Middle English Dictionary Entry
cedūle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cedūle n. Also sc(h)edule & sedule, sedel, -il. |
| Etymology | OF cedule, sedule & ML cedula, sedula, AL cedela, vars. of L schedula). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scedule n.
1.
(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill of particulars.
Associated quotations
a
- (1397) RParl.3.378b : Thomas Duk of Gloucestre..hathe iknowe and confessyd tofore the same William alle the matiere and poyntz iwrete in this grete roule annexid to this sedule.
- (1403-4) LRed Bk.Bristol2.183 : Ordynaunces comprehendyd in this cedule.
- (c1440) Paston2.50 : Y hafe found a cedule that makyth mencion of that prysonner.
- (1444) RParl.5.125a : Oute take thoo peynes that ben specialli lymyted upon the seid Baillifs in speciall Articles in this Cedule rehersed.
- (1447) Shillingford5 : How the seyde Richard Druell and William Speere spedde..hit appereth yn a sedule.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)58/18 : He prayed hym write his confession in a scrow, and at he wold giff it vnto þe bisshopp..And þe preste offerd þis cedull vnto þis bisshopp.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)131.121-24 (v.2:p.343) : He the whiche had reseyuyd the cedule of Seynt Dominic, brought yt forth .., the whiche cedule throwyn into the fyir .. styrt owt ageyn vnbrent.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1231/21 : And thys same day that I wrote the same sedull I was hurte to the dethe.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)121 : For thys trete and appoyntment welle and trewly [to] ben holdyn on oure parte, the forsaide Thomas [etc.]..unto thys sedylle (id est a bylle) of poyntmentt have sette to oure selys for the grete affyrmacyon of trought.
- a1500 Richardoune Stones (Add 34360)50 : Go, litel cedule, ande do thy besy cure.
b
- (c1420) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.3.172 : We sende yow closed wiyin yis lettre a Cedule contenyng ye names of certein Maistres.
- (1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7307 : Besechys mekely the pore tenauntry..to consider the grete grevaunce and myschief that thei stonde in as it apperes in a Cedule here to annexit.
- (1429) RParl.4.346b : The fourme and effect of the Cedule annexed to this Bille.
- (1444) RParl.5.75b : All the articles and matiers..conteyned in a Cedule herto annexud.
- (?1450) Paston2.185 : I sende you a sedell closed of their names in this same lettre.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1734 : Yit sawe I þere a cedule soutelly indited, With tuly silke intachid right atte rolle is ende, Y-write ful of wordes of woundres þat han falle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Three quots with initial 's-,' included here in the print MED, have been removed and given their own entry, s.v. scedūle n.