Middle English Dictionary Entry
bulder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bulder n. |
| Etymology | Short for bulder-stōn; prob. Scand.; cp. Swed. buller-sten & Du. bulderen, G. poltern rumble. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A stone worn round, boulder, cobblestone; ~ ston.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1790 : He gripen sone a bulder ston, And let it fleye..Agen þe dore.
- (1421) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3545 : Et in bulders emptis pro eodem pavimento.
- (1457) Acc.All Sts.Tilney22 : Buldyrys ad campanas.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2564 : So stonys out of numbir on hem flye, As thaugh the buldir hailed from the skye.