Middle English Dictionary Entry
waid(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | waid(e n. Also (?error) woide. |
| Etymology | AF weide, voide, AF/ONF waide (vars. of OF guaide) & AL waida, weida; most quots. prob. AF or AL. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wod(e n.(1).
1.
The dyestuff made from the plant Isatis tinctoria, woad; also in designations for woad of specific geographical origin.
Associated quotations
- (1359) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.142 : De qualibet assisa de wayd, obolum.
- (1371) Doc.Cust.Sea in NRS 4991 : Triginta et quinque bale wayde, et sex bale de alum.
- (1387) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.1321 : Unum quadrantem de quolibet quarterio waide.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.8 : Pro iij dol waide de Ripland val. xij li.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.10 : D’ Johe Bolton pro v dol waide ripland val. xv li.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.21 : Pro iiij dol waide brabanc.
- (1410) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)8.634 : De quolibet Quarterio Waide Venalis, duos Denarios.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)181 : Of smal trussys of clothys, tunnes of woide [ID(1): weyde]…it is ordeyned that other power, porturys or bererys, moun travaylyn among these thynges.
- -?-(1428) Will in Som.RS 16126 : [I bequeath to Lucy Stevenys three measures of…] waid.