Middle English Dictionary Entry
riban n.
Entry Info
| Forms | riban n. Also riban(n)e, ribain, riben, riband, ribaunde, ribban, reban, rebant, rebaunde, ruban, rubant; pl. ribans, etc. & ribaunes, rebanes, rebaunes, rebandes. |
| Etymology | OF ruban, ruben, riban, AF rubain & ML ribanus, AL riband(um, rubanum, rubantum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ribbon, edging material, ~ frenge; (b) a ribbon; an ornamental band or border, trimming; an ornament, a necklace; ?a bracelet, an anklet; (c) = filaterie n.(d).
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1345-9) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3138 : viij pecie de rubanto adaurato. ]
- [ (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.528 : xxiiij virgis de rubano motteley. ]
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52285 : Pro reban aureo pro domino.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.225 : [2 yards 1 quarter of] riban [of Venys].
- (1406) Wardrobe Acc.Philippa in Archaeol.67181 : Et ij coopertoria..garnita cum rubant et freng serici.
- (1407-8) in Rec.B.Nottingham 252 : Pro uno riben frenge de cirico, xvij d.
- (1411) Close R.Hen.IV2 : 2 li. Ryban et ffrenges.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 224 : iiij costers..striped wt plonket ribain.
- (1438-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100408 : Rybane de filo.
- (1463-4) Acc.Howard in RC 57238 : For a gyrdyll off reban, ij s.
- (1471) Paston1.633 : I pray ȝow to bye me..a gyrdyl of plunkket ryban.
- (1474-76) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31536 : Paied for mendyng of the Vestementes, for silke riband and for werkmanshipp, xix s. vij d. ob.
- a1500 Feast Tott.(Cmb Ff.5.48)95/279 : Ther come chese crustis in charlett As red as any scarlette With ruban in rise.
- a1525(?1455) Cov.Leet Bk.283 : For to make a newe pensell in Tarturne, xvj d.; In Ryband to the same, xiiij d.
b
- [ (1363) Statutes Realm1.381 : Esquiers..ne usent..nouche dor, rubayn, seynture. ]
- ?c1325 As I stod on (ArmsAr 27)19 : I met..a may..A red hod on hir heved..With a riche riban, gold be-gon.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.1.10 : Goldene ribanes [WB(2): ournementis; L murenulas] wee shul maken to þee.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4513 : Pro j ribayn de Colayn.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.16 : Hire robe was ful riche of red scarlet engreyned, With ribanes of red golde and of riche stones.
- (1420) *Mun.B.Bridgewater42 : In Rebawnes et filo..In Rybaunes de Serico..emptis pro ornamentis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.3.19 : The Lord schal take awei the ournemente of schoon..and ribans [WB(1): beȝes; L torques] and brochis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)432 : Ryband, of a clothe [KC: ribawnde or liour]: Limbus, redimiculum.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)16 : Dame Gayenour he ledis, In a gleterande gyde..Withe riche rebanes reuerssede.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45103 : De silke rybbans.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2321 : Þis goldene rebaunde was taken from here.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1318 : Somme corouned were as kynges..And many ryban and many frenges Were on her clothes.
- (1455) RParl.5.325a : Divers Lombardes..bring nowe daily into yis lande wrought Silk throwen, Rybens, and Laces.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)655 : Off rede golde þe rybanne Glemyd hur gyde.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1538 : He kest on a Cape..With riche rybans of gold.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)792/20 : Hic limbus: a rebant.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)156a/b : Of dome..of blode after fleobotomye haþ many men treted..And þay seid many philatariez or rebandez [Ch.(2): termes; L philaterias] þat be nouȝt in vse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Dc.45 Artist.Recipes (Dc 45) 149/16 : Þe lynyng ys ycallyd 'albers', and þe hem a 'lysere', and sum lysere hath a bordere and sum hath a ruben.
Note: New spelling.