Middle English Dictionary Entry
thudden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thudden v. Also thud; p. (early) þudde; ppl. (early) iþud. |
| Etymology | OE þyddan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ithidden v.
1.
(a) To push forcefully, press; (b) to thrust (sb.), shove; throw (a corpse into the ground); (c) to force (thoughts upon sb.), impose.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)28/20 : Þa þudde ha o þe þurs feste wið hire fot.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)950 : Geomagog..þudde [Otho: þraste] Corineum frommard his breoste.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4568 : Moni hundred þusend..iþud [Otho: igliden] beoð to hellen.
- (1401) Will in Anc.1019 : I preye..that ther be non maner of cost don aboute my biryngge..and anon as i be ded thud me in the erthe.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)32/19 : Þenne þudde ich in ham luuefule þohtes, on earest hare unþonkes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/6 : [Þ]is beoð þe wepnen þet me wurst wundið..beodefule þohtes, þet ha schulen þenchen bimong hare benen aȝein hare unwerste þohtes, þet ich in ham þudde.