Middle English Dictionary Entry
pad(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pad(e n. Also padde & (only in place name) peade. |
| Etymology | Prob. from OE *pada, *padda, Merc. *peada, *peadda. The personal names Peadda (var. padda) & Peada occur in Bede Eccl.Hist. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A toad; (b) a frog; (c) ~ pipe, a plant of the horsetail genus (Equisetum); ~ stol, a mushroom, toadstool; (d) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.58].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi dyden heom in quarterne þar nadres & snakes & pades wæron inne.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6116 : Eueten, snaken, and paddes brood, Þat hem þincheþ mete good!
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)154/88 : I xal prune [alt. to: prycke] þat paphawk [alt. to: paddoke] and prevyn hym as a pad [rime: bad].
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)175/211 : Now my fo is ded and prendyd as a padde [rime: glad, had, sadde].
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)115 : On þe chef of þe clolle [read: cholle], A pade [Thrn: tade] pikes one þe polle.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)125/37 : Mistrust with foly, with yvel wil medled, engendreth that welked padde!
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.8.9 : Y schal preie for thee..that the paddis [WB(1): frogges; L ranae] be dryuun awei fro thee.
c
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)24/1 : Boletus, fungus idem. Crescit in terris. angl. tadestol, uel padestol [vr. paddestol], gall. mussherums.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)37/5 : Cauda pulli crescit in aquis, angl., padpipe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)194a/b : Cauda pulli: Radepite [read: Padepipe].
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)62 : Ete or drinke wermode, and it destruyeþ þe venym of padstolis.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)85 : Leek destroyeþ þe venym of padstol if it be ete.
d
- (1154-89) in Wallenberg PNKent519 : De paddebroke.
- (1240) in Wallenberg PNKent519 : De Padebrock.
- (1314) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.13289 : William le Pade.
- (1332) in Wallenberg PNKent519 : Peadebrok.
- (1458) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)34 : Padwellestreme.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)15/102a : Boletus: muscheromys or paddystolys.
Note: this quot. postdates (c)
Note: Cp. MED paddok(e n.