Middle English Dictionary Entry
vī̆aund(e n.
Entry Info
Forms | vī̆aund(e n. Also viand(e, via(u)nt, viaunce & (error) vande. |
Etymology | OF vïande, AF viaund(e, via(u)nt; for form vī̆aunce see ME garde-viaunce (var. of garde-viaunt n.) or AF viandz (sg. var. of viaunde). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Prepared food; a dish, esp. an elaborate dish; also fig.;
(b) cook. in names of specific dishes, freq. consisting of ground poultry or fish or fruit boiled in almond milk or wine, thickened, and colored yellow: ~ ardaunt, ?a dish served flambé; ~ broues, a kind of pottage; ~ burton, a sweet dish containing dates and raisins; ~ cipres (of samoun, ~ de (of) cipres, ~ de cipres bastard (real) [see quots.]; ~ d’espine, a dish presumably in the Spanish style [see quot.]; ~ ?goterigge, a dish of unknown ingredients; ~ (de) leche, leche ~, a jellied dish cut in strips or slices before serving; ~ motle, ?a dish having a streaked or marbled appearance; ~ real, a sweetened, jellied dish; friture ~, ?a meat fritter;
(c) food, sustenance; provisions;—also pl.;
(d) ?as surname [may be error for or abbreviated form of viaundour n.].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)167/20 : Men setten a table before him…& þere vpon flesch & dyuerse vyaundes.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)157 : Of divers wynes ther was no skarsete, Of straunge viaundys in sondry apparaille…To moore and lasse it snowyd doun plente.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)61 : Le iij cours: Mammenye Ryal, Vyand, Bittore, Curlewe, [etc.].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15434 : ‘Whan thow hast Robbyd thus A man Off hys honour…What dostow thanne with hys name?’…‘I maake a maner off vyaunde Off that name.’
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)17 : His dayly dyet was not muche in sotyle and delicate vyaunde.
- a1486(c1429) Menu Banquet Hen.VI in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)58 : Le iij Course…leche riall, a viaunde in paste.
b
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)45.4/1 : Vande [vr. viaunde] despyne: Milke of alemauns, flour of ris, braun of chapoun, festicade ane pertie istried abouen, poudree of clouwes idon þeryn so þat hit ȝeue god flauour of þe festicade; þe colour schal beo ȝoelu.
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)48.28/1 : Viaunde de Cypre: Milke of alemauns, flour of rys, poudre of gyngere, [etc.]…þe colour ȝoolu.
- c1400 Sln.468 Cook.Recipes (Sln 468)87.21/1 : To make viaunde of Cypre: Tak þe braun of capounes…& bray it in a morter smal as myed bred, & tak…almound melk…floure of rys & colour it with safroun.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)120.101/1 : Vyaunde Cypre of Samoun: Take Almaundes and…Samoun and seeþ it…Pyke out the bones out of the fyssh…& grynd it small, [etc.].
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)120.102/1 : Vyaund ryal: Take wyne greke oþer rynysshe wyne and hony clarified…flour of rys, powdour of gynger oþer of peper & canel…powdour of clowes, safroun, sugur cypre, mylberyes oþer saundres, & medle alle þise togider, boile it and salt it, and loke þat it be stondyng.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)129/6 : Of þeise snayles…men maken Vyaunde Riall for the kyng.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)456 : Viande Burton…Take…dates…reysynges of sypres and sethe hom all in red wyne…take the ȝolkes of eyren…gynger…saffron, [etc.].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)21 : Vyaund de cyprys bastarde: Take gode wyne, & Sugre…& caste to-gedere…take Iuse of Percile & Flowre of Rys, & Brawn of Capoun & of Chykonnys I-grounde…An coloure it wyth Safroun, [etc.].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)21 : Vyaund de ciprys Ryalle: Take…to del ȝolkys of eyron, þe þridde dele Hony…Clowes…Roysonys…brawn of Capoun, & hewe it smal…take wyne an boyle hem…tille it be as chargeaunt as it may.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)36 : Vyaund de leche: Take whyte Wyne a god quantite…þen putte þer-to raw ȝolkys of eyroun…pouder of clowys…an Safroun…lat it boyle tyl it be ryȝth chargeaunte an þen sette it doun…put þer-on Sugre…pouder Gyngere…presse hem vp…an leche it & serue it forth. Vyaund leche: Take cowe Mylke, & set it ouer þe fyre, & þrow þer-on Saunderys…hang þe croddys…in a fayre cloþe…put hony þer-to…lay it on a chesefatte or it be torne iij fold or iiij fold in lynen cloþe…& leche it.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)38 : Vyaund leche: Take a Tenche an steue hym…with Wyne…pyke owt þe bonys…an stampe hem in a morter; þen take a lytil of þicke Almaunde mylke & putte þer-to…caste þer-to Maces, Clowes…Safron…caste him in a dysshe & lat hem kele, [etc.].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)60,61 : Le j cours…Vyaund cyprys…Vyaund Ryal…Le iij cours…Vyaunt Ardant.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)63 : Le j cours: Furmenty with Venysoun, Vyand Goderygge…Le ij cours: Mammenye, Vyand Motlegh.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)67 : A potage called viaundbruse.
- c1450 Yale 163 Cook.Recipes (Yale 163)p.70 : Cold lech viaund: Take quynses boyled; pare hem…Cut hem yn pecys…do therto white grece that hony or sygure ys put yn & aley hem up with…raw yolkes of eyron…a lytyll almond mylke…poudres of safron.
- c1450 Yale 163 Cook.Recipes (Yale 163)99.74/15 : Loke no levis of the fyre ryse aboven the viaunt ryall for brennyng of the sewe.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)501 : Fruture viant, Frutur sawge byn good.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)102 : To mak viand de cipre, tak the braun of capon or of henne, parboille it…then hew it smalle in a mortair and putt ther to almond mylk, and lay it up…with flour of rise, coloure it with saffron…and sesson it with sugur.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)169 : Furmenty with venson, Vyant ryalle gylte.
- a1500 Sln.442 Menu in Hieatt Ord.Pottage (Sln 442)110 : The ffyrst cowrs: Venyson with furmete, Vyand bruce.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)34/44 : Whanne the lyown An hungred is, And that his vyande doth he Mys, thanne…schal he devoure This child.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)35/423 : The ne hadden neyther to mete ne to Mele, For Alle here vyaunde In to the Se fylle.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)48/307 : A wastable Contre…was scars of vyaunde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)926 : They…putten hire jn to strong towr…a Fenestre open, be enchosown here vyaundes to taken bothe vpe & down.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4121 : He þan askid þam of ynde…Quat was þaire viaunce in þa vales; ‘ser, venyson,’ þai said.
d
- (1161-2) in Pipe R.Soc.4 ()28 : Willielmus Viand’.
- (1324) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames364 : Emma Viaunde.