Middle English Dictionary Entry
bak-bōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bak-bōn n. Also bak(k)e-. |
| Etymology | bak n. and bōn n.(1) |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bak-spīn(e n.
1.
(a) The spinal column, backbone;; (b) a vertebra; (c) behind his ~, behind his back.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)83 : L'escine: bac-bon.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)159a/b : Bakke bones in fisshes ben nedeful to restreyne þe flesshe þer of þat is fletyng.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1350 : To hewe hit in two þay hyȝes, Bi þe bak-bon to vnbynde.
- a1450 Where-of is mad (Dgb 102)33 : Þe shuldres and þe bakebon, I likne to lordis of þe lond.
- ?a1500 Knight & W.(Ashm 61)392 : They brake þe wychys bake-bone.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)13b/b : Nuka or the marowe of þe bakke..in passinge downe by þe myddes of þe bakbones [*Ch.(1): spondilez; L spondilium] vnto þe ende of þe bakke.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)7b : A Bakebone: spondile.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)677 : Hoc spondile: a bakebone.
c
- a1425 Symb.Pass.(Roy 17.A.27)133 : Þe cros behind his bak-bon [vr. bakke-bon] Þat he þolud deth uppon.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13284 : To bynden his hondis behinde his bakbon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. backbone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. backbone.