Middle English Dictionary Entry
thinnehēde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thinnehēde n. Also thinned, thinid, thenhed. |
| Etymology | From thin(ne adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Scarcity; (b) the quality of thinness or lack of viscosity in a liquid; also, that which induces thinness; also, ?that which has been filtered; (c) ?as adj.: not viscous;—perh. error for thinned, p.ppl. of thinnen v.(1).
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)26a/a : Exilitas: þynhed.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)15b/a : Collatinea: thenhed [Hrl 2257: Colatinea: a þinne hede].
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)78/611 : And sa þe uryn is changyt fra groshed to thynhede.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)100/1083 : Sa is þe blud chaufyd & bulyt & subtyld & þareof is caused redhede & thynned in þe uryn.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)113/1375 : Foode dry in kynd causys thynhede & clerhede in þe uryn.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)321/4601 : For fleuma..is þe thynhed of þe colour lessyd, & þarefore þe color is þe less of myȝt for to mak þe uryn thyn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)491 : Thynnesse or thynhede [Win: thynyd] of licurys, as ale, water, and oþer lyke: Tenuitas.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)574/7 : Collatinea: a thynned.
c
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)71/458 : Þe body of þe uryn is in 2 wyse..thyk &..thyn..sumtym it is thyk & sumtym it is mene thyk, & sa oft thynhede.