Middle English Dictionary Entry
ād n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ād n. Also od. |
| Etymology | OE ād |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A funeral pyre.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/26 : Heo ða ðer swiðne mucelne ad onældon & imynt hæfdon, þet heo ðone lichame nimen wolden & hine to duste forbernon.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)551 : Rogus: od.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1356 : Þe keiser..bed bringen o brune an ad amidden þe burh..& i þe leitinde fur het warpen euch fot.