Middle English Dictionary Entry
wīnd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wīnd(e n. |
| Etymology | From OE -winde (as in ber-winde, ed-winde, gearn-winde, nǣder-winde, wudu-winde, etc.) & prob. ME wīnden v.(1); also cp. (esp. for sense (a)) MDu., MLG winde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel ~, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail;
(b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn may be wound into a ball, a yarn-winder; yarn ~ [OE gearn-winde; cp. ME yarn-windel, s.v. windel n.(4)];
(c) ?a pattern of ornamentation with curving or interweaving lines [cp. winding(e ger.(1) 4.(d)];
(d) in plant names: wether ~, the woodbine or honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium); withe ~, q.v.; wode ~ [see wode n.(2)].
Associated quotations
a
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 273 : In j petra cord’ de canabo pro vna Midelwynd inde faciend’ precium, xij d.
- (1399) *Acc.Exch.K.R.473/11.m.2 dorso (PRO) [OD col.] : Reddit compotum de vna Machina vocata Wynde.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)443 : Puis coveint a la voidere [glossed:] yarnewinde [vrr. wynde; yarnwyndel].
c
- (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.7096 : iiij Gobelettes dargent ennorres, dount iij graues de diuerses ouerages, et le quarte chaces al maner dune Wynde, chascun esteaunt sur iiij leones.
- (1423) RParl.4.216 : Item, 1 Coupe d’or, chacez d’un Wynde, garniz d’un Saph’.
d
- c1300 Add.15236 Gloss.(1) (Add 15236)110/76 : Caprifolium: gallice, chevrefoyle; anglice, wetherwynde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)628 : Iurgillum: ȝarnewyne [?read: wynde].
Note: New spelling: Also (?error) wyne.
Note: Belongs to sense (b).--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. wind 2.