Middle English Dictionary Entry
cud(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cud(e n. Also cọ̄de, coude, cudde, cuid, quede, quide; (errors) cote, cute, gudde. |
| Etymology | OE cudu (vrr. cweodu, cwidu, cwudu, quidu). For cọ̄d(e, cp. ME wọ̄d(e from OE wudu (vrr. widu, wiodu, etc.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Gum, resin, mastic; cobbler's wax; cheuen ~, to chew mastic; (b) Spanish ~, a resin from Spain; whit ~ [cp. OE hwit-cudu], mastic.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/3 : He hine forhabban wyð feala cunna metas..& þe cudu ceowe, and drince leoht wyn.
- (1358) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.301 : [They shall not put into their] wykes [any fat] code, [rosin, or other manner of refuse].
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)99/9 : Buttys and oþir vessels [for wine]..are here rasyd and gummyd with picche, code, & oþir horrible & vnholsome þinges.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)85 : Code, sowters wex: Coresina [vr. cerisina].
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)36/67 : Seith hem in wyne till hit be as thike as guddes.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)108/287 : Take a lyttell virgyn wex..and as moch of raw code.
- c1450 WBible(2) (Bod 277)Ex.2.3 : Coode [Roy: sche..took a leep of segge and bawmede it with tar [WB(1): glewishe cley]].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)91/13-16 : Take peresine, so it be good, þat is raw code, and frankensense, and melte it with cod, and gumme arabyke..and loke þat þou take more of þe code þanne of all þe toþer gummys.
- a1486 Arms Chivalry (Mrg M 775)43 : They muste be wexid with cordeweneris coode.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)5/33 : Fendes cryyng..'Cast ynto þe cawdren, sethe fast yn pyche and cood, and brymston and hot leed.'
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)57/13 : A pound of clene code, smal y-broke.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/4 : Ac ceowe hwytes cuduwys sæd..ælce dæȝ.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)47/14 : Ȝenym hwit cude and alewan and mirra.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)161 : Tak yre a quarteron of spaynysche code, or of clene roseyn.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)132/28 : Take a pound of spanyche code, and breke it smal.
2.
(a) The cud of a ruminant; also, cud chewed by a certain fish; (b) cheuen ~, to chew the cud; cheuen ~ upon, think about (sth.); (c) ~ poke, the maw of a fish.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)161a/a : Among fysshe, onelich þat fysshe [eschaurus] cheweþ his kode.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)85 : Cudde, of bestys chewynge: Rumen.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)31a : A Cvte [Monson: Cote] of a beste: Ruma, Rumen.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1237 : Oxe chewweþþ þær he gaþ Hiss cude.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hos.7.14 : Thei chewiden cud [WB(2): code] vpon whete and wijne [L super triticum et vinum ruminabant].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)260b/b : Eueriche beste þat haþ horn and no tieþ aboue chieweþ his code and haþ many wombes..þe mete is y-drawe out of þe more wombe to þe mouþ and to be eft y-chiewed.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1958 : A beist has clouen fote in tua An chewand cude [Göt: code], ȝee ete o þaa.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)prol.15/23 : He forbede hem alle þilke beestes..bote ȝef þei chewed hure code.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Lev.11.3 : Alle that han the clee dyuydid and chewith kude [WB(2): code; vr. quede], in beestis, ȝe mowen eete.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.14.6 : Al beest that..chewith code [WB(2): vr. quide].
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)10/22 : Þai say also þat we synne dedly in etyng of bestez þat ware forbedd in þe alde lawe, as swyne, hares, and oþer bestez þat chewes noȝt cudde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)74 : Chew the cood, of bestys: Rumino.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)24a : To Chewe þe cuyd [Monson: Cud]: Ruminare.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)52 : Þey ete þer fell, & þen þey chewe there cude.
c
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)455/31 : Þer was a ffyssch broght hym..and he garte oppyn itt befor hym and fand hys ryng in þe cudpoke þeroff.
3.
A lump, gobbet.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)96 : Cowde: Frustrum, congiarium.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 134/33 : Forto make cordewaneres code. Take .j. pounde of ȝelowe rosyne and melte hit inne a potel of ale drestis, [etc.].
Note: Additional quot., sense 1.(a).