Middle English Dictionary Entry
bastardīe, -rīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bastardīe, -rīe n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Illegitimacy of birth; on (in) ~, out of wedlock.
Associated quotations
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)28 : De bastardie et de bigamie. ]
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.392 : Of his breþer he toke with hym ten..Þat wer foreyn fro stok of regalye, Oute of þe lyne born in bastardrie.
- (1430-1) RParl.4.375b : The saide Alienore..ymagined processe..to yentent..she shuld be certified mulire be sum ordinarie, in case þat bastardie were alleged in her persone.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.125r : After him regned Alfrid bastard his brother -- this though he were elder than Egfrid yut for his bastardie was he putte fro the regne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)909 : Hys ffader..gat hym opon bastardie By on of Troye, in rybaudie.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3735 : Daneus hadde on bastardie A sone.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)10a : Bastardry: Bastardia.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)her.e viii/a : His faderis armys he [a bastard] may bere, with sych a staffe as is sayd afore: in signe and finall declaracion of his bastardy.