Middle English Dictionary Entry
paunch(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | paunch(e n. Also panche, pounce, pounche, & (in surnames) pa(u)nce-, panze- & (error) pomys. |
| Etymology | OF pance, panche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The human stomach, belly; (b) the stomach of an animal; (c) the internal organs, viscera; (d) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1000 : He..hadde his fulle panche Of alle lustes ate bord.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.87 : He shal haue a penaunce in his paunche and puffe at ech a worde..For now he hath dronken so depe he wil deuyne sone.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6487 : Sir, I wole fillen, so mote I go, My paunche [F pance] of good mete and wyn.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)76a : Yf a manys pownce be a-noynted ther with, he shal be hole.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)80a : Hit will opyn the pomys and lat oute wekyd wyndis and humouris of manys body.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)87a : Yf the pounce of a man that havith þe feuerys be frettid well with þe levis of this erbe, he shall be holde [read: hole].
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)610 : Ye, have the glotoun fild inow his paunche, Thanne are we wel.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.3635 : The peeple..Hadde al the day dronke myhti wynes; To fille ther paunchis thei wer so desirous, That thei forgat ther marcial doctrynes.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3879 : Whan þat þe paunche is ful, A fume clymbith vp in-to þe heed And makiþ a man al lustles.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4435 : As a mare at a moghe ȝoure mawis ȝe fill, With bakin mete and with briddis bolnes þoure paunches, Stuffis so ȝour stomake with stullis & of wynes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4536 : Serenon is sone serued, þat sees to þe paunche; Haue he a boll full of bran, bedis he na mare.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12822 : I allone..ffylle my paunche, off gredynesse, With as myche..As iij men myghte lyue by.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14338 : I bere thys horn Wych that callyd ys bostyng, Or voyde pownche, by som lesyng.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22241 : I menystre the lyfflode To the sowle, and eke the ffoode; The herte I ffeede, the pawnche nought, With fful many an hooly thought.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1360 : Vpon a felle of þe fayre best fede þay þayr houndes Wyth þe lyuer & þe lyȝtez, þe leþer of þe paunchez.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)100 : Þe pavnches be takyn out clene and hoole and þe smale guttes, or..þe groomes chacechiens shuld take þe paunch and goo to þe next water wiþ alle and slitt it and cast out þe filþe and wasshen clene.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)105 : Whan..she is bitte with houndis..þan shuld she be stripid al sauf þe hede, and þe galle and þe paunch cast away.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.955 : The Grek seith that a beest, prosacoride, The garth ennoyeth myche, and remedie Is this for that: a rammys paunche [L ventriculum] at hide Al lightly so, ther as they multiplie.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)7 : Trype de Motoun: Take þe pownche of a chepe, and make it clene.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)27a : Whan þat he hath etyn and dronkyn mekyl, þan lith þe paunche of þe wombe on þe midrist.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.52 : Fyrst grynde porke..With egges and powder of peper dere..In chapon necke þou close hit þo, Or elles in paunche of grys hit pyt.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf e iii/b : When yowre houndis by strength hath done her to dede, The hunter shall rewarde hem then with the hede..And all thyngs with in the wombe saue onli the gall, The paunche also, yeue hem noon of thoo.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)5773 : Men hym shewed..A monstre hyduous..Aboue all other wormes most perilous, hys panche As A pipe hug and comerous.
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)167 : Men myght se the dogges ren..Sum wer pynchyd by the hanche, And sum pulled owt the panche.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)93a : A panche [Monson: Pawnche]: ilia..intestina..virorum sunt..omasus..scruta..viscus.
d
- (1186) in Pipe R.Soc.36137 : Mabilia Panzeuot.
- (1227) Chart.R.PRO1.21 : William Pancefot.
- (1255) Chart.R.PRO1.447 : Richard Pauncefot.
- (1267) Pat.R.Hen.III64 : Adam Rerepaunch.
- (1281) Chart.R.PRO2.258 : Grimbald Pauncefot.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. paunch.