nave - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

nāve n.

Forms	nāve n. Also nawe & (N or NM) nafe, naffe & (in surn.) naw-, now-; pl. naves, nawes, nafes, naffes, nafs.
Etymology	OE nafa & nafu.

(a) The hub of a cart wheel; cart ~ [see also cart 8. (b)]; ~ stok, hub of a wheel; (b) in surname.

a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.167 : Les rays de la charette En les moyaus [glossed:] in the nawes [vrr. naves, navestok, nathes, nase] untreceyte.
(1350-1) Acc.Chester in LCRS 59197 : [2] naffes [for 1 cart].
(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 7.33 : Suche forsoþe weren þe whelis as ben wont to ben maad in a char, & þe axtrees..& þe naue [WB(2): naue stockis; L modioli] alle ȝoten.
(1388-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100391 : In factura unius par' rotarum cum ij par' de naffs empt., 5 s.
(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2266,2270 : Youre noble confessour..Shal holde his nose vpright vnder the naue; Thanne shal this cherl..sette hym on the wheel right of this cart Vpon the naue and make hym lete a fart.
(1396-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99214 : Item, 2 nafes, 1 tedyr, 4 harpice cum 3 swyngtreys ferreis.
c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)63 : Mez lez raes en le charet, En lez moaux est lour resset; But þs spokes in þe cart, In þs nauez ys hare resset.
c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)64 : In þe naue lyþ þe ȝextre, And tuo ronges holdyn hyt euene.
(1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15126 : Item, for bryssyng of a payre carte Nawys, vj d.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)351 : Nave of a qwele: Modius et modiolus.
(1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.140 : [12 rough] navys..[2 new worked] navys, [8 d.]
(1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45188 : j brysse, j naffe.
?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)84a : A Naffe of A quele: meditullium, mediolus.
?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)811/31 : Meditulium: a nafe.