Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒurden v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒurden v.(2) Also borden, burden, burten. P. burte. |
| Etymology | ML bordiare, burdeare & OF behorder; ME burten is blended with butten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To joust; ~ at, tilt at (the quintain), charge (a boar) with a spear; (b) to butt with horns; clash (together).
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1246) in Madox Baronia (1741)283 : Rex inhibuit omnibus..torneare, burdeare..sine licentia Regis facere præsumant. ]
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3122 : Boyes in þe subarbis bourden full heghe At a bare synglere that to þe bente rynnys.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)100 : After mete..yede the barouns and the knyghtes to boorde [OF behorder] in a feire pleyn.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)133 : After mete was the quyntayne reysed, and ther-at bourded [OF behorderent] the yonge bachelers.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)56 : Burton [Win: Burtyn], as hornyd bestys: Cornupeto, arieto. Burtynge: Cornupetus.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4626 : Þe mastes faste togidere burte.