Middle English Dictionary Entry
brọ̄d n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | brọ̄d n.(2) Also broide, broud, brude. |
| Etymology | OE brōd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Coll. The offspring of an animal; esp., the young of birds and fish; ful of ~; (b) coll. children; descendants; (c) a child, an infant.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1633 : Ich not to hwan þu breist þi brod; Liues ne deaþes ne deþ hit god.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3674 : Hii ne mowe noȝt wel fle Vor feblesse of hor brode, ac wanne hor briddes rype beþ.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.201 : In oþer bestes..al þe brood is liche to þe same kynde.
- (1389-90) Statutes Realm2.67 : Le frie ou brood des salmons, laumpreis ou dautre pessoun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)159b/b : Smale fysshe bringeþ forth here brode in place where ynne is but litil water.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)266a/a : Þe asse..gendreþ no brood ar he be ful þre ȝeer olde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)272a/a : Þanne þe brood of been hyues multiplieþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)301b/b : Þe bere schapeþ wiþ hire tonge þe brood þat sche bredeþ and bryngeþ forþ.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)121 : The foulere..distroyed hadde hire brod.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)53 : Brode of byrdys: Pullificacio.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)5 : He schall se..Duckes, Cootes, herons, & many oþer fowlys with þer brodys.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)143.16 : Thaire shepe ful of brode [L fetose].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1507 : Þar he wond ai wit his brode [rime: flode].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18287 : Þe prince sathan sal lenge in pine..In-sted of adam and his broide [rime: gode].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)124/237 : And a howse full of brude, she drynkys well to.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1929 : For it aȝe noȝt slik ane Asald nane abletus to off werres, Bot at þe bowlis as a brode or with a ball playe.
2.
(a) Descent, lineage; race, family, kin; kind of ~, nature derived from one's ancestors, native manners; (b) kind of person or thing; netes ~, cattle.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)130 : Al so hit is bi þan ungode Þat is icumen of fule brode.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1595 : Bote a ssipuol þer of scapede..War of com þat luþer brod þat among men ȝut is.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.395 : I..wende forþ in to Wales, To that noble brood Of Priamus his blood.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.203 : Off broodes þat beeþ wonderliche i-schape, me axeþ ȝif þey come of Adam and Noe.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.3156 : Ech werm sum parti tarageth of his brood. And what mor pereilous than vnkynde blood?
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)430 : We ben breþeren of brod, brouht into þis worde Alle coruen of a king.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)160 : Sith yee be in company of honest men & good, Worchith somwhat aftir, & let þe kynd of brode Pas for a tyme.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3712 : Ðes xii..tolden hem ðe lond is god, ful of erf and of netes brod.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.383 : Touchende as of Envious brod I wot noght on of alle good.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4375 : Ther is yit on of thilke brood, Which only for the worldes good..Put alle conscience aweie.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1146 : Fewe ben ther now left of þe brood That he cam of.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1053 : Þan left he lightnes of all brode And gaue him ay to grace and gode.
3.
(a) The unborn or unhatched young; gon with ~, to be with young, be pregnant; setten on (to) ~, to set (a hen); fig. to put (metals) to work multiplying; sitten on ~, to sit on eggs to hatch them; (b) ~ gos (hen), a goose (hen) used for hatching eggs.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)312b/b : Stynche sleeþ þe brood of bestes in þe moder wombe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)141a/a : Þilke..vsiþ mareys..for makynge nestis..for sittynge on broode, and forto brynge vp here briddes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)286b/a-b/b : In alle kynde of bestes þilke that gendreþ or goþ wiþ brood hatte fetans oþer pariens..Fruyte, brood, and burþe of þe wombe of a womman and of euerich oþer femel beste hatte fetus.
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)1.575 : What woman cannot sette an hen on broode?
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)145 : She dooth bisinesse to sette bras and yren to brode for to engendre oother poudre.
- a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)32 : He is lyke, by the rode, A sory laueroke satt on brode Opon two adyll eggis.
b
- (1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : Jtem, vi broudgees.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100398 : Item in Coquina..2 brodgeys et 3 Juvines.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvii : Pultaria. In primis remanent..iij brodgees' et j anca juvenca.
- (1417) *Close R.4 Hen.V m.7 [OD col.] : De quacunque auca preter aucas brodeges vulgariter numcupatas, sex pennas alarum suarum.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)49 : Coppeld, my brode-henne, was broȝt out of Kent.