Middle English Dictionary Entry
swā̆th(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | swā̆th(e n.(2) |
| Etymology | OE *swæþ (attested only in pl.dat. swaþum bandages). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An ornamental band or banding; (b) ~ bende (bond), a swaddling band; also fig.; ~ clout, swaddling cloth.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1500) Invent.Lin.in Archeol.5310 : ij candelabra majora de argento plana cum leȝ bollez et Swathez deauratis.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)6 : Coveint k'il seit maylolez [glossed:] swath-clut.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)119/127 : In suaþebendes hy hyne dyȝte, Ase hyt hys þe chyldes ryȝte.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)133/3 : Þe modur baþeþ hure child and swaþeþ hit wiþ a cursede swaþe bond of alle maner synnes.