Middle English Dictionary Entry
barken v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | barken v.(1) |
Etymology | ON; cp. Swed. barka. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To tan (hides) with an infusion of bark.
Associated quotations
- [ (1334-5) Sacrist R.Ely 270 : Item solut. pro ij coriis supradictis barkand. ]
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester9 : Salffel comende to towne by londe raw..and barket.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)10a/a : Birsa: ox leþer or harde leþer barked.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)29a/b : Fru[n]io: to barke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)25 : Barkyn lethyr: Frunio, tanno, tannio.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)43/35 : Ordayne vs..j m. nete-hydes barked..þat we..may gere make vs of þam clethyng & schoees.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.JHare (LdMisc 683)30 : As barkyd leder his fface ys schynyng.
2.
(a) To form a crust or scab; (b) ?to peel or splinter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)11824 : Wiþ skratting he toke þe skurf, he barked ouer as a turfe.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.6 : Yf þy dysshe metes dere ben to salt, Kerve a grene sod, And kover þy pot with þo gresse done, Þo salt on þo gresse shalle barke fulle sone.
b
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)328/251 : When it [the soldier's shaft] wryngis or wronge it wendis, Outher bristis, barkis, or bendes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 174/13 : To make red basyn of a calue skyn ibarkyd, take .iij. vnce of madyr, and .ij. vnce of vermelon, [etc.].
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 271/1 : To make red basyn of a calf skyn barked. Take .iij. vnce of madyr, [etc.].
Note: Postdates sense 1.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.85vb (2.14) : Vryn grene and litle seiþ noȝt but deth, and namely if it stynke. Or if þou tak a drop þerof & put it on þi nayle or on þi fyngre or on þi honde, it blecheþ and barkeþ þe place.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.85vb (2.14) : If þe vryn be grene and mykel in quantite, and it stynk noght ne bark noght, and þerwiþ his age be gode, ȝit þer is hope.
Note: Additional quots, ?prob. sense 2.(a). Editor's gloss: 'becomes rough, forms a crust or scab'.