adub
.
Searchable Lemmata: aduber (AF), adubbare (L), aduben (ME), a'dub (MdE).
Alternate Forms: adober, adobber, adoubber, adubber, adubler, adoubler, adubbé, adubbe, a-dubbe, adubbed, addubbata.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(vb.)
Utilisation;
to equip or arm; to clothe; to adorn (also with figurative senses); to clothe, arm or equip oneself (reflexive). See MdE dub (AF dubber, ME dubben, etc.) and L addubare.(circa 1100 - circa 1500)
1. Li reis iceste feste tint. Si richement les (his guests) aduba Que tuz jurz parlé en serra
Heroic, Historic.
[AND GAIMAR (6099) 1139]
2. [6389] ... Le fiz H. le desfublat, ... Sur la biere culchent le rei ... [6395] ... E[n]seveliz fud d’un tiret Dunt W. de M. Le jur devant ert adubez; Ne fud fors un sul jur portez Le mantel gris [dunt il] ostat ... [6397] ... Ne fud fors un sul jur portez Le mantel gris ... Desur la piere estendu l’at
Heroic, Historic.
[AND GAIMAR (6389-6397) 1139]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.) ;
armed knight (past participle as a subst.).(1125 - 1150)
Sex: Male Use: Secular Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2a(vb.)
Law/Custom;
to dub a knight; to confer honour or title. Cf. MdE dub (AF dubber, ME dubben, etc.).(1200 - 1650)
2. [183] ... I shall neuer be girde with swerde ... till that the kynge Arthur make me knyght, yef in me be so moche valoure that he will me adubbe [OF chevalier me doie faire] ... [190] ... I shall neuer be with swerde girte till that he me girde ... [191] ... Thei were wele armed and hadde on hattes of stile [F chapiaus de fer] as squyres vsed in tho dayes
Arthurian, Romance.
[MED Merlin ((Cmb Ff.3.11) 183-191) ante 1500]
Sex: Male Use: Secular Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.
2b(adj.)
Law/Custom;
dubbed; conferred with knighthood (participle as adjective).(ante 1225 - 1500 ?)
Sex: Male Use: Secular Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, From Old French adouber, adubber. The initial a- form is rare in English (cf. the MdE verb dub, from ME dubben/AF dubber). Also cf. Medieval British L addubbare (to stud).
Forms beginning 'dub-' (without the initial a-) appears in English as early as the first quarter of the twelfth century. While there are forms in Middle English beginning a-, they are later and infrequent (cf. The Prose Merlin, a1500). There are also a few forms without the initial a- in Old French and in Anglo-Norman, although they are generally thought to be later than the initial a- forms. Thus the relationship between the various languages is difficult to establish.
WF:
Etym Cog: addobbare (It), adobar (Sp).
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