Middle English Dictionary Entry
slā̆de n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slā̆de n. Also slad, sclade, (early SWM) slæd & (in place names) -slada, -slate, sled(e-, sledde-; pl. slades, sladus, sladdes. |
| Etymology | OE slæd, (in charters) sled. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; also fig.; ~ of the hille, the slope of a hill; ~ moue, the mouth of a valley; slades of cloudes, hollows of clouds; (b) a creek, stream; a channel; (c) in surnames; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.127].
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4282 : He ferde..in-to ane muchele slæde.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2815 : In one mochele sclade [Clg: bæche] þar solde þeos oþer wende.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)152/113 : Þe deuel him ladde uorþ ouer mani a foul slade.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3475 : Wiþ strengþe þai wene þe slade ouer-go.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2727 : He dremeth ofte..hou he clymbeth up the banckes And falleth into Slades depe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1259 : We war put o paradis vn-to þis wreched warld slade.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1148 : Þen saȝ I þer my lyttel quene, Þat I wende had standen by me in sclade [rime: made].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2448 : Of auenture he cauȝt a plesaunt slade Ful smoþe & pleyn.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Kings 16.13 : Forsothe Semey ȝede bi the slade of the hil [WB(1): the cop of the hil; L iugum montis] bi the side aȝens hym..and sente stoonus aȝens him.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.159 : Hit is to glade Hem, yf the lond be lene in euery slade, With faat erth.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)9.176 : In conditis descende into the slade Hit may, and on that other side arise.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)259/22 : He rode into a grete foreste..the nyght fell on hym, and than was he ware in a slade of a pavylyon of rede sendele.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)260/1 : There by a lytyll slad sir Launcelot wounded hym sore nyghe unto the deth.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.846 : For drede lest þou be ouerthrowe And falle so depe into the slade, That euer after it myght turne to shade.
- a1500(?c1400) Gowther (Adv 19.3.1)575 : Þo berons wer to þo deþe dongon, And barons bryght in sladus slongon.
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)20 : The skyes in her coloures rake, Þe therke sladdes of clowdes blake: This reioyceth me above.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7005 : Þai..Slogh hom doun sleghly in þe slade moue.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1208 : Othere refreschynge noghte many hade Bot blody water of a slade, Þat thurghe þe Oste ran.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)12 : Oute of Orwell waynys for to goo oute at the slade your cours is est southest.
c
- (1207) CRR(2) 520 : Rannulfus de Chastaneslad.
- (1221) Pat.R.Hen.III311 : Robertus de la Slade.
- (1270) Pat.R.Hen.III454 : Robert de la Slade.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 104 : Laur. de Slade.
- (1325) Close R.Edw.II537 : Thomas Slademan.
- (1327) in Kristensson ME Top.Terms76 : Will. atte Morslade.
- (1345) in Rymer's Foedera (1816-69)3.48 : Johannes atte Slade.
d
- (1157-70) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)126 : Sledemer(e.
- (1191) in Wallenberg PNKent128 : De Waldeslada.
- (1219) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)126 : Sleddemere.
- (1235) EPNSoc.43 (Wm.)170 : Sledal.
- (1250) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)290 : Russislade.
- (1260) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)343 : Heygrauesclade.
- (1270) EPNSoc.39 (Glo.)12 : Catteslate.
- (1285) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)267 : Sleddalgayle.
- (a1300) in Ekwall PNLan.59 : Bagslade.
- (1301) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)149 : Sleddal Cote.
- (1322) in Sundby Dial.Wor.42 : Knaveslade.
- (1334) Court R.Colchester 1122 : Sladaker.
- (1360) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.209 : Weteslade.
- (1409) in Sundby Dial.Wor.42 : Carysslad.
- (1487) in Sundby Dial.Wor.42 : Carsslade.