Middle English Dictionary Entry
tannen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tannen v. Also tanne, tanni; p.ppl. i)tanned. |
| Etymology | LOE *tannian (attested by p.ppl. getannod, getanned); also cp. ML tannāre & OF taner, tanner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To cure (skins, hides, leather, etc.) with an infusion of tanbark; ppl. tanned, preserved by tanning; (b) ppl. tanned as adj.: tan in color.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.78 : Euerych cart þat bereþ y-tanned leþer [vr. lether y-tanned; F quir tane] to selle shal twey.
- (1438) LRed Bk.Bristol2.168 : The same crafte hath vsed yerly to chese..two maistrys..to surveie the seide crafte..and al maner fawtes found of evell tanned lether to present duely to the courte so that the same fawtes myght be corrected.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)486 : Tannyn, or barkyn: Frunio.
- (?a1450) Oath Bk.Colchester3 : Also of al tho that sell leddyr not wele nor sufficiently tannyd.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)585/5 : Frunito: to tanny.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.272 : They schal clothe the body..withe oute rewle cote but withe hosen and schone tanned.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)97/330b : Frunio: to tanne.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)17 : Hyds of bestes—fresh, salt, and tannyd—be sold by the dyker.
- (a1500) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.192 : Item, of a daker calf skynns nouth tannyd, ii d.; Item, of a daker calf' skynns tanned, iiii d.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.400 : [A tanner's assize is] that he tanne no Shepys leddur, Derus leddur, Gettys leddur, horse ledur, nor houndes leddur.
b
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.424 : To mak a tanned water: Tak yelow water and red led..and grind them welle to geder on a ston and put it in a vesselle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Glo.34.Add Stain.Recipes (Glo 34 Add.) 225/10 : Forto make tand colour. Tac blew and ley on þi cloth, and wanne hit is drie ley þeron red.
- a1500 Pmb-O.21 Artist.Recipes (Pmb-O 21) 272/32 : To mak tanyd water, take blew and ley on þe cloþe, and wen it is drey ley on red to the blew.
Note: Additional quotes, sense (b).
Note: New spellings.
Note: See similar recipes under tauni adj., sense (a).