Middle English Dictionary Entry
cendrīn adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cendrīn adj. & n. Also sendrin. |
| Etymology | Prob. OF adj., from cendre ashes; but perhaps also from cendre, vr. of cendal. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ash-colored, gray; also, as noun: cloth of this color; ? = cendal.
Associated quotations
- (1303) Acc.Executors in Camd.n.s.1056 : De una tunica et mantello de Cendryn furrata cum pellibus agninis cum caputio furrato de minutis variis pretti xx s.
- (1346) Will York in Sur.Soc.418 : Lego..fratri meo robam meam de sendryn cum furrura nigra.
- (1348) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.647 : [To John Chelchehiche a robe of] cendrine.
- (1349) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.692 : [A] Gyte [of] sendryn [with fur hood].
- (c1349) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3111 : iij vlni panni longi cendryn in Grano.
- (c1349) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.31102 : xiij vlni panni cendryn.
- (1413) Will All Sts.in BGAS 24123 : Lego Elionore Wagwell xx s. cum vna toga de cendry furrurata.
- a1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)p.35 : Caladista hath colour of sendrine.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1303) Acc.Executors in Camd.n.s.1055 : Iidem Executores respondent...de xviij s. de sex ulnis panni Sendryn venditis.
- (1303) Acc.Executors in Camd.n.s.1056 : Et de duabus supertunicis panni de Cendryn cum caputio furratis de minutis variis pretii xl s. Et de alia supertunica de Cendryn lineata cum caputio pretii v s.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)19225 : To Bredigan he [Merlin] wente..ful Nysly clothed..with a peyre of olde knopped schoon double clowted..with Sendryn hosen that weren browne [F de cauches noires de sinbrun], and of blak fustyan was his gowne.
- (1412) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.166 ()20 : Item quatuor ulne pannei lanei, videlicet de sendry coloris, cum una tela de russet precii xxvj s. viij d.
Note: Additional quots.
- (1386) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.108 : [5 dozens of black] russet [at 22s the dozen £5, 10 s; 10 yards of] semdrin [at 2s the yard, 20s].
Note: New form: Also..semdrin.
Note: Quot. needed for date.
Note: Editor's note: "A word of rare occurrence, except in the city records. It may be intended for Sandrine, i.e. Alexandrine, a rich striped silk material..Sharpe, Cal. of Wills II, p. xxxvii, connects the word with OF cendrins, cendrons, couleur de cendre and suggests ash-coloured material. To judge from the price and its position in the text, semdrin sems to be a woolen material, and Sharpe's suggestion is reasonable."
- (1412) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.166 ()22 : Lego Thome Sowreale capellano..aliam togam, scilicet sendry, et unam peciam non coopertam.
Note: New form: Also..sendri.
- (1433) *Will FitzJohn (Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] : Togam penulatam cuius vna pars est blake alire et ultra pars Sendren.
Note: New form: Also..sendren.
Note: Needed for date.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section (including supplement forms): Also cendrine, sendrin(e, sendren, semdrin & cendri, sendri.