Middle English Dictionary Entry
shrǒuden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | shrǒuden v. Also shroude, shrowude, (N) scrud(e & (error) shoude; ?ppl. schrowedand; p. shrouded, shroude, shrud, (N) scr(o)ud; ppl. i)shrouded, shroud(e, shruded, shruedede, i)shrud(de, (N) scrud(ed & (?errors) shurde, schrod. |
| Etymology | From shrǒud n.; for sense 6. also cp. AL scrudāre (s.v. shrudātio) to lop (trees) & cp. MnE dial. shroud to trim (a tree). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shriden v.
1.
Refl. To dress oneself, be dressed (in a certain way); ppl. shrouded, clothed.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10448 : Anna, leuedi..scrud þe fair and mend þi chere!
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16346 : Iesus thoght ful mikel scam quen he sua scruded was.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28514 : Lucheri has don me scrud Me-self and bere my bodi prud.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)591 : Schruded was þe kyng Leir In kynges atyre so rych and fayr.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)20 : Sir Gawane þe gay dame Gayenour..ledis..Schruedede [Dc: Schurde; Ir: schrod] in a schorte cloke.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)353 : Dame Nature..had vpon of ryche entaylle..A mantel large hir self to shroude.
2.
To adorn (sb. or sth.); ben shrouded, of bushes, hedges: be or become adorned.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8322 : Þe werc he sal sua semele scrude [Göt: schroude].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23404 : Vr lauerd..wroght al thing in lede And scrud [Göt: schrud; Frf: shroude; Phys-E: scrowd] þam alle in þair fairhede.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)55 : Ther is neither busk nor hay In May, that it nyl shrouded bene And it with newe leues wrene.
3a.
(a) To cover (one's face), veil; of the sun or a star: hide (its face or light) from view; (b) refl. to hide oneself, withdraw oneself; of the sun: be hidden (under a cloud); (c) to conceal (truth, falseness, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3335 : Þe seuenþe..couertly doth hir bemys hide..sche..Schroudeth to vs schamfastly hir chere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5577 : Þis cely wommen, in her cloþes blake, Shroude her facis &..mourne in veyn.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4255 : Phebus gan his briȝt chare to hide Lowe in þe west & to shoude [read: shroude] his lyȝt Vnder cou[r]tyn of þe blake nyȝt.
b
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)10 : Wiþin my bed for sore I gan me shroude.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)147 : I gan..Amonge the busshes me priuely to shroude.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9588 : The sonne..vnder a cloude, Offte sythe he doth hym schrowude.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11047 : I wyl me hyden..Out off thy syht & shrowden me That thow shalt me nowher se.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16938 : Noon off no degre may shrowden hym, but that the Sonne of thy Charyte shal shyne vp-on hym.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.266 : Somme..han contreved..To hyde trouthe falsely vnder cloude And the sothe of malys for to schroude.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2262 : Fortune..Enhasteth þinges to foolis ful greable Whiche in þe ende, to her confusioun Can vnder sugre schrowden her poysoun.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1762 : Ther may be no cloude To-forn his sight trouth forto shrowde.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)10616 : Folkys so yt calle, To shrowde hys falshede.
3b.
Ppl. shrouded: (a) of the face or side of a person, a sun, dawn, etc.: shaded, veiled; of a star: hidden (from one's sight); of fame: enveloped (in darkness); (b) of a person: concealed (in a place); of a serpent: concealed (under sth.); (c) of the Holy Ghost: enclosed (in the Virgin Mary); (d) of a thicket or underbrush: covered or overgrown (with thorns).
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.678 : Antharticus is schrouded from our syȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4 : Aurora..I-schroudid was in þe dirk schade.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2557 : He kepiþ hym cloos in þe ȝonder cave Amonge bruskaile with a shrouded face.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)876/10 : Lucyna, with a shrowdid chere, Goth compas rounde with hir pale liȝt.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.1821 : Like a sonne for a moment briht, Vnwarli shroudid with a cloude of reyn, Riht so the wyndi fauour bloweth in veyn.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.436 : His Fame..stood as yit shroudid in dirknesse.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14978 : I spak To hyre that sat vp-on the bak Off Envye..Bytter off look as any galle..Shrowdyd [F Mucie] to-forn al hyr vysage.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22288 : Declare me..Why be ȝe partyd thus on tweyne, The to parte, wonder ffayre off cheere..The tother party, wonder myrk, Schrouded with a cloude dyrk.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.900 : He in þe pulpit stood..Singinge his dites..Amydde þe theatre schrowdid in a tent.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3963 : Vnder floures is shroudid the dragoun.
c
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)2.480 : Within thy blissed syde The holy goste shall yshrouded be.
d
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)411/838 : Of the martyr the holy hed they..bar..forth..In tacouert, shrowded with thyknesse Of thornys sharpe.
4.
(a) To shield (sb. under sth.) as protection; ppl. shrouded, protected, shielded; (b) refl. to protect oneself (against sth.), seek protection, take shelter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9902 : Þis castel..o luue..Wit kirnels es vm-sett ful well, Scrud on ilk side wit sele.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.885 : His moder Venus gan anoon hym schroude Vnder a skye and a mysty cloude, To sauen hym þat tyme fro meschaunce.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16801 : Blysed lady, Dysdeyne nat..that I may Sytten lowe vp-on the Erthe..to amende me vnder..braunchys off thy Custommable grace, ther to be shadwyd and shrowdyd with thy mercy.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.633 : Heerdemen..ben so fayn For hete to shroude hem in þe schade, Vnder þis braunchis and þise bowis glade.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4266 : Fortune..can..Turne his forhed..Ageyn whos myȝt no man may hyn schrowde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3426 : Kyng is non..nor Emperour That may hym shroude ageyn þe fatal shour Of cruel deth.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Doubl.(Frf 16)72 : They [women] haue no bette proteccion But shrowde hem vnder doublenesse.
5.
To rig (a ship).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Siege Jerus.(1) (Lamb 491)281 : Shrowde [vrr. yshrud; arayed, redy; Ld: By þat schippis wer schred, yschot on þe depe, Takled & atired].
6.
(a) To prune (a tree, plant), trim; ?ppl. shrouding, ?pruning; (b) to chop (sth.), cut up.
Associated quotations
a
- (1358-9) Doc.Manor in MP 3458 : Schrowedand.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)234a/a : The appil tree waxeþ bareyne but it be y-pared, y-schrudde, and descharged of bowes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246b/b : Euerich wythy..bereþ wel and is nought bareyne of bowes..if it is y-schrudde and y-pared in due tyme..if þey [withies] beþ y-kutte tweye feet from þe ground, þanne þey..mowe eftsoones be shrudde and y-pared wiþoute a laddre.
- a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)214b/a : Tren & herbes of gardenes schulde be wilde but þey beþ kepte parid & schurde [Add: y-schredde].
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)219a/b : Þer is oþer reed ful of sweete piþ, and is schrud smale and y-sode..in a Caudroun for to he be þikke.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)87/1464 : He…tok felaȝes fewe Of kniȝtes suiþe snelle þat schrudde [vr. schurde] hem at wille.
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