Middle English Dictionary Entry
baggen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | baggen v.(1) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To put (money) into a bag; (b) to swell or bulge; bagged with fole, in foal.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4244 : Þe bagged gold..He hath vncofred.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4263 : He..bagged hem [gold nobles] and coffred at the last.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)21 : Baggyn or bocyn owte: Tumeo.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)717 : The mere was bagged with fole..For to rynne scho myȝte not thole.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.42vb (2.4) : Þat it is þenne is by cause þat superfluytes of melancoly defendeþ þe euesyng of þe splene and houeth and baggeþ ouer þe nek of þe vesie.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.59rb (2.7) : 'Epar' is 'calidum & humidum' in complexioun, softe & tendre, purpre in colour, hol wiþin and baggand wiþoute, & hauand 7 wenges, 7 flabbes, 7 lappates.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.59va (2.7) : It [the liver] is holwe wiþin & baggond & lapped þat it schulde þe more liȝtly touche þe stomac.
Note: Antedates word. Sense (b), ?modify gloss. Editor's gloss: 'hangs loosely, bulges'. New forms (pr. ppl.): baggand, baggond.