Middle English Dictionary Entry
bog n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bog n. |
| Etymology | Ir. bog soft, bogach swamp. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Swamp, morass; (b) as a personal name: Bogge [orig. dat.].
Associated quotations
a
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3146 : Johannes atte Bogge.
- ?a1450 Reg.Gormanston175 : Memorandum off the varyans at was betwene Sir Symon Londyrs..& Crwyce..as towching the bog off Balmartene.
- ?a1450 Reg.Gormanston175 : Men off fyw score yere hold & more sware & deposyd that þe bogg was Londrys.
b
- (1333) Sub.R.Wor.in Wor.HS (1899)15 : Willelmus Bogge.
- (1412) Feudal Aids 6497 : Baldewynus Bogge.