seder and sedere - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

sẹ̄der(e n.

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Entry Info

Forms	sẹ̄der(e n.
Etymology	From sẹ̄den v.; also cp. OE sǣdere n.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) One who sows seed; also fig.; (b) as surname.

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a

a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)130b/a : The tenþe monþe is Octobre..þis monþe is paynted in þe liknesse of a seder [Add: sower] that soweþ his corne.
(a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)81/24 : I am the seeder [Scrope: sower], and the vertues of the soule bene seedis, and the studie is the dew wherof thei take here moysture.

b

(1263) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms37 : Rad. le Seder.
(1296) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms37 : Rog. le Seder.
(1317) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms37 : Joh. le Seder.
(1327) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms37 : Cecilia le Sedare.
(1394) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms37 : Steph. Sedere.