Middle English Dictionary Entry
bō̆rded ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | bō̆rded ppl. |
| Etymology | From bord . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a book: bound in boards; (b) ~ bed, a framed bed, a bedstead.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15145 : Item, j old Myssal, borded, begynnyng with the Kalender.
- (c1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15149 : Item, another old boke, not borded.
b
- (1387) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.277 : Basinys, lavours, bordidbed, furmys, stolis, chestis.
- (c1425) Stonor1.43 : vij lecti i-bordyd in diversis cameris.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30101 : Lego eidem optimum bordetbed in le withdrawyng chaumbre cum curtens pendentibus circa idem.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.26.29 : Golden ringis by þe which þe staues holden togyþers þe bordid sides [WB(2): werk of tablis; L tabulata].
Note: A. Macdonald suggests "wainscoted"--per JR