made crowes of yre..Then must they have moolds to make on the bowys.
b
- (1324) in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Molde peces.
- -?-(1337) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9630 : Gilbertus le moldemaker.
- (1352) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9645 : Ricardus de Duffeld, moldemaker.
- (1353) Sacrist R.Ely 2158 : In xvij de Muldeston pro fenestris parochialis ecclesie.
- (1408) in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Mouldytston.
- (1465) Will York in Sur.Soc.30270 : Willelmus Riche civis et pewterer [bequeaths]..trium sectarum dictarum brasse moldes, duobus chargeour moldes, de un' holl basyn molde, de un' holl disshe molde, de j parvo dissh molde.
2.
Type of person, fashion, form; nature, character.
Associated quotations
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/22 : He is of ðare ilche molde ðe hie bieð ðe euele doð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)46/11 : Þet ȝe bet icnawen ham, ȝef ei kimeð toward ow, low her hare molden.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1112 : Mi Sone, if thou of such a molde Art mad, now tell me plein thi schrifte.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9842 : Both of men and wummen..The molde þese dayis ys so sore alayde Wyth froward wyl.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 182/1 : Forto stayne with molde. The cloþe..þat mut be sett and ysteynyd with oyle colourys with molde mut fyrst be ywett in cole and aftyr ydryyd well and þan iwrowgt.
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/8 : [T]o stayne with molde, the clothe þat þu wylte stayne with molde mot be calendryt with cole or els yt wyll noȝt abyde on the clothe.
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/27 : [T]ake vertegresse and grynd yt smale, and temper yt with oyle..and then lay yt on thy mole; and þu wyll haue a lyȝt grene.
- a1500 Sln.1698 Artist.Recipes (Sln 1698) 247/6 : Ley hit on þe cloþ with a molde of tree.
- a1500 Ashm.750 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 750) 257/20 : Siz for coloryes for muldes. Tak .j. quart of lynsed oyle, [etc.].
Note: Glossary: "mulde, molde, mole n. 'printing block (literally 'mould')'." Cf. MED steinen v. with suppl. ~ with molde 'to [decorate clothe with coloured designs] by block-printing on a textile using a [mold]'." Cf. OED mould mold, n. 3, sense II. 9. b. 'A modelled or incised surface from which an impression can be taken.' See, also, Clarke's note 182/1 p. 363.
Note: New sense. ?New cpd. or ?modify sense 1.(a).
Note: New spellings = mole & (pl.) muldes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 60/17 : Whiche sope..ȝe schal take and gadre clene vp from þe canevas and put hit in moldes whiche ben ordeyned for þe same þynges, and þan late hit drie so vp in fayre cakes.
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 267/27 : Put yt yn moldys, bot loke they bene well weschyd with watyr before for els they wyll not out.
Note: Additional quots., sense 1.(a). New spelling (pl.) = 'moldis'.