Middle English Dictionary Entry
stand(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stand(e n. Also stond, stō̆nde & (errors) ston, stown; pl. standes, etc. & stantes, (early SWM) stonden & (error) strondys. |
| Etymology | Prob. MDu. stande; forms with -o- may show influence of ME stonden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A barrel, tub, cask, or similar container; ~ worter, a cooking vessel of some kind; ale ~, a vessel for ale.
Associated quotations
- a1275 Þene latemeste dai (Trin-C B.14.39)50 : Wer is þi breit & ale, tunnen & þine stonden [vr. stonde]?
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.82 : [A] barleep [and a] stonde [worth 8 d.].
- (1390) Will York in Sur.Soc.4129 : A ledede stande of xv galuns.
- (1397) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cxviii : Item, ij trowys et j stand.
- (1403) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.129 : [Divers vessels called] brewyngvesseles, [viz.] cumelyns, couelys, stantes [and] fatis, [worth 26 s. 8 d. in all].
- 1408 WBible(2) (Frf 2)Jer.52.19 : Stoondis [vr. strondys; L hydrias; Roy: thei token also watir pottis..and candilstikis and morters and litle cuppis].
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvi : v pipæ pro servisia, ij cadi et ij stands.
- (1419-20) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99227 : In 1 stande empt. pro cova, 11 d.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15153 : Ye thursday ocupyid wt oure self in ledyng of corn..aforn none we fettyn home ye same both in to ye stown [?read: stownde], price xvj d. at after none to carte wt oure self.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)477 : Stonde [Win: stond; Add: stoonde; KC: ston], vessel: Futula, cumula.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1051 : Or make an hyue of boordis lyk a stonde.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6083 : j brantrogh, j standuorter to bray Crabbez in, j pair tangez for the hall.
- (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45100 : Item, ij standis de ligno pro cervisia imponenda, iiij d.
- (1454) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.51 : A Dosen Stondes The Feryng and the sealyng -- ob.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4923 : I wille that Jenette my nece haue ij ale stondys, a greet erthin potte yt was my moderis, vj trenchowrs.
- (c1470) Paston (EETS)1.436 : xij stondes to tonne in ale, ich conteynyng xxiiij gal.