Middle English Dictionary Entry
thridden-dē̆l n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thridden-dē̆l n. Also thrid(d)endele, thriddendale, thriddindel, thriddun-, thred(d)en- & thirddendel, thirdindel(e & (early) þriddendæl, -deal, þriddandæl(e, -dale. |
| Etymology | OE þriddan dǣl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The third part of something, one-third; a quantity one-third as great as some other quantity; sethen to (in-to) ~, wellen to ~, to boil (sth.) until one-third remains; (b) a unit of liquid measure, often equivalent to one-third of a gallon [see Zupko Dictionary of English Weights and Measures for the British Isles s.v. thredendel].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)51/32 : Se biscop þeh nedde þæt folc þæt heo þone þridden dæl þæs feos underfengen.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)31/15 : Ȝenim þeos wyrt wurtruman, & seoð on watere to þriddan dæle.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)33/7 : Wyð toðece ȝenim þa ylcan wyrt & wyl on ealdan wine oððer on ecede to ðriddan dale.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)237/8 : His braȝen ȝeseoð on þrym sestrum eles on niwen croccen to ðat þryddan dæl si bewealled.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7822 : Þriddendale [Otho: þridden deal] þis lond stod a mines fader hond.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.432 : He..asked ȝif ani wer so bold Þriddendel his lond haue he schold Þe batayl durst take an hond.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5152 : Swiþe wiȝtlych hij bigynne, Þe þriddendale, and faire swymme Of þe water þat hij were jnne.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)113.68/6 : Do it in a litel water..take it fro the fyre and do þerto [pynes] the thriddendele.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.378 : Chalk in flood grauel A thredendell wol sadde hit wonder wel.
- a1450 Agnus Castus (Roy 18.A.6)135/3 : Þryddundel [vr. thyrdyndell; Stockh: tak betonye and sethe it in water in-to þe thyrdde-dell and þanne clense þat water].
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)108/287 : Take a lytell virgyn wex as moch as will performe the threddendell, [etc.].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)48/2 : Take..madir, þe thryddindell aȝenst alle þese herbys forseyd.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)95/21 : Take pelletir, and sethe it weell in watir, till þat it come to the thyrddendell.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)72 : To temper asure, grynd hit one a stone, with the thyrdyndele of gume and twyse so mych of water.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)83/9 : Take þe mylke of a goote and sethe it with þe seede of chaune to þe þrid dendell.
b
- (1423) RParl.4.256a : Tonnes of Wyn..Pipes of Wyn..thredendels and hoggeshedes so aftur lesse mesure.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)449 : Hit holdis a gode thryden dele Ful of wyne euery mele.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 88/11 : To temper asure grynde hit on a stone, þe thyrdendele of gomme and twyes so moche of water.
- a1500 StJ-C.B.15 Artist.Recipes (StJ-C B.15) 216/11 : Tak blank plum and the threddedel of rde and tempre hem togedre.
Note: Additional quots., sense (a). New spellings.