Middle English Dictionary Entry
sēm(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | sēm(e n.(3) Also sim. |
| Etymology | ?OE sēam seam, with meaning influenced by ON: cp. OI saumr nail. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scot-sem(e n., scot-som n.
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Associated quotations
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1157 : Item, fabris pro reparacione ferri ad clauos et ad Sym, xij s. vj d.
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1157 : xj s. iij d. in stipendiis Willelmi de Hessay pro vij duoden' et vj peciis ferri fabricandis in Seem.
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1159 : In..ccc et di. clavorum qui dicuntur Semnail emptis pro eadem galia.
- (1323) Chamber J.Edw.II in EHR 30680 : Gages des carpenters des Niefs gages des feures ship bord..sem, Need, clowes..pur la dite Nief.
- (1337-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1149 : De x s. iij d. solutis pro ciij lb. ferri operati in seme et nede.
- (1405-10) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1159 : In d. clauis emptis..vocatis semenaill'.
- (1406) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103606 : Item, in exp. Ric'i Couhird..pro seme et Ruse [read: Rufe], 2 s.
- (1430) in Salzman Building in Engl.313 : In mcccclxvj lib. seme et nede ferri alias voc' clenche et rof.
- (1461) in Salzman Building in Engl.313 fn. : [Nails called] seeme [and] neede.
- (1474-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103645 : Sol. Thome Witwang, Shipwright..cum seme, rove..42 s. 10 d.