Middle English Dictionary Entry
canne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | canne n. Also can(e, kan(ne. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A container for water: jar, bucket, can, pot.
Associated quotations
- (a1333) Herebert Herodes (Add 46919)11 : He made vulle wyth shyr water six cannes by þe leste.
- (1399) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81129 : Pro j cane ad portandam aquam pro lavatoriis.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4548 : De ij cannes de corio.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)John 2.6 : There weren set sixe stonun cannes [WB(1): pottis; L hydriæ]..holdynge ech tweyne ether thre metretis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)243 : Here petyr and johan gon forth, metyng with symon leprows beryng A kan with watyr.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)21a : A Cane vbi pott: orca, ocula [Monson: orcula].
- a1500(?a1375) Hermit & O.(Add 22577)199 : On her hed sche bar a canne; The watyr over the brerde ran.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)214/319 : Ye shall then se..a man beryng water in a can.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. can.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.69 : [a] rak [for] kannes [and 3] kannes, [4 s.].
Note: Needed for date.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL