Middle English Dictionary Entry
shāden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | shāden v. P.ppl. shāded, shādit. |
| Etymology | From shā̆de n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To provide protection from the sun; screen or protect (sth., oneself, an animal) from the sun; (b) to cast a shadow.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)452 : A nos on þe norþ syde and nowhere non ellez, Bot al schet in a schaȝe þat schaded ful cole.
- a1425 By a forest (Bod 596)3 : In o mornyng A place I fond, schaded with bowes ybent.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1368 : Beestys, pasture, and shade hem vndir levys Ageyn the sonne.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)251 : A quarter of the Dyametre by verrey lyne Shadyd hir here of ramyssh goold fyne.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Nthld 455)A.607 : Shadit [Heng: His wonyng was ful faire vp on an heeth With greene trees shadwed was his place].
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)65 : The grettest trees..In forest to shade the deere for her comfort.
b
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)21.479 : Schadeþ [Hnt HM 137: May no grysliche gost glyde þer hit shadeweþ].