Middle English Dictionary Entry
aberdē̆n(e n.
Entry Info
Forms | aberdē̆n(e n. Also h)aburden, habernden. |
Etymology | OF h)abordean, whence also MDu. habourdaen, aberdaen; cp. early MnE haberden, -in(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sun-dried or salt codfish.
Associated quotations
- (1282) Chanc.R.PRO249 : Stocfihs, aberden.
- (1289) R.Swinfield in Camd.5950 : In iiij Aberdene xvj d.
- (1305) Court R.Lond.186 : [Fish called] abberdene.
- (1370) Doc.in Rogers Hist.Agric.1616 : Haburdenne.
- 1463-4 Compota Dom.(1836) [OD Col.]49 : In MDCxx piscium salsorum vocatorum Kelynges, Aburdens, et Dogdrawe.
- (1476) Stonor2.19 : vj cowpull of haberndens.