Middle English Dictionary Entry
clod(d)re n.
Entry Info
| Forms | clod(d)re n. Also cluddre, cluther. |
| Etymology | Cp. clod & cluster. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A clot; (b) as term of association: ~ of cattes (carles, cherles), a gathering (of cats, men, churls), group.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)318 : In cloddres of blod his her was clunge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : Þat þe wonde [be] wele mundified of þe cludderez or burblez [*Ch.(2): cludde of blode; L trumbis].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64a/b : Þu shale boþe wiþholde þe blode & þu shale coagle aboue a cloddre or trumbe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)91b/a : Takyng a way þe trumbez, i. clodrez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)38b/a : Þe sotil is vaporede and like to a hard cluddre [*Ch.(1): stony coagulacioun; L coagulationi lapidee].
b
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A clodre of cattes.
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)232 : A cluther off churlez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.6vb (1.2) : Ryȝt as whei is..pressede oute fro þe mylke þrogh wirkyng and trauaylyng and þristyng out of þike matere, i. fro þe cloddres & þe clompres and þe cruddes, riȝt so þe vryn is pressede and wrongen and clensede out fro ..þe clode and clompre of blode.
Note: Need date, sense 1.(a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- 1448 in Hodgkin Proper Terms134 : A Clowder of Karlys.
- a1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms134 : A clowdyr of carlys.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A Clouder of cattes.
Note: New forms: Also..clouder, cloudir.
Note: All quots. needed for date in sense (b).
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)232 : A cluther of kattez.
- a1500 in Hodgkin Proper Terms134 : A Clowder of Karles.
Note: Additional quots. for sense (b).
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 clouder, cloudir, cluddre, cluther; pl. cloddres & clodrez, cludderez.--all notes per MLL