Middle English Dictionary Entry
clodden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | clodden v. Also cloddy, cludden. |
| Etymology | From clod n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To coagulate or clot.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)24a/b : Natural humours ben coaguled, i. clodded [L coagulantur]..the vnnatural humowrs forsoþe ben nouȝt clodded.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)29b/b : Þe blood..be not cludded [*Ch.(1): coagulate or crudded].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)181b/b : A medecyne..cloddeþ [*Ch.(1): coagulateþ, i. cruddeþ] it [a bleeding wound] with drienge.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)78/1 : Tak virgine-wex and olye dolye..seth hem up in som vessel til it is clod.
2.
(a) To break up the lumps of earth (after plowing); (b) to cover (seed) with earth.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.28 : Now lond..ye moste hit plowe eftsones, Ek dilygently cloddy [vr. clodde] hit, pyke owt stones.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)114 : Cloddyn, or brek cloddis: Occo.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.8 : With barly..And benes..clodde hem large, as wel they may be wrie.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.69vb (2.10) : Þe humores of mannes body ar taken wiþ hete afore-goande & smyt wiþ a colde comande, & so þai engrosen and clodden & clompren togedre and ar distemperede, and þerof ar often tyme causede dyuerse febres.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.76vb (2.13) : Blode congeleþ, i. waxeþ colde & cluddeþ and clompreþ togeder, & swart and blak in coloure.
Note: Additional quots., sense 1.