Middle English Dictionary Entry
shelt-bēm n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shelt-bēm n. Pl. scheltbēmes, schel(d)-, shil(le)-. |
| Etymology | From partial transl. of MDu. sciltboom, MLG schellebōm & ME bēm n.; also cp. MDu., MLG schelle, schille & schellen, schillen; & cp. ME shel(le n.6.(d). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 158 : In Meremio empto in parko de Naketon, videlicet ad Wronges, fothekes, trabes, et scheldbemes, xj li.
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 158 : In c et ij peciis meremij que dicuntur foteken, Wrongen, et Schelbemes.
- (1294-6) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 187 : In duobus lignis ad Scheldbemes emptis de Henrico Sparu, iij s. vj d.
- (1336) *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.1 [OD col.] : Computat..in dimidia centena clauorum ligneorum vocatorum Scheltbemnayl emptis..xij d.
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 187 : Item, in iij lignis vocatis Scheltbemes emptis in grosso de eodem Hunfrido, viij s.
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1156 : Item, in di. c clauis lignis vocatis Scheltbemnayl emptis de Roberto de Reppes, xij d.
- (1337-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 187 : De xxv s. vj d. pro cariagio maeremij pro shillebemes et wales.
- (1347-50) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 188 : En xiiij schelbemes as ditz deux escomers pris ij s. vj d. du piece.
- (1400-1402) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 188 : In v peciis maermij..expenditis ibidem in Shilbemes et aliis necessariis..xv s. x d.