Middle English Dictionary Entry
pǒunder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pǒunder n. Also punder. |
| Etymology | From pǒund(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ponder n.
1.
(a) A kind of balance or scale used for weighing; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (1429) in Wilkins Concilia 351b : Dicto pondere le Auncell scheft seu pounder..doloso quodam stateræ genere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)416 : Punder: Librilla.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2628 : It schal þe weyen as peys in pundyr, Þi sely sowle to bryngyn in bende.
b
- (1286) in Fransson Surn.147 : Pet. le Pundermaker.
- (1303) in Fransson Surn.147 : Will. le Pundermakere.
- (c1311) Rec.Norwich 1380 : Rog. le Pundermakere.