Middle English Dictionary Entry
clod(d)red ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | clod(d)red ppl. Also cloth(e)red. |
| Etymology | From clod(d)re n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Clotted; (b) lumped (together).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2745 : The clothered [vrr. clotered, clotred, cloþred, cloted] blood..Corrupteth.
- a1425(a1349) Rolle MPass.(2) (Upps C.494)58/10 : Þi loueli face is becomen al pale, þi heer clodred al wiþ blode.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)19b/a : The substaunce of þe lyuer is rede and flesshy as it were clodrede [*Ch.(1): coagulate; L coagulatus] blood.
b
- c1450 Siege Jerus.(1) (Add 31042)30 : Clotherede to gedir [Ld: So a canker vnclene hit cloched to gedres].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 De Hum.Natur.(Trin-C R.14.52)268/246 : The meane forsoth that withynne the high doccocciouns in maner of nootis higheth, withyn the same space bloode, clodered.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).