Middle English Dictionary Entry
barwe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | barwe n. Also barewe, -owe, -uwe, berwe, bergh. |
| Etymology | OE bearwe, meox-bearwe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A handbarrow; a litter or stretcher; (b) a wheelbarrow [cp. whel-barwe]; (c) hol ~, a deep barrow [cp. hol hollow]; ~ clos, ?a covered barrow; ~ makere; ~ woman, a female hod-carrier.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)907 : Þei ich schulle beo þudere i-bore In baruwe oþur In bere, Þudere ichulle.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)521 : Flael, estril et cyuere: Fleel, horscombe and barewe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)13a/b : Cenouectorium: a barwe.
- (c1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1399 : Iren ware to be purveid for the making of Barowes.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)572 : Ce[no]vectorium manuale: an handbarwe. Cenovectorium: a berwe.
- (1465) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99243 : Item ij barows pro lapidibus cariandis.
b
- (1335-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100529 : In 1 Barowe cum Rota.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)105 : Crowdynge, caryynge wythe a barowe: Cenivectura.
- (1441) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)262/2 : Item for j whell for the Barwe iiij d.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)983 : For to lade a carte or fille a barwe.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)268 : Halfe here shippes wyth carte whelys..And wyth barowes are laden.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)572 : Cenovectorium rotatum: a whelberwe.
c
- (c1360) R.Arms Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.14307 : Gilbertus Berghmakere.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99149 : j holl barowe, j stane barowe.
- (1465) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99244 : Item barow cloose.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)9b : A Barowe maker: vecticularius.
- (1480-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9996 : Pro factura unius hollbarowe et 2 stanebarowes.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)792 : Psraannia: a barowwoman.
2.
A barrowful.
Associated quotations
- (1432) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)222/20 : Item viij barows sande.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1399) in Salzman Building in Engl.353 : 10 beringberwes and 2 whelebarwes.
- (1441) in Salzman Building in Engl.353 : handebarwes.
- (1445) MSS Beverley in HMC130 : iij pikkis et j veterem pik fractum, j rastrum cum viij dentibus ferri, j gavelote ferri, et iij schovyls, j beryngbarow, ij trowys ligata, j colrake ferri, ij whelebarows, et j veterem schovyl.
Note: New combinations bering ~ [bering ger., sense 1.(a)] and honde ~ [already attested in the quot. from Trin-C LEDict.; see honde n., sense 8.(a)], presumably under sense 1.(a). Salzman regards them as synonymous, 'a form of stretcher with projecting handles carried by two or more men.'