Middle English Dictionary Entry
sworden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sworden v. Also swerden; p.ppl. swerded, -ud, swerddid. |
| Etymology | From sword n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cook. ?To fix food fast on a spit or broach for roasting; (b) ppl. swerded, armed with a sword; wearing a sword.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)55.55/5 : Nym sone þe musseruns, lardes coynteliche wiþ larduns; Make as werd [?read: a swerd] vor to swerden, & soþþen aske a god roste.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)24a/b : Ensatus: swerded [Pep: Swerddid; Add 33534: swerdud].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)89/4 : Men..ben so proude þat þei knowen not how to ben clothed, now long, now schort..now swerded, now daggered, & in all manere gyses.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)445/21 : Trystrames was armed as hym lyked beste, and well shylded and swerded.