Middle English Dictionary Entry
bī̆nd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bī̆nd(e n. |
| Etymology | OE binde band, bind?bundle, & ML binda bandage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A rod or stake (for 'binding' the withes in wattle; = binding ger., sense 1b.(c)); (b) naut. a plank nailed to the outer side of a ship providing structural integrity as well as acting as a fender; = wale n.(2), sense (a); (c) a bandage.
Associated quotations
a
- 1295-95 *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/8.m.2 [OD col.] : In ccc byndes emptis pro palicio faciendo..In predictis byndes portandis.
- (1294-95) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 129 : xviij d. in J. naue conducta pro virges et byndes querendis.
b
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 129 : In vj lignis emptis ad eandem pro Wales et bindes inde faciendis…vj s.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64b/a : When it shal be remoued, þat þe byndez [L binde]..be warly raised vp.
2.
(a) A bundle (of hoops, of skins) containing a prescribed quantity; (b) a customary 'lot' (of eels, ?250).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1350) Rec.Norwich 2202 : D'le Bynd de peaux de Motons.
- (a1362) Cellarer R.in Nrf.Archaeol.7164 : In..ij bynd fathopes..in duobus byndes stophopes..una bynd barolhopes.
b
- (1319) *Bolton Compotus [OD col.]lf.412 [422] : Pro..ij Ml allecis, x byndes anguillarum.
- (1347-8) RParl.2.205b : Come ils deyvent avoir..pur Disme de Pescherie de Braythemer & Neuflet, une bynde des Anguilles chescun an.
3.
A (clinging) vine; specif., woodbine, honeysuckle; ~ silvestris; also in bere-binde, wode ~, etc., q.v.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)444 : He..slept sadly al nyȝt, þe whyle God..ded growe of þat soyle þe fayrest bynde hym abof þat euer burne wyste.
- (a1422) Doc.St.Alb.in RS 28.5 pt.2 (Cld E.4)341 : Una capa..cum uno fretto de auro, ad modum bynde sylvestris.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)36 : Bynde or wode bynde: Corrigiola, vitella..Bynde, a twyste of a wyne: Capriolus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1467) *Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls Bundle 43, no.14 [OD col.] () : vi paria caligarum, ii swadel byndes, iiii broshes, i forser.
Note: New cpd. swathel ~ 'a swaddling band' (see swathel n., sense (b)), to be placed under sense 1.(c).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: 1st quot. for sense 1.(a) (Acc.EXCH.K.R.) is also found in Sandahl, ME Sea Terms 1, p. 29; quot. for sense 1.(b) is also quoted in Sandahl, p. 111, and in Nicolas Navy 2, p. 473.