Middle English Dictionary Entry
partrich(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | partrich(e n. Also partricche, -ritch, -rech, -riz, -rige, -rigch, -rik(e, -rick, -erich(e, -erigge, -irigge, -oriche, pardrich, pertrich(e, -ruch, -rik(e, -ric(k(e, -erich, perdriche, (error) parthyryd & (surnames) pertriz, perdriz, patrich; pl. partriches, etc. & pertris & partriche, -ricche & (error) partryhches. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. CF perdriz, pertriz, pardris & AF partriz. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A partridge Perdix perdix; (b) ~ ei (galle, hed), partridge egg (gall, head); covei(e of partriches, a covey or flock of partridges; (c) partridge as food; partridge meat; (d) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)316 : A ȝong partrich he bar on his hond, and þare-with he gan pleye.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)225 : Partriz: partriz.
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)225 : Partriches [glossing AF (Cmb): partriz].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)800 : Pardys, plouer, et merle: Partrik, plouer, and osele.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 26.20 : A partrich [vr. partritch] is pursued in hillis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.339 : Þere lakkeþ..girefaukouns, partriche [Higd.(2): partricche; L perdices], fesauntes, [etc.].
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.349 : Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in muwe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)150a/a : He steliþ eiren of oþir partriches and sittiþ a broode þeron.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)150a/b : Þe partrich haþ fewe feþeris and moche fleissche, and þerfore he is feble of fliȝt.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)66 : Here [spaniels'] ryght craft is of þe perterich and of þe quale.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)344 : A partrich þat with the hawk is hent..is agast.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)640/41 : Hic perdix: pertrycke.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)49a/a : Þe yȝe liddis..dressen þe visibel spirites to þe pupilla of þe yȝen as a tonel driueþ perdriches to a prisoun.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)395 : Pertryche, byrd: Perdix.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1641 : Lyche to lyche euere doth applie, As scheep to scheep & man to man, Pertryche to pertryche & swan to swan.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1392 : On hir fet woxen saugh y Partriches [vr. partrige] wynges.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)274/10 : A man come & broght Saynt Iohn Euuangeliste a pertrykk whikk.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)26b : Yf þu may fynd no perterych, take A grey chykyn.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)9 : If your hauke schall fle to pertriches, ye moste make your hawke to know a pertriche.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.38 : Þe propirte of partriche to preise me lustiþ.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)92b : A Partrike: perdix.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)407 : Olyuer..made hem to fle on eche half as partrych the faucoun.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)487 : He..spronge forth as sperhauke after partriches.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)14/25 : Þe partriche..in fleing from the horse, necligently fallith into the tonelle.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)625 : Perdix: parthyryd.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A Pertriche lieth.
- a1500 Today in (Hrl 1002)164 : I hyrde the fowles syng..The parterygge, the fesant, and the sterlyng.
b
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)826 : Vn Couee de perdys: A couee of pertrichez.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)150a/b : Partryche galle wiþ euene weyȝte of hony clereþ moche þe sight.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)325a/a : Partriche eiren beþ liche to coluer eyren.
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A couy of partirigges.
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)231 : A couy of pertrychez.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)9 : Take a knyf and strike of the pertrich hedde.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A Covey of pertriches.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3121 : Of fesaunce, pertris & of crane, Þer was plente & no wane.
- (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.164 : [He bought of a..poulterer]..4 malard, 4 teles, 2 wodecok, [and a] partrich.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.92 : Pecokys and Partrigchis schul ben yparboyld and lardyd and etyn wyth gyngenyr.
- (1388) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9947 : In 5 pertrikis et 6 Wodkys emp., 18 d.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52206/13 : Pro viij pertrices, lxxv s.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.25 : For to boile..Pertruches, Capons, and Curlewes.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)67 : Pokok and Pertruch shul be parboiled, lardid, and rosted, and eten with gyngener.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : Feysaunts, partreches, malardes, telys.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)95/13 : He may ete good fleisch, as..chikenes, partrichis, fesauntis, & smale briddis.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)57 : My polyle þat is penne-fed and partrykez boþe..Al is roþeled and rosted.
- (1408) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9953 : In 15 pertrykes et pluvers per burs., 3 d.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)27/9 : Pouerte..is no þing suptuouȝs; he lokeþ neþur to be fed with partrik ne with fesaund.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)56a/b : Vse he pertric birdz..with water of roses.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)91b/a : Þe pacient schal ete good hennes..fesauntes, perdriches, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)150b/b : He schal ete..capounes, hennes, chikens, perdriche, fesaunt, and smale briddes.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)450 : At the thridde cours..cranes, and kydde and curlew and partoryche rosted.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30133 : A chaffar of silver for partrich mynced.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)5840 : He fonde..Partrykes, bryddes, and venesoun.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)3550 : Þer is no fflesch so norysschaunt Vnto an Ynglyssche Cristen-man, Partryck, plouer, heroun, ne swan..As is þe flesshe of a Sarezyn.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4252 : Plente þer was of bred and wyn..Off cranes..Partryhches, plouers, and heroun.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)617 : Partrigis, plouers, and curlewys Before þe kynge was sette.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.12 : Take pertrykes and chykyns and sethe hom wele.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.23 : Take goode brothe; þerin þou pyt þy fesauntes and þy pertryks.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)417 : Feysaunt, partriche, plouer, & lapewynk..areyse þe whynges furst.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)538 : To feysand, partriche, or cony, Mustard with þe sugure.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)1259d : They weryn servid rychely With..Plover, partriche, and wyld Bores.
- a1475 The boris hede (Brog 2.1)p.93 : Then commys in the secund kowrs..The pertrychys and the plowers, the wodcokus and the snyt.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)117a/a : He may vse..partrich ouþir smal foule and fruyt soden.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)152b/b : Hise metis schulen be sutil and tendre & digestible..as hennys, chapouns..fesaunt, partrichis, [etc.].
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)146/34 : Qwan þe body is depressyd, lene, and weyke..þan be goode to vse sotel metys þat be lyght of dygestyon, as be hennys and partrychis.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)245/20 : Hit nedyth to vse..hote mettys and moiste, as chykenys well refeted, lambes of oone yere, Pardriches, [etc.].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)107/234 : Here is to recorde the leg of a goys, with chekyns endorde, pork, partryk to roys.
d
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.25151 : Ailwardus Pertriz.
- (1241) Select Pleas Forest in Seld.Soc.1373 : Simon Perdriz.
- (1257) Close R.Hen.III143 : Robertus Patrich.
- (1260) Chester R.in Chet.n.s.8421 : Philip Partrich.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1489 : Christiana Pertrick.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.68265 : Iocelino Pertrich'.
- (1300) Court R.Lond.58 : John Partriche.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2175 : Willelmo Pertryk.
- (1303) Freeman R.in KRec.18183 : Anselmus Pertrich.
- (1313) Sub.R.Bristol(1) in BGAS 19254 : Elyas Partrich.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 389 : Adam Pertrich.
- (1327-8) Freeman R.in KRec.18190 : Anselm Partrych.
- (1334) Court R.Colchester 1116 : Alice Pertrik.
- a1385(1275) Cust.Chichester in Sus.RS 3199 : John Partrich.
- -?-(1384) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9681 : Willelmus Pertryk, littester.