Middle English Dictionary Entry
brand-īre(n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brand-īre(n n. Also brond-, brend-, brand-erne. |
| Etymology | OE brand-īren, -īsen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A gridiron or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)489 : Trepet, gridile, et paiele: Brandirne, rostinghiron, and panne.
- (c1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : Jtem ii aundires and a brandire.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvii : Item j brandyrne, j potclames.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4579 : Pro j longo brandyryn pour le range, pro ollis superponendis.
- (1424-5) EEWills56/27 : A peyre rakkes of yryne and to brandernes.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)66 : Take grene plantes of asshe, and ley hem on a brendiren & brenne hem.
- (a1467) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.lxxviii : They toke a brandyrun and set hit in the fyr tyll yt was glowyng hote, and then they toke the blynd man and wold have set him upon hit.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)626 : Tripos: brondyre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 6/17 : Take þat pot with þy þre potell of vryne and sette hit on a brend-yren ouere þe fire.
Note: Need date.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. brandiron.