Middle English Dictionary Entry
boidekin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | boidekin n. Also boitekīn, bode-, boidkin, boit-, bod-. |
| Etymology | ?OF *bois de cuing (cp. OF coign wedge, peak (of a helmet). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A dagger, stiletto; (b) an awl or punch; (c) a pestle; (d) as a name.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3897 : This false Brutus and hise othere foon..stiked hym with boydekyns.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3960 : But if he wolde be slayn of Symkyn..with knyf or boydekyn [vr. boytekyn].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2868 : Cesar..With boidekenys [vrr. boidekynes, Boydkynnys, Bodkins] percyng as an all He moordred was.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Mum.London (Trin-C R.3.20)78 : With bodekyns he was eslawe At þe Capitoyle.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.507a : Daggers, Wodeknyves, Boytkyns.
b
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)24/12 : Tak thanne a Renspyndle or a boydekyn &..thow shalt..make a litel hole [etc.].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)42 : Boydekyn [Win: Boydkyne] or bodekyn: Subucula, perforatorium.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)53b/a : Ptisonarium: a bodekyn.
d
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2462 : Willielmus Bodekin.