Middle English Dictionary Entry
budde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | budde n. Also bodde. |
| Etymology | Cp.?MDu. botte bud, etc.; ?OF bout tip, end. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bud (of a flower or spray); also, a fresh shoot or spray, the first stage in the development of fruit (as of grapes); (b) a seed pod.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)228b/b : Somtyme bourgyng of buddis beþ ygnawe and frete wiþ flies..and þanne is non hope of fruyt.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)240a/a : Buddys of floures and of fruyte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)54 : Budde of a tre: Gemma, botrio, frons.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knoppe or bud [vr. burge] of a tre: Gemma.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1046 : Men graffe him [almonds] now, theire graffus budde [L germinibus] vngrowe.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1300 : Veer..Whan Rounde buddys appere on braunchys soote.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)60 : Smale buddes and rounde blomes lyte.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)110/290 : iiij pound of the ȝong buddis of poplers.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)75 : Herbes for a Salade: Buddus of Stanmarche.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)76 : Rose buddus.
b
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)242/775 : Tak popy iiij pound of þe buddis.
2.
(a) The center (of a rose); (b) a speck or dot; (c) a trifle.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.4 (Hrl 2169)230 : Yn every chapelet v rose, the bouddys wythyn golde.
b
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1214 : Orfrayes of grene welwet with buddys of gold pouder.
c
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)61 : He that with thilke haubergeoun is clothed preyseth it [Death] nouht at a bodde [F ne la prise un bouton].
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)128 : Neither strengthe of folk..ne here wittes j preyse not at a budde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bud.