Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒurd(e)ful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒurd(e)ful adj. |
| Etymology | From bǒurde . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a person: full of jests or tales; of words or stories: jesting, jocular.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Wisd.(Cld E.2)1.11 : This is vndurstondun of a dedly leesing, not of a bourdeful leesing.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3952 : Antenor also was abill man of wit..Bourdfull among buernes, blithe of his wordis.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)136/13 : Ȝif þou be a menstrall, a bourdour, & schewyst bourdefull woordys & many iapys for wynnyng [etc.].