Middle English Dictionary Entry
tūder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tūder n. Also tuddor, (error) trudor. |
| Etymology | OE tūdor, tuddor, -er. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tidren v.
1.
Offspring, progeny; also, a fetus.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)107/3,6 : Gif wyf h[æ]bbe on hure innoþ dead[bo]ren trudor [OE tuddur; L pecus mortuum], ȝeni[m þyss]e wurte..sone hi[t] þæt tuddor ut sendeð.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)177 : Swo floweð þis woreld þenne men michel tuderið, and oref and deor and fishshes and fugeles, and here tuder swiðe wexeð and wel þieð and goð wel on hond.