Middle English Dictionary Entry
ō-manne-shẹ̄te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ō-manne-shẹ̄te n. Also omannessete, onmannishete & (in street name) omansete. |
| Etymology | From ō adj. & mannes sg.gen. & shẹ̄te. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of cloth sheet, ?a sheet of a width suitable for covering one person; also, in street name.
Associated quotations
- (1288) Rec.Norwich 28 : Walterus..et Sarra uxor sua..cognouerunt se dedisse Johanni de Sprouston drapero..unam soldam..in Draperia Norwici in le Omanseterowe.
- a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)186 : De chescune piece de duble laour, qe lem appele tomenneshete [ID(2): to mannyshete], j d. E de chescune piece de mendre laour, qe lem appele omanneshete [ID(2): oon mannys hete], ob.
- a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)196 : Tomennesette..omannessete.