Middle English Dictionary Entry
bagge n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | bagge n.(1) Also bag(e, baggue, bagke, bayge. |
| Etymology | ON, cp. OI baggi; cp. also OF bague (from Gmc.) & AL bag(g)a. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; ~ portatif; undo the ~; (b) a bag as a unit of measure.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)45a : Hit is beggilde riht to beore bagge on bac..Trussen & purses, baggen & packes beoð worltliche þinges.
- (1289) R.Swinfield in Camd.595 : In j vlna canab ad baggas iij d.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)144 : Þat huy ne beren with heom gol[d] ne seluer ȝwane huy wenden ouer lond, ne baggue ne tweie curtles noþur.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)35 : Þat makeþ beggares go wiþ bordon & bagges.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1849 : A cherl fro cheping-ward com, & bar bred in a bagge and fair bouf wel sode.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.147 : Also sone his bagges and harneys i-gadred to gidre, he made hym redy for to goo.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.41 : Bidders and Beggers faste a-boute eoden Til heor Bagges, and heore Balies weren faste I-crommet.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331b/b : A bagge in þe whiche þat weyferynge men ledeþ breed.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)501 : A wycche..made a bagge, A bely of leþyr..hyt ȝede and soke mennys ky.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)158 : Her bagges & her feþer-beddes & her bryȝt wedes.
- (1423) RParl.4.199a : They bette hyme and laide hare bagges opon hym, more than he myght bere.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)38 : Ther as bagges been and fat vitaile, Ther wol they gon.
- a1456(a1426) Lydg.Mum.Hertford (Trin-C R.3.20)117 : Thome Tynker..solde His styth, his hamour, his bagge portatyf.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)21 : Bagge or poke: Sacculus. Bagge or sacchelle: Saccellus.
- (a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxix : Take a bagge with yowe, for ye shall have venyson right y nowe with yowe.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1182 : Rame..with a wepeing chere Vndid þe bagg of trechery.
- (c1470) Stonor Suppl.9 : Item, a Bagge of tuke, xviij d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)7a : A Bayge: Sacculus.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)443 : Crist..bad hem not go fro hous to hous..& bere not vpon þer backis baggis ne sachels to begge þus.
b
- (?c1300) Sub.R.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.1340 : In dimidia baga Cepi..iiij s.
- (?c1300) Sub.R.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.1348 : In j baga furmag.
2.
A money bag or purse, with or without its contents; also, a bagful of money.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.124 : Youre bagges been noght filled with ambes as, But with sys cynk.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1272 : Hise bokes and hise bagges many oon He leyth biforn hym on his countyng bord.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.129 : Avarice..takth of noght elles kepe, Bot forto fille hise bagges large.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331a/a : Fiscus is a comyn sak or a bagge in þe whiche þe eschetour and rente gaderers doþ þe commune dette and custume.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.141 : That coueityse were..bolde and bidyng while his bagge lasteth.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)163 : Of him þat hauntith tauerne of custume..In double wyse his bagge it shal consume.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6834 : I wole no lyf but ese and pees, And wynne gold to spende also. For whanne the grete bagge is go [etc.].
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.251 : A litil bagge of canvas.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)191/7 : He tuke a sachell full of sylver & lete fall afor þis pure mans dure; And when he rase..he fande þis bagg.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)44 : It is iust þat he þat seruiþ þe auter..noiþer to do lechery ne prid..nor gedre not baggis to gidre.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1617 : Remembre thy maker..Set at nought..youre cofres and stuffed baggis.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)3.4.50b : Grete bagges ful of golde and syluer.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)12/34 : A gret some of gold yn a bagge.
3.
(a) A bag or case for carrying or protecting documents or books; (b) a bag for a poultice; (c) a bag for cooking or straining; (d) a bag or pouch used in falconry; game bag; (e) a baggy sleeve.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1287) in Hist.Essays Tait145 : Item pro j hanaperio et baga ad litteras et rotulos de compoto imponendos. ]
- (1358-9) Acc.Chester in LCRS 59254 : [Six] bagges [of white leather bought for putting the rolls of ministers' accounts..in].
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1351 : For mendyng of ye bagge of ye grete leger..i d.
- (1449) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 875 : For a bagke to a grete boke.
- a1525(?1424) Cov.Leet Bk.82 : Of the wich endentur þat one parte abydithe in the bag of the meraltie of the said Thomas.
- a1525(?1424) Cov.Leet Bk.86 : The wich endenturs..abydith in the kepyng of Ric. Goodesley in a bag in Saynt Mary Hall abydyng.
- a1525(?1427) Cov.Leet Bk.110 : A Rolle..is in þe maires bagge.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)206b/b : If poudre of salt is y sode and y leyde al hoot in a bagge to þe mouþe of þe stomak.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)81a/b : Þai putte it in a bagge..and þai lay it on þe byndynge als hote as it may be suffred.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)210/15 : Take otys and parche hem and do hem in a bagge and..ley hem þer as þe ache ys.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)180a/a : With a 3 cornered pece of a felte or with a saccle i. bag be þe water ytaken.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)92/243 : Meng thies togedire and put it in to a bagg and let thi licours ren thorow till the moost vertue be owte.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.36 : Fylle þy bagge..And sew hit fast..Whenne hit is soþun, þou schalt hit leche.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)163,165 : Let hit renne in iiij or vj bagges..loke þy bagges be hoopid at þe mothe a-bove.
d
- (1423) RParl.4.238 : Item, i bagge de lyn'..pur Haukyng, pris v s.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57431 : My mastyr paid for a hawkes bagge..xvj d.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)297 : Lete that partrich that ye have in your bagge fle be a creaunce, so that the hawke nym the partrich fleyng.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.164 : Þe blernyed boynard þat his bagg stall..Made þe fawcon to floter and flussh for anger.
e
- a1400 in Owst Lit.& Pulpit369 : Now a wrecchid cnave..muste have..a costli gowne with bagges hangynge to his kne.
4.
A sack-like or pouch-shaped part of a person's or animal's body, such as the dewlap, secundine, etc.; also, a morbid sac-like growth, such as a cyst or abscess.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.257 : He [prob. the aurochs] haþ a large ryuel, as it were a bagge, vnder þe chynne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)175b/b : Þis beeste..hath vndir þe chynne a grete fysche bagge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)216b/b : Þe guttes falleþ in to þe bagge of þe genetrase.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)218b/a : Secundines, bagges þat children beþ Inne in þe moder wombe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273a/a : The dewlappe..hongeþ doun vnder his þrote and..hatte..pelliaria, an hongynge skynne or a bagge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)280b/b : Whan sche haþ y calued, sche eteþ sodeynlich secundina, þe bagge þat þe calf is in þe moder.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)32b/b : Som [excrescences] beþ contened in a bag or a chiste.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)223 : A greet cherl..Wiþ a face as fat as a full bledder..& as a bagge honged On boþen his chekes.
5.
Combs.: bag beli, a bulging bag; ~ ende, the bottom of a bag; ~ hors, packhorse; ~ maker; ~ man, q.v.; ~ pipe, q.v.; ~ sadel, packsaddle.
Associated quotations
- (1312-13) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9910 : In repar. unius selle del Baghorse, 8 d.
- (c1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100518 : In emendacione del Bagsadle.
- (1341) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100541 : In i pari de Bagsadiltres 12 d.
- (1354) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100554 : In uno novo Cruper pro sella del Baghors, 20 d.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)503 : Þere was a wycche and made a bagge, A bely of leþyr, a grete swagge..þys bagge bely..soke mennys ky.
- (c1449) Rec.Norwich 2230 : Hardewaremen..Poyntemakers..Bagmakers.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1499 : There is a writte..Y-knytte in a cornier of þe bagge-ende.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)119b/a : Þer is euermore a follikel oþer a bagge in eiþer of hem where þis carnosite is holden in.
Note: Additional quote(s) ?for sense 4.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95b/b : 3a is þat som stiptic þingez be applied outward, viz in somer be þer made a bagge [L sacculus] of 3 parties of Roses & j of mirtilles. And boile hem in water…And be þar applied In wynter…fresh salge shal be brissed & froted with mych oile rosate. And be it put in a bagge [in sacculo ponatur] And be it applied Or be it sitten above boþe.
- c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)325/17 : In sommer make a bagge with the þre partyes of roses and one of myrtilles and boyle with one boyllinge in water…and laye ham to. In wynter…fresshe sawge schal be bresede and frote it with mykel oyle of rose and put it in a bagge and lay it þerto.
Note: Additional quote(s) for sense 3.(b) per REL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 67/3 : Take þe grene walissche notes..and seþe hem..in fayre bagge wyne by þe space of an hour.
Note: ?New comb.: ~ wine. Clarke: "bagge wyne. A type of wine (cf. an inventory in a writ, Westminster, 1373, that includes a pipe of wine called baggewyne; London, The National Archives C 131/192/12). Just possibly understand 'Burgundy'."
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.79rb (2.13) : Be it on þe bagge of þe lyuer or be it bitwene þe lappatz of þe lyuer, alwaie he feleþ huge peyne & greuance in þe riȝt side.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.80vb (2.13) : If it so be þat þo ilk wiked humores þat falle don fro þe hede..holde hem at þe mydrede and þer gader into a gobat, a bage, it gendreþ into aposteme.
Note: Additional quots., sense 4. Editor's gloss: 'lump, swelling, bulge'. Example of listed, unattested spelling: bage.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bag.