Middle English Dictionary Entry
adese n.
Entry Info
| Forms | adese n. Also adise, adse. |
| Etymology | OE adesa |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An adz.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)550 : Ascia: ade[sa].
- (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.7099 : Vn Adise, pris ij d.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.44.13 : A carpenter stretchide forth a reule, he fourmyde it with an adese [L runcina].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1161 : Get rakis, crokis, adsis..And doubil bityng axis for this thornys.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)112 : Alle wey haue a gymlet & a dise.
- c1500 The shype ax (Ashm 61)53 : To hym than seyd the adys, And seyd: ȝe, ser, god glades [etc.].
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)8 : Ascia: adyse.