Middle English Dictionary Entry
chīmbe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chīmbe n. Also chim(e, cimbe. |
| Etymology | OF chimbe, vr. of cimbe, cimble. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. cymbal.
1.
(a) A cymbal; cunnen ~, know how to play the cymbal or chimes; (b) a set of bells or gongs (as in a bell tower), a chime; also, one bell in such a set.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12193 : Als a chim [vrr. chime, chymbe] or brasin bell, þat noþer can vnderstand ne tell Wat takens þair aun sune.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)150.5 : Loues him in chimbes ofe mirthe and blisse.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511:Madden)p.331 : He couth so mykelle musik and chyme, That the pupille said in his tyme, He was god of fithelers.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)191 : Al þe toun byhonged was..Orgnes, chymbes, vche manere glee, Was dryuen aȝein þat leuedy free.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11387 : Belles, chymbes [F cymbes], & symfan.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)21391 : Tabowrers wyth chimbys so merye gonne rynge.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)150.5 : Louys him in chymys wele sownand; louys him in chymys of ioiynge..Chymys wele sownand ere oure lippis.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)4267 : As metal that wer sounyng..or as a chynbe [corr. chymbe] began to tyng.
b
- (1453) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12218 : Item j parvum orologium cum iij parvis chymes.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4919 : The chymes at Seynt Marie awt[er], and the chymes in ye stepyll.
- (1473) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51467 : Payd to Syr Wyllm Wellys for kepying of the chyrch clok and chyme at Morrow Messe for half a yere iiij s.
- a1525(?1467) Cov.Leet Bk.335 : Þat þe wardeyns of þis Cite shall amend þe Clok and þe Chyme.
2.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1851 : His chymbe-bellen he dooþ rynge, And dooþ dasshe grete tabourynge.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)81 : Chyme bell: Cimbalum.
b
- (1473) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3581 : Johanni Newbald, chyme maker.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1473) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51467 : Payd to Syr Wyllm Wellys for kepying of the chyrch clok and chyme at Morrow Messe for half a yere iiij s.
Note: Needed in sense 1.(b) for date.--per MLL