Middle English Dictionary Entry
pīnte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pīnte n. Also pinti, peint & point. |
| Etymology | OF pinte |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A liquid measure equalling one half a quart, a pint; ~ pot; (b) a dry measure for grain; (c) a vessel holding a pint.
Associated quotations
a
- (1378) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.207 : [Three small cups of the measure of one] pinty.
- (1383) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.128 : [4] pyntpottes de metall.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4548 : Celarium:..De vj d. de j quart olla de peltro, et j pynt olla.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 228 : Item, y will and ordeyne þt Elizabeth my wief haue a litil gilte ewer of a pynt stondynge opon ladys hed wt a traille a boute of trayfoilles.
- (1423-4) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7816 : Item, dim. peynt of oylle i d.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.180/1237 : Item, for j quart & j pynte of white hony, vj d.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)62b/a : Þe quantite is open; it holdeþ comunelye two oþer þre pyntes [*Ch.(1): pyncheriez; L pincherios] of wyne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)176a/a : Þan sette þe clere on þe fyre & let it seþe til it be wasted fro iij potelis to iij pyntis.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)101/24 : One grayne of opii..distempered with a pynte of wynde [read: wyne]..schall make hym þat drynkeþ it for to slepe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)131/6 : Þe women..ȝouyn hir a pynte of wyn in a potte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)401 : Pyynte [Win: Pyynt] mesure: Pinta, sextarium, dicit Biblia libro Levitic., cap. 14.
- (1445) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7844 : Item, for xi poyntes of oyl, xxii d.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)95/152 : Take a pynte of þe ius of planteyne & a pynte of þe ius smalache & half a pynte of þe jus rubarbe.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)201 : Tak..apinte of red swynes grece.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)611/15 : Semiquarta: Anglice, a pynte.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)129/20 : Boyle it in whyt wyn fro a pynt too half a pynte.
- (1454-5) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.491b : For a pynt off hony, 2 d.
- (1455) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1288 : Al maner of women..syllyn ale..by the chappinge mesure, the pynt, quarte, potell, and galowne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)173/148 : Wurthyest wynes loke þat ȝe non spare Þow þat a lytyl pynt xulde coste a ml. pownde.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)96a : A pynt [Monson: Pintte]: pinta.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)2/12 : Take a galyn of þe water and a pynte of oþer water clene.
- c1500 Is tell yw (Add 14997)7 : A short gynt hase a pynt potte.
- a1605(?a1500) Lond.Lickpenny (Hrl 542)106 : Ser, a pint of wyn would yow assay?
b
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : Of alle maner cornys hard that comth to the toun, a pynte of a bussel; and for malt and ote, a pynte be hepe.
- (1454) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.51 : The Corne Busshell, The feryng and the sealyng ij d. di. busshell, j d. The Pecke -- ob., di. Pecke -- ob., The Galowne -- ob., The Potell -- ob., The quarte -- ob., The Pynte -- ob.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.396 : xij Ounce..makith a pynte of Whete; & ij pyntes maketh a quart.
c
- (1354) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxvii : Dispe..Item, viij tankardes et pyntes.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4268 : Lego Katerinæ filliæ Marionæ Sewster..unum quart et unum pynt de pewter.
- (1438) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.12 : Also a square pinte weinge a lb. dim.
- (1474-5) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.48 : Res. of John a Collener v pynttes weiyng viji lib.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1525 Sln.4 Recipes in Crafte Lymmyng (Sln 4) 302/19 : Streyn yt wel..than put yt yn a pynet, a lytyll pot of yerth, and put theryn..gome Arabyk and sethe yt wel.
Note: New spelling (with medial e).
Note: Additional quote, sense (c).