Middle English Dictionary Entry
ruddok(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ruddok(e n. Also ruddoc, rudduk, rouddok, rodok, roddocke & (in surnames) ruddock. |
| Etymology | OE rudduc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The European robin redbreast (Erithacus rubecula); (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)412 : Rubisca: Ruddoc.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)749 : Car il ad vereder o verder [glossed:] roddocke.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)784 : Nomina Auium..Musscherom, verder, et lalowe: Sparwe, ruddoc, and larke.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)p.57 : Þe rowddok..haþ double entendement..Me haþ verreder & veredir: þe on ys a brydd, þat oþer a forester.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)349 : There myghte men..fynde..The tame ruddok [vrr. ruddoke, rodok] and the coward kyte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)438 : Ruddok, reed breest: Viridarius, rubellus, frigella.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)584/38 : Frigellus: a rudduk.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)685 : How sote this seson is..The thrustelis & the thrusshis..The ruddok & the Goldfynch.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)702/41 : Virudiarius: a ruddoke.
b
- (1166) in Hearne Liber N.Scac.(1728)150 : Godefridus Ruddoc.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2148 : Willelmo Ruddock'.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3136 : Reginaldus Ruddoc.
- (1434) Close R.Hen.VI343 : Thomas Ruddoke.