Middle English Dictionary Entry
sẹ̄d-lēp n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sẹ̄d-lēp n. Also sedlep(p)e, sedelep(e, -lip, ced(e)lepe, (early) sadlep; pl. sedlepes, (early) sedlæpas. |
| Etymology | LOE sǣdlēap |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A basket holding seed carried by the sower during the process of sowing by hand; also, a measure of seed [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1124 : Man sælde þet acer sæd hwæte þet is twegen sed læpas to six scillingas, & þet bærlic þet is þre sed læpas to six scillingas, & þet acer sæd aten þet is feower sed læpas to feower scillingas.
- (1209) Pipe R.Winch38/52 : In..sedlepes emptis, ix d. ob.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 557 : Debet..habere unum sedelip plenum de frumento.
- ?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20)111 : [Habeat etiam..saticulum] sadlep [ad tempus sacionis conservatum].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)861 : Herce et semyloun: Harewe and sedelep.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.185 : [A] sedelep [worth 2 d.].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)64 : Ceed lepe [Win: Ceedelepe], or hopyr: Satorium [Phil: satitolum].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)246 : Hopur of [read: or] a seedlepe [Win: seedleppe]: Satorium, saticulum.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)611/11 : Semilio: a sedlepe.
- c1475 PPl.B (Cmb Ll.4.14)6.63 gloss : [Ld: Wende with ȝow I wil..And hange myn hoper] i. a seed leep [at myn hals].
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)7 : Vas cum quo seminatores seminant, a sedelepe or a hopere.