Middle English Dictionary Entry
rudden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rudden v. Also rudde, ruddon(e, rude; p. ruddede, roddede; pl. rodde(den; ppl. i)rudded. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. MDu. rude itch, rash. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rubben v.
1.
(a) To rub (flax) between the hands; (b) to rub (one's body, a wound, etc. with sth.); refl. rub oneself (with sth.); (c) to scratch to relieve itching.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233b/b : Þe flex is..y-bounde in..bundels..y-carfled, y-ruddid, and y-gnoddid.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)175 : Fet & honde þat nere noȝt iturmented wiþ þe here, Necke & heued & al his face þat wiþoute were He ruddede [Ld: roddede] aniȝt wiþ his here.
- c1300 SLeg.Geo.(1) (LdMisc 108)42 : Huy..with a clout of here roddeden [Corp-C: rodde] þe woundes faste.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)451/68 : Sein Iude nom þat holy writ þat oure Louerd him er sende And roddede þerwiþ is sike lich.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)438 : Ruddon [Win: ruddone], idem quod rubbyn.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)125/10 : With þat anoynted cloth rudde þe morfu.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)144/16 : Ȝef a pounse of a man..be froted and rwdded with þe lewys of þis herbe, he schal be hool.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)151/20 : Qwo-so Rudde his handys with þe Rote of þis herbe he may takyn an eddre in his handys with-owtyn ony perile.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)67/1 : Take a clowthe and wethe þer-yn and rudde þe þer-with.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)239/35 : He sholde rude his gomes with lewys of trenne.
c
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)109/10 : While ȝechinge lasteþ, it is gode to rudden; ac after, it smerteþ.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Dc.45 Artist.Recipes (Dc 45) 147/24 : To make glw for bokys. Take þe sowndes of stokfysche [etc.]..cotte into smale gobetys and drye hym. And whan þu wilt vse hym take and wete hym in þi mowth oþer in water, and rudde þi parchement þerwyth.
Note: ?New sense, or ?modify sense (b).