Middle English Dictionary Entry
sēde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sēde n. Also (error) fede. |
| Etymology | From L sēdes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A chair, seat; (b) chef ~, a headquarters, capital.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5320 : Of his com þe king was fain, And of his sede [Frf: sete] him ras again.
- a1500 NPass.(Cmb Ff.5.48)8/74b : They broȝt þe Asse gode spede Riȝt be fore oure lordis fede [read: sede].
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.183 : Þey..cam in to Italia and dryue oute þe men þat woned þere, and made þe cheef sede [Higd.(2): seete; L sedem] at Tarentum.