Middle English Dictionary Entry
sled(de n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sled(de n. Also slē̆de, (N) scleid. |
| Etymology | MDu., MLG slēde, sledde; cp. MnE dial. slead. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A wheelless vehicle, usu. used for drawing heavy loads over the ground or ice, a sled, sledge, dray; also, a carriage or other means of transportation [quot.: ?a1425(c1380)]; ~ man; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Elde makiþ me (Hrl 913)p.171 : I stunt, i stomere, i stomble as sledde.
- (1365) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.xlviii : Item, in uno curru, in j scleyd, in ij paribus de trays.
- (1374) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxvi : j par de pluynghirins, vj herpices, ij sledys.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Par.20.3 : Þe puple..he ladde out & made vp on hem pestelis & sledes [WB(2): sleddis; L trahas] & prowde irene charis to gon ouer, so þat þei weren alto-kut & tobroosed alle.
- (1394) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1424 : Predicte petre cariabuntur cum sleddis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)279a/b : [Beavers] leggeþ oon of hem vpright on þe grounde in stede of a slede oþer of a draye..and leggeþ..stikkes and woode bytwene his legges..and draweþ him home.
- (1406-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103606 : Item, in i slede empt. pro cariac. decimarum de 2 Chiltons, 6 d.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)66b/a : Traha: an harewe or a slede.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.1.77 : Thow, by my gyding and by my path and by my sledys [L uehiculis], shalt mowen retourne hool and sownd into thi contree.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)65/12 : Þai cary þaire vitailes with þam apon þe ysz with sleddes and carres withouten wheles.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)458 : Slede to draw wythe: Tha, trava, traha.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)p.426 : The Sledmen.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6001,6004 : Þis bell suld be broght..On a sledd..þe sledd..was noȝt strange ynoghe to bere slike a charge.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115b : A Sledde: traha.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)724/26 : Traha: a sled.
- -?-(1403) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96107 : Johannes Hardy, sledman.
b
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1044 : Johanne Sledde.