Middle English Dictionary Entry
tod(de n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tod(de n. Pl. todde(s. |
| Etymology | Perh. ON or MLG: cp. OI toddi bit, piece, Swed. dial. todd a mass esp. of wool, & EFris. todde bundle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A measurement of weight for wool, usually 28 lbs.
Associated quotations
- (a1420) Trin-C.Dial.in Romania 32 (Trin-C B.14.40)55 : Il a auxci la pur vendre xx sackes, iij toddes, iiij percs et v clowes de layne.
- (1425) Doc.in Kennett Par.Antiq.(1818) [OD col.]2.250 : De xxiii todde lanæ puræ..per le todde ix sol. vi den.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.384 : The seid wolle to be wayed in the yelde halle..and custom for euery todd, j d.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)13 : Woll is..bowght odyr by the Nayle, or the Stone, or the Todde..And..it is most used to be sold by the Stone and by the Todde.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)16 : By this Romane yere a Sacke of Woll was made first. For a sacke woll conteynyth for euery day in the yere, excepte one day and vi ouris, j lb. woll..and for euery moneth, a todde woll.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)19 : Woll is bowght and sold be this maner of weyghtes..that ys to sey: by the pownd weyght, clawe, nayle, Stone, Todde, Sakke, Sarpler..The Todd amountythe in Pounds xxviij.