Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒd(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒd(e n.(1) Also rud(de, rọ̄de & (early) rude; pl. roddis. |
| Etymology | OE rudu |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Redness, ruddiness, rosy hue; (b) complexion, countenance, face; ?also, pl. cheeks; (c) redness from blushing; (d) as the name of a (?bay) horse; ?with punning reference to rudden v.; (e) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)443 : Þe rose also mid hire rude Þat cumeþ ut of þe þorne wode Bit me þat ich shulle singe Vor hire luue one skentinge.
- a1350 Lenten ys come (Hrl 2253)14 : Þe rose rayleþ hire rode, þe leues..waxen al wiþ wille.
- a1350 Most i ryden (Hrl 2253)11 : Ase sonnebem hire bleo ys briht..Þe lylie lossum is ant long, wiþ riche rose ant rode among.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.773 : He seth hire rode upon the cheke.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)18841 : His visage sumdel wiþ rode was blende.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)843 : Hurre lures weron white, as ony lely floure, Y-meynde with rod ryȝt, as hit was best, And hurre body was of þe same coloure.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.32 : Farwele the rudde that was upon thi lippes.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)91 : Als freshe hym þe face and the fleshe nakyde Bi his eres and bi his hondes..Wyt ronke rode as þe rose, and two rede lippes As he..sodanly were slippide opon slepe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3048 : Hir chekes full choise, as the chalke white, As the rose was the rud þat raiked hom in.
b
- a1275 On leome (Trin-C B.14.39)44 : His bodi..Wes..al to-rend, His rude wes worþen grene.
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)20 : Mi brune her is hwit bicume..& mi tohte rude iturned al in-to oðre dehe.
- a1300 Nou goth þe sonne (SeldSup 74)2 : Nou goth sonne vnder wod, me reweth, marie, þi faire Rode.
- a1350 Wiþ longyng (Hrl 2253)32 : Lylie-whyt hue is, hire rode, so rose on rys.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)269 : Wele he gan deuise her semblaunt..her louesum eiȝen, her rode so briȝt.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)11/107 : Allas, þi rode, þat was so red, Is al wan, as þou were ded.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3317 : His rode [vrr. rud, rudde] was reed.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1917 : His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn.
- a1425 By a forest (Bod 596)81 : My rud was reed, my colour clere.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)161 : I was reddere in rode [Ir: my rud was raddur] þan rose in þe rayne.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)534 : Scho es warre and wysse, Hir rod as þe rose on ryse.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)620 : Als lely like was hir coloure, Hir rode rede als rose floure, In lere þat rynnes righte.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)367 : Her roode was reede, her chekus rounde.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)201/1582f : Often he menys þat lovesum May..Here rode rede as blosom on the brere.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3956 : Dede they faunde Gaynour the quene, With Roddys feyre and Rede as chery.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)391/145 : Youre rud, that was so red, youre lyre the lylly lyke, Then shall be wan as led.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)169/5,10 : Na deorewurðe ȝimstan ne deliteð swa muchel mon to bihalden as deð godes ehe þe rude of monnes neb þe riht seið his sunnen..þe cwike rude of þe neb deð to understonden þet te sawle þe wer bla & nefde bute dead heow haueð icaht cwic heow & is irudet feire.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)141/13 : Þe soule þat nas bot dede haþ ycauȝtt quyk rode & fair hewe.
d
- a1456 Of alle þe craftes (Add 16165)p.37 : He dyd dryve In..Boþe Rudd and Goore and eke Bayard þe blynde.
e
- (1189) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames301 : Gerard Rudde.
- (1269) Assize R.Nhb.in Sur.Soc.88179 : Johannes Rudde.
- (1279) Assize R.Nhb.in Sur.Soc.88275 : Willelmus Rudde et Cristiana, soror ejus.
- (1302) Close R.Edw.I600 : Simon Rodbright.