Middle English Dictionary Entry
trivet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trivet n. Also triwet, trevet, trefd, (error) trewd; pl. trivets, etc. & trevedes. |
| Etymology | OE trefet & ONF trevet, truvet (s.v. OF trepié). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A three-footed stand; (b) as surname and in place name.
Associated quotations
a
- (1356) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.283 : [One good] triwet.
- (1384) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.171 : [John Trayer..had..a] trefd [worth 4 d.].
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.97 : [3] trevedes [worth 2 s.].
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.243 : [4] spetys, [a] fyrerakke, [a] gredyern, [a] trevet.
- (1419) *Will Bury155 : I be qweþe Will' Basse..a trefd & a gospanne & a morter of hard ston.
- (1440) Invent.in Scrope Castle Combe230 : 2 tryvetts.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)492 : Thre fotyd, as stolys or trestyllys or trevetys.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4923 : A litell chafour with a beyl and a lyd of laton, a morter, a trewd [?read: trevid].
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : Yn þe Backehousse..j grete caudren, j trevett.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)7.34 (v.1:p.85) : He was smett with such a blynde wodenesse that he halsid and kissid the pottis and the pannes, the cawdrons and the trefdis, wenyng alwey to han had somme of hem.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)3/11b : Tripos: trivet.
b
- (1219) Bk.of Fees262 : Hugo Trivet.
- (1352) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.2.37 : John Tryvet.
- (1387) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.196 : [The master of the hospital..has enclosed and blocked the king's highway called] Trevetlane.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 127/15 : Set a trevet over þe fire and þi panne with þi brymstone þeron, and late hit melt.
Note: Additional quote, sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. trivet.