Middle English Dictionary Entry

panne n.(1)
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Entry Info

Forms panne n.(1) Also panna, pon(ne, pean, pan(e, & (early infl.) pannum.
Etymology OE

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A metal or earthenware vessel, usually used for heating; a caldron, pot, or pan; (b) bacin ~, a basin; diten ~, a covered pan; droppinge ~, a pan to catch drippings; elding ~, fir ~, a fire pot, brazier [see also fir 2b. (b)]; friinge ~, a frying pan; a kettle [see also friing(e pan(ne]; gos ~, a pan for roasting geese [see also gos 4. (c)]; pik ~, a pan for cooking pike; ?a pitch kettle; standere ~, a large, standing caldron; tinned ~, a tin-plated pan; wort ~, a pan or crock for unfermented beer; (c) panne(s botme, the bottom of a pan; ~ iren, a part of a mill; ~ makere, a maker of pans; (d) prov. turnen the cat in the ~ [see cat 1. (a)].
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2.
(a) The head; the top of the head; also, the brain; (b) the skull, cranium; (c) brain ~, skull, head [see also brain 3.]; hed ~, skull, head [see also hed n.(1) 1c. (b)]; herne ~, skull, head [see also herne-panne]; (d) bi mi ~, by my head; (e) kne ~, ~ of the kne, kneecap, patella.
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3.
(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.59].
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • a1500 Lystyne lordys verament (Lin-O Lat.141)26 : He bequethyd hys dowtyre Anne Hys blackyng pot, hys blackyng panne.
    • Note: To sense 1.(b) add phrase: blaking ~, ?a metal container which can be heated and is used for finishing shoes.--per MJW

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dropping pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. frying pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. brain pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. head pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(e)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. knee pan.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(e)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pan of the knee.

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