Middle English Dictionary Entry
aundir(en, -īren n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aundir(en, -īren n. Also a(u)ndyer, aundern, ha(u)ndirin, naundiren. |
| Etymology | OF a(u)ndier (cp. F landier), influenced by ME īren iron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A firedog, an andiron; -- often pl.
Associated quotations
- (1309) in Madox Firma Burgi (1726)186 : Duo paria ferrorum quæ vocantur Aundirnes, pretii iiii s.
- (1314) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.109 : Aundiron.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1000 : Les chenes: aundhirnes [vrr. aundyres, aundyrnes].
- (1330) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2921 : In coquina..j andirne et alia utensilia.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)6879 : Fram þe bord he aros..An aundiren he kept in his honden þo, Hetelich it haf.
- (1354) Acc.Ironworks in Archaeol.64164 : Remanent in fabrica..j aundire, j par toyers.
- (1374) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxvi : In coquina..ij haundirrins de ferro.
- (1380) Will York in Sur.Soc.4112 : Duo magne aundyrns pro aula cum forco ferreo.
- (1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : Jtem ii aundires and a brandire.
- (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.457 : Coquina..iij paria de aundyryns, pret. iij s.
- (1408) Acc.Iron Master in EHR 14518 : In iii towirens, iii porres alias naundirens.
- (1420) EEWills46/17 : Also a peyr of Aundyrus, & ij þe best of yren broches.
- (c1422) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12202 : j aundhern, j cobbard, j securis.
- (1425) *Indent.Elyngham (Add Charter 62408) : A payre aunderns of eryn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)19 : Awnderne [vr. awndyryn]: Andena, ipoporgium.
- (1425) Paston (Gairdner)2.59 (49) : j aunderun, j par de tongys.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.38a : Item, iiii Andyeris.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : Item, a awnedyrone for þe same chambur.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)623 : Andena: a aundyre.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)770 : Hec andena: a handyryn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)90/322b : Repofocilum: a wonderyn.
Note: New spelling