Middle English Dictionary Entry
shrēde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shrēde n. Also shred(de, screde, (K) screade & shrẹ̄de; pl. shredes, etc. & shrides, (early) shreaden, shraden. |
| Etymology | OE scrēad(e; cp. OFris. skrēd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A scrap or fragment of food or of the Host; a piece of a body; heuen everi a ~, to cut (sb.) to pieces; (b) a strip of material; an ornamental strip of material hanging from the edge of a garment; also, a piece cut off from something; also fig.; sheren in shredes, to cut (sth.) in or to pieces; (c) thread; also, a thread or band woven in fabric; (d) an element, a streak; (e) ?a plant.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)212/23 : Ȝef ha mei spearien eani poure schraden [Nero: schreaden; Tit: schiue], sende ham al dearnliche ut of hire wanes.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)99 : Hauede he non so god brede, Ne on his bord non so god shrede, Þat he ne wolde þorwit fede Poure.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1540 : Wiþ strengþe of his blast Þe white [dragon] brent þan rede, Þat of him nas founden a schrede [vr. schred] Bot dust.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)30/824 : Ech screade Ȝet al so longe hys godes body, Ase lest þe fourme of breade.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4455 : Thei hadde ben hewen euery a schrede But hem come help In that nede.
b
- ?c1325 As I stod on (ArmsAr 27)19 : A red hod on hir heved, shragid al of shridis, With a riche riban gold be-gon.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)655/11 : Presegmen: screde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)448 : Schrede, or clyppynge of clothe or oþer thynge: Scissura, presegmen.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)905 : Arthure..Armede hym in a acton..Abouen þat a jesseraunt..A jupon of Ierodyn jaggede in schredez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3473 : Manye schredys and schragges at his skyrttes hynnges.
- (1444) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)299 : [Firing from the] shredes [and] spones [of..wood].
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)30 : God wole haue rekenyng..Of men and cloth, the leste shrede, Thy getyng, thy holding, [etc.].
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)6118 : Generides than cut his shirt..He stoupped his woundes his ovn hond, And with the shredes hem he bond.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1093 : Hawberkes sone in schredis were schorne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10115 : His sword owt he brayd And schare yt [mantle] in twelf shredes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)325 : A Screde: fibulatorium.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)604 : He wapped hym in a wreched wede, Schappen and sewed in many a screde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)287/255 : Let shere it [gown] in shredys.
- a1500 Fleshly lustys (Corp-O 274)p.252 : Robes made of scredes, Grisely othes and grete medes..Has schent Englond.
- a1500 Ihesu mercy mercy (Chet 6690)134 : Þou suffred peynes, crouned wiþ þorne, Naked, wiþoute cloth or schrede..Ihu, mercy for my mysdede!
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)448 : Schrede, or lyyste: Forago.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2358 : Launcelot and the quene were cledde In Robes of A Riche wede, Off Samyte white, with syluer shredde.
d
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)217/13 : Allas! Holonde me haþ bitraiede! Ay is in þe rede of somme euel shrede.
e
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)322/618 : Summe seyn þer arn lekys fywe..Affodylle þe fyfte schrede.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)325/730 : He growyth bothe in wode and mede In somer-tyme, fayre and [?read: on] schrede.