Middle English Dictionary Entry
skinnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | skinnen v. Also skin; p.ppl. i)skinned. |
| Etymology | From skin n.(1); cp. MDu. schinnen (var. of schinden to flay) & Icel. skinna to provide with skin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To remove the skin from (the penis), circumcise; (b) ppl. skinned, possessing a particular kind of skin; hard skinned, ?having a tough skin; ?having the shell of a shellfish; (c) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)289/1 : If it so be þat a mannes ȝerde be skynned, & be noon oþer passioun þeron saue þat, þan þou schalt leie þervpon vnguentum album.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)45a/a : Þe terce heed..may be cicatrisid or y-skynned [L cicatrizatur..infossata] if it be discretly faren wiþ.
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)134/24 : In anoþer yle ben folk þat gon vpon hire hondes & on hire feet as bestes & þei ben all skynned & fedred [Man.(2): rowgh; F pelluz] & þei wole lepen..lightly into trees.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)32/36 : Kepe the fro fische þat is hard skynned, for þat is werst.
c
- (1310) Pat.R.Edw.II334 : Robert Skynhoune.