Middle English Dictionary Entry
perd n.
Entry Info
Forms | perd n. |
Etymology | OF perde, var. of perte. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
That which is lost, loss.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3841 : Argail..ȝede to prynces ouer al about ffor help to haue his regne ageyn; Bot..Non wolde helpe restore his perd [rime: pouert].