Middle English Dictionary Entry
wambais n.
Entry Info
Forms | wambais n. Also wambeis. |
Etymology | OF wambeis, wanbais (vars. of gambais) or MDu. wambeis, wambais; the word may be AF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= gaumbisoun n.
Associated quotations
- (1181) in Stubbs Select Chart.154 : Omnes burgenses et tota communa liberorum hominum habeant wambais et capellet ferri et lanceam.
- (1263) Rec.Norwich 1205 : Unum quirre de vaccine cum plateis ferreis precii dimidie marce et unum Wambeis.