Middle English Dictionary Entry

clabbed(e ppl.

Entry Info

Forms clabbed(e ppl.
Etymology

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Note: Stub entry.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.45ra (2.6) : Compaccioun of þe mater is when þe vryn is clabbede & clammede and clumprid togeder & rawe & indigest, i. hard for to defien.
  • ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.45ra (2.6) : Þe mater is so herd clabbed and clammyd & so onid togeder & fortifiede, be resoun of his crudite & of his indigestioun, þat he wiþstant & feiȝteþ herde wiþ þe kynde.
  • a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.28r (2.4) : Melancolie is so heuy & crude & compacte & indigest, i. so vnshaply & so rawe & so clabbed, clammede, & so wamble [read: vnable] to digestioun, þat he may noȝt so sone be diterminede, but wil last so longe tyme.
Note: New entry. Editor's gloss: 'clabbed(e), v. pa. ppl. 'clustered, clumped, coagulated'. Cf. (late) OED clabber, n. with derivatives.

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