Middle English Dictionary Entry
shēd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shēd(e n. Also sheide, shedde, sced, shade, shōd(e, (early) shead, shad, (Orm.) shæd. |
| Etymology | OE scēad, scād & gescēad & scēada, scāda; for form in sc- cp. MDu. scheide, schede. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The parting of the hair; ?also, the crown of the head; ~ of the here, ~ of hed, hed ~; (b) difference, distinction; maken ~, to discern a difference; (c) the faculty of discernment; discrimination; (d) something forming a division, a stratum of earth dividing two things; (e) in surname and place name [see Smith PNElem.2.99].
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)31 : Fetes la greve [glossed:] the shed, au laver.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220:Owen)30 : The schod [vrr. sheide; scheld] of my eved [glossing AF (Cmb): La greve de moun chef].
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)7229 : To him he lepe wiþ gret miȝt, & smot him in þe heued schod [rime: abod].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)8 : Greue, fountayne, et haterel: Sched, molde, and sculle.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2007 : Yet saugh I..The nayl ydryuen in the shode [vrr. sheed, shade] anyght.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)30/291 : Set myn hat vppon þyn hed, To huide þin her and eke þi sched.
- c1390 Ȝhit is god (Vrn)68 : We ben so ful of synne and slouþe, Þe schame is passed þe sched of hed.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3316 : Ful streight and euene lay his ioly shode [vr. schood].
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)18837 : In heued he had a sched [Trin-C: a sheed; Vsp: a clift] biforn.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)13 : La greue de moun chief..þe shode of myn heued; featez la greue a toun leuer..Make þe shode at þyn vpprist, i. in capite.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)6/16 : Grynde it smalle & schafe his hede & laye it appon þe schedde of his hede all þe nyghte.
- 1448 Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58)p.482 : His shode shamed nat the harme of ballednesse.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)310/118 : Þe odour of centorie..Chasyth wockyd hork [read: work] owt of þe heed Be-twyn þe herlus and þe sched.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : Þe Shede of þe hede: discrimen, Cincinnus, glabra.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)631 : Discrimen: schade of þe here.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)745/15 : Discrimen: the sced of the hede.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13)5/28 : Anoynte þerwyth an hed þat is lowsy, and anoynte hit in þe schede [L: discriminalia] of þe here.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6229 : Ȝunnc birrþ witenn..Þatt niss bitwenen ȝunnc & hemm Nan shæd i manness kinde.
- a1275 Stod ho (Tan 169*)33 : Þi luue sone uprisinge was selli liik to his birdinge -- bi-twene twa his litel schead.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)217 : God..ȝaf to man fre power To chese..Off god and yuel shed [vr. cheyse] to make.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)721 : Þu miht..Knowe..shed to make in eueri dede Bitwene soþnesse and falshede.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5534 : Þe fifte ȝife iss shæd & skill I weorelldlike þingess.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12342 : Deofell..þære brohhte himm [Adam] onn To ȝeornenn affterr mare Innsihht & witt & shæd & skill Þann himm hiss Drihhtin uþe.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/358 : Beasteliche men..bereð ham ase beastes..as þah ha nefden wit in ham ne tweire schad [Tit: schead] as mon haueð ba of god & of vuel.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)14/85 : Mon..he schop ant ȝef schad [Tit: schead] ba of god ant of ufel.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)20/190 : Mi suster..haueð wit & schad bituhhe god & uuel & wat hwet is in euch þing to cheosen & to schumien.
d
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1480 : To stones þicke þai founde Þat water boþe long and brode, Hem bitven a gret schode Of grauel and erþe also Þat hem hadde schifted ato.
e
- (1314) in Ekwall Dict.EPN394 : Shadewell.
- (?1327) in Ewen Surnames Brit.178 : Ate shede.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shed.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shed of the head.