Middle English Dictionary Entry
wrīd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wrīd(e n. Also (in place names) writh(e, wriða, wrth-, wart-, wert-, wirth-, with-, wireth-, worth- & (error) voride. |
| Etymology | OE wrīd, wrȳd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The stem or stalk of a plant;
(b) a clump of plants or leaves of a single plant growing together;
(c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.279].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)149/2 : Nim þeos wyrt & æscþrote anne wrid.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)155/2 : Cnuca þisse wyrte wrid on wine.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)tab.223 : Letuce with other herbis in a voride [vr. wride].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.207 : In herbis letuce vmbigoon wol growe…The raphe is roote; al other in letuce Vpgooth, & al on high they wole deuyde, Vche herbe in his colour, odour, & Iuce; Heere is an helful thyng, a wondir wride [rime: abide].
c
- (1161) EPNSoc.6 (Sus.) ()146 : Eisewriða.
- (1181) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.) ()247 : Wertorp.
- (1209-35) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)247 : Writhorp.
- (1225) in Ekwall Dict.EPN514 : Writhelington.
- (1245) EPNSoc.6 (Sus.) ()146 : Eysewrith.
- (1247) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)247 : Wirthorp.
- (c1257) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.) ()247 : Wrthorp.
- (c1270) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.) ()247 : Withrope.
- (1285) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)247 : Wyrethorp.
- (1342) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)233 : Warter.
- (1354) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.) ()247 : Worthorp.
- (a1400) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)233 : Wrydholm.