Middle English Dictionary Entry
cō̆rd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cō̆rd n. |
| Etymology | From accō̆rd . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Agreement, reconciliation; an agreement, a treaty of peace.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)58/27 : Þe scornes þet hi ziggeþ ope þe guode men..þet hi myȝten his draȝe to hare corde.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)409 : Olimpias..telliþ to Neptamabons Alle þeo aferis of Amon, And he to hire, by word and cord, Alle þe iestis of Amon his lord.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)45/979 : Misericordia et verytas..had bene at dyscord; þer was fayþfole made a feneal corde, Fore iusticia et pax mad ham to kus.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.165/24 : This is the ffinall corde i-maade bitwene vs and the same Adam of the same londe.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)110/11 : [Christ] made pees betwene heuene and erþe..and betwene man and man..betwene alle these Crist made..a good corde.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6399 : The corde is made, the mortuall werre is sese; Betwix hym and the Sowdon All is pece.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)2224 : Of all þe Almayns þey wyll be wreke: Of no corde wyll they speke.
2.
Mus. A chord, esp., a consonant chord.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)20a/b : Pictogoras clepiþ þe soule Armonye a cord of melody.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)242/6,22 : Þei must knou hou many cordis of discant þer be. As olde men seyen & as men syng nou-adayes, ther be 9..þu maist ascende & descende with almaner of cordis excepte 2 acordis perfite of one kynde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.209 : These cordes yfounde [L his concordis..expertis], Pictagoras ȝave names to theyme..that corde in nowmbres called sequaltera is diapente in sowndes.