Middle English Dictionary Entry
plunket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | plunket n. Also plonket(e, plonkeut, plaunket. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. CF plonquié, ppl. of plonchier, plonquier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. blanket.
1.
(a) A blue color; esp. light or grayish blue; (b) cloth, prob. woolen, of a light blue or blue-gray color; a piece of such cloth; ~ rai, rai ~, cloth striped with this color; (c) light blue pigment or dye.
Associated quotations
a
- (1399) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.243 : [Henry Peterburgh of Burbrigg, weaver, wove..cloths dyed] plunket [in the first 6 years and] blewe [in the remainder].
- (1399) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.245 : [Cecilia Kirke..wove..cloths dyed] blewe [in the first 6 years and] plunket [in the remainder].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)406 : Plunket [KC adds: coloure]: Jacinctus.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)65 : Then were thre wordes in þe webbe werped of he, Payntted of plunket and poyntes by-twene.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57329 : My mastyr paid to Robard Hardwyke, draper..for xxiij narow clothes called statutes, of the wyche clothes are of the color of red viij, and of the colour of plonkeut xv.
b
- [ (a1420) Trin-C.Dial.in Romania 32 (Trin-C B.14.40)55 : iiij russet de Colchester, scarletz, bloyes ou pers selestiens, plunketz, sanguyns, et violetz engreyn rayes. ]
- (1367) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.73 : [One cloth of mixed] appelblome..[1 cloth of] plunket.
- (1375-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103582 : Pro 12 uln. de plunkett empt.
- (1377-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103586 : 13 uln. de Plonket empt.
- (1393) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.206 : [One long gown of] ray plonket.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4512 : Pro lecto de plunket, cum toto apparatu.
- (a1422) Doc.St.Alb.in RS 28.5 pt.2 (Cld E.4)361 : Quatuor sunt panno aureo rubeo, duo vero alia plaunket, cum ramusculis de auro.
- (1423-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103619 : [Cloths..] Blewraye, Blewmeld, Greenraye, Reedmeld, Plonkettraye, Plonkett.
- (1434-6) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)235 : Receyuid of diuerse persones of the Craft for the liuere, of Murrey and plunket containing cclxxiiij yerdis and j quarter.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)367 : Hir belle [IrBl: belte] was of plonkete [Dc: blunket; Ir: blenket], withe birdis fulle baulde.
- (1466-7) Acc.Howard in RC 57493 : My master delyverd to the said Bulstrode xviij yerdes of fyne plonket.
- (1468-9) Acc.Howard in RC 57533 : I bowete of Tomas Molense v brode klothes, iij plonketes, and ij dereke rosetes.
c
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.425 : To mak blewe: Tak a litel flory of the wodfat and malle it smal in a bolle and do ther to a galoun of clere water..temper it thyk and have a sad blewe, and temper it thyne and have a plunket.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 21/36 : So badde may þy stone be þanne whanne het is weet hit wil semen but as hit were a plunket or ells a symple waget.
Note: Additional quot. for sense (a) or possibly sense (c). Even in context, difficult to distinguish.--per MLL