Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒndel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒndel n. Also bundel. |
| Etymology | Prob. ML (from Gmc.); cp. MDu. bondel, G bündel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bindel.
1.
A bundle or pack; a bunch (of figs, grapes); a bale (of skins); a raft (of logs).
Associated quotations
- (c1331) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.410 : Idem Johannes, c xxviii pelles i bondell incrementum.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)156a/b : A streme..bereþ forþ shippes..and bundelles [L strues] of treen & of wode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)230b/b : Purified wiþ a bondell [L fasciculo] of ysope.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 30.12 : Two bundels [WB(2): byndyngis; L ligaturas] of dried grapis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Kings 30.12 : A bundel [L massae] of drye figis and twei byndyngis of dried grapis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)SSol.1.12 : My derlyng is a bundel [L fasciculus] of myrre to me; he schal dwelle bitwixe my tetis.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)113/62 : Bynd bundels to-geder to be i-brent; Bynd spousebrekers with awouters..and cast ham in þe fuyre without end.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)254/824 : Make small bundels of origanum and seþe hem in wyne and lay hem alhote on his reyns.
- (1456) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.492a : For a bundell off grasse 1 d.
- (1466) Stonor1.87 : Y sende yow a capias..praying yowe to put hym yn to þe bondell amonges Berk. writtes.
2.
Brassiere, corset.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.2.32 : Whether forȝete shal the maiden of hir enournement, and the womman spouse of hir brest bundel [WB(2): brest girdil; L fasciae pectoralis]?