Middle English Dictionary Entry
codde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | codde n. |
| Etymology | Adapted from L cōd-ex. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The stem (of a plant).
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.148 : And yeerly from the codde awey let take The plauntes, lest their moder feynted be.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.111 : In wynter to his codde [L codicem] an heep of stonys Is good, that in the somer vtter don is.