Middle English Dictionary Entry
bō̆rden adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | bō̆rden adj. Also burden. |
| Etymology | From bōrd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Made of boards; wooden.
Associated quotations
- (c1439) Will York in Sur.Soc.4597 : De j bordyn bedd, xij d.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)359 : Her hondis bounden at her bak with borden stauys.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3602 : Foure hundreth Olyfants..folowid..With ilkane bunden on his bake a borden castell.
- (1462) Will York in Sur.Soc.30262 : Unto ye vicars behove a burden bed, a feder bed, a par blanketts, a par shetes.