Middle English Dictionary Entry
wẹ̄der(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wẹ̄der(e n. |
| Etymology | From wẹ̄den v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A person who removes weeds;
(b) a tool for removing weeds.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)220a/a : Þer is oþer maner carduus þat is enemy to corn…& haþ moche seede and may vnneþe…be destroyed þer it growiþ oones, but þe weederes [L cultoris] bysily drawe vp þe more and roote.
- (1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15130 : vj weders, v days, price vj s. iij d.
- (1451-2) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)313 : Also for…stakes, rayles to the gardyn, gardeners, and weders, xlv s. vj d.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)56b/b : Runcio: a wedere [Pep: Weder] or a gropere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)519 : Wedare: Runco.