Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōlden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mōlden v. Also mold(e, moulde, mulden; p.ppl. i)molded. |
| Etymology | From mōld(e n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To knead or shape (loaves of bread); make bread; bake; also fig.; (b) to mix or blend (sth.) by kneading; (c) to shape or mold; (d) ?to pulverize.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)226b/a : Mele is y-grounde at mylle..and y-knedde and y-moldid to þe schap of loues.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)342 : Moolde breed: Pinso.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)464 : [Friars] mulden vp þe matiere to make þaym fatte, And gouuernen þe grete and guilen þe poure.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)44 : She wolde it [bread] were so wysliche moolded..that bi seemynge it were litel.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)603/14 : Pistrio: to moolde or bake.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)809/12 : Panificare: moulde.
b
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)84/120 : Þus for us was greyþed vr gostly foode, Molded in his oune bloode.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)35 : Take pouder of Gyngere & Canelle, & wryng it, & molde it to-gederys in þin hondys.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)52 : Ye may strawe ther to clowes..and mynced dates, whedur ye wille mold them with the stuf or straw them aboue.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)116 : Tak garlik and mold it with mylk.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)83a : To mowlde: conformare.
d
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)82a : To molde: puluerizare.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 182/7 : To make sustawnce for colours that shal be moldyd, take .j. quarte oyle of lynsede, and .j. li. of rosyn, [etc.].
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/16 : [T]o make substans for colours that schal be moldyt. Take .j. quartyr oyle of lynsede, [etc.].
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 268/23 : Yf þu wylt haue therof rede substans, put theryn no rugeplum ne oker de Rous tyll hyt be well modynt.
Note: Clarke's glossary: "moldyd, moldynt adj. 'printed from moulds'." Cf. suppl. material under MED molde n.(3). See Clarke's note 182/1 p. 363.
Note: New sense.