Middle English Dictionary Entry
pān(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pān(e n. Also pain, pein, panne, (errors) paun, pawn. |
| Etymology | OF pan; also cp. L pannus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A garment, esp. a cloak or mantle; (b) a part of a garment; esp. the fur lining or trimming of a robe or mantle; (c) rich fur or fabric; a piece of fur; (d) a bedspread, often trimmed or lined with fur; (e) a panel of an ornamental hanging, curtain, or coverlet.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)110 : Bringe..a pane [vr. mantel] of menuuer.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)301 : Þer com aschip..Wiþ haukes white and gray And panes fair y fold.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)569 : He ȝaf him robe of palle And pane of riche skinne.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)12453 : Many kynges did he slo, & all þer berdes he did of flo; a pane he mad of alle þo.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22276 : A furrur pane certes he him made Of kynges berdes, þe qwilk he slogh.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)12453 : He..flow þe berdes of alle þo; Til a pane, as a furour, he did hem tewe.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)12463 : He wolde vrle his pane wyþ-al Aboute wiþ a ffylet smal.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)12475 : In bataille he slow hym & schent, & wan þe pane & his berd.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)711 : Of cloth of Tars..Was he[r] dobbeing..Þe panis al of fow & griis.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5356 : No tong miȝt telle..of þe mede..of robes wiþ riche pane.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4387 : Sco drou his mantel wit þe pan.
- ?a1400 Guy(1) (Sln 1044)629/192 : Robes þat were of riche pris, þe panes of veire and of gris..þe glemen hadden to her mede.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)154 : He ferde..al grayþed in grene..A mere mantile abof, mensked withinne With pelure pured apert, þe pane ful clene.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)204 : With a mantil scho me cled..of purpure faire and fine, And þe pane of rich ermyne.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)858 : In a mantill wrappede it was Wyth an full riche pane.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)501 : The knyghtes..kneled to sir Gawein, and folded the panes of her mantels.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)5654 : No sleue ne pane had he hole of brede.
- c1500(?a1475) Landavall (Rwl C.86)440 : The pane of hir mantelle in-warde On hir harmes she foldid owte-warde.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)994 : Tristrem gan it [tribute] wiþhald As prince proude in pan.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.632 : Gold and seluer þai [merchants] brouȝte..Badekenes and pane riche, Gris and menyuer.
- (1346) Will York in Sur.Soc.423 : Unam supertunicam de viride melle cum capucio de paunes [read: pannes].
- (1392) Will York in Sur.Soc.4173 : j par caligarum de pawnesse.
- (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.455 : Cloca duplex de blodio, cum linyng de pannes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25465 : Nu ask i noþer gra ne grene..ne purperpall, nee pride o pane, Ne riche robe wit veir and grise.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4512 : Pro ij payns griseis.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4513 : Pro ij paynes de gray.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)381 : Pane, of a furrure: Penula.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)353 : The mane in his mantylle syttis at his mete, In paulle purede with pane, fulle precyousely dyghte.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1273 : Þei..founden..Riche pelour & pane [vr. palle], princes to wer.
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)401 : Þan es all our pryde gane, Oure robis and our riche pane.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)82/1 : The kyng..gave to Surdite..grete plente of clothes of golde..and also grete peyns of armyn and of sables.
d
- (1405) Will York in Sur.Soc.4538 : Unum payn, pro coopertura unius lecti, furratum cum menevere.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : Item, j pane paled with menver.
- (1416) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.334 : Curtyns, Travers, Linth, Fustians, Panes, Blanket.
- (1416) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.49 : [One] pane [of scarlet for a bed furred with] grey.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4571 : j panne de panno rubeo, penulato cum menyver.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)285 : In that chaumbre was a bedd With rich clothes ouer all spred, Panes of gold, coueringes of silk.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.181 : Item, j payre of schetys..j redde panne of kinyng skynnys.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.182 : j pillowe of downe..j pane furryd with menevere.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.183 : j rede pane furryd withe connyngs.
e
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)855 : Þer beddyng watz noble, Of cortynes of clene sylk..& couertorez ful curious with comlych panez Of bryȝt blaunmer.
- (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.4599 : In aula j dosour rubii et viridis colorum depictus, cont. xxxij panes.
- (1452-3) Will York in Sur.Soc.45139 : j coster de xxxiij panys..j curtyn de vij panes.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.183 : j seler of blewe panes and white.
2.
(a) One side of a building, of a city or college wall, of a piece of land, etc.; (b) a section of a wall; (c) a windowpane.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1034 : Vch pane of þat place had þre ȝatez.
- (1434) in Salzman Building in Engl.507 : The..stepyll..shall be sqware..And when the said stepill cometh to the hight of the said bay..then hit shall be chaungid and turnyd in viij panes.
- (1447-8) in Salzman Building in Engl.521 : The south pane shal conteyne in lengthe ccxxxviij fete and in brede xxij fete.
- (1447-8) in Salzman Building in Engl.522 : Toward the myddel of the said pane, a panetrie and boterie.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1355 : In the myddel of the west pane of the saide cloistre, a grete square Tour.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1356 : In the north pane, viij Chambres for the pouere men.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1369 : I haue deuised..a quadrant..the Est pane wherof shal conteyne ccxxx fete in lengthe, and in brede within the walles xxij fete.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1370 : Beyonde thees housynges..ther is left a grounde square of iiijxx fete in euery pane for wode and suche stuffe.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1370 : I haue deuised..that..my same College..be enclosed with a substancial wal..with a large tour at the principal entree ageyns the myddel of the Est pane out of the high strete.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5101 : Aȝen þe tour þay þrewe stones..þat of þe tour þay affulde a pan four feþeme on lengþe & brede.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5188 : Sarazyns..wer come inward..At a pan þat was broken.
- (1459-60) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4101 : For ye batylmente of v panys..To same for makyng ij brokyng panes.
c
- (1466) Paston (Gairdner)4.228 : To the glaser for takyn owte of ii panys of the wyndows of the schyrche..and sowderyng new of the same, xx d.
- (1471) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3576 : Matheo Pety pro factura xxiiij les peynes de vitro..pro factura aliorum xx paynes, 24 s.
- (1471) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3576 : Pro xl paribus precularium de yalow glas pro coloribus eorundem peynes, 12 d.
3.
A part or division; in everi ~, everywhere.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)380 : Pane, or parte of a thynge: Pagina.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.879 : Tak Iuce of hennebane With sour aysel..And kest hem on youre cool in euery pane; Ereithir wol be wortwormys bane.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)273/9,10 : Þis ground of equyte is ij panellys..Eyther of þise ij panys is iiij fote brode. In þe first pane, equyte in resoun..inquyreth þe sothe.
4.
A shield.
Associated quotations
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)733 : Þe knyght rase and his paynes [vr. scheld] sett; Þe wylde worme appon hym bett Bittir strakes and felle.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5722 : Þei preset vp proudly with panys in hond, In refut of hor felowes, þat were foule mart.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pane.