baldric
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Searchable Lemmata: baudré (AF), baldrea (L), bauderik (ME), baudrik (AF), batherick (OScots), baldric (MdE).
Alternate Forms: baldré, baldred, baldrei, badré, baldreus, bauderik, bauderyk, baudree, bauder, baudrek, baudrike, baudrik, bawdrike, bawdryck, bowdryke, bawderyke, baudric, baudrikie, baudrikis, bauderikes, baudrikkes, baudriz, bawderykys, bawdreykys, bawdrykes, bowrykes.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Accessory;
belt, band or sash of fabric or leather, usually worn diagonally over one shoulder and under the opposite arm, especially for carrying a sword, shield or other implement. Also worn ornamentally.(post 1150 still in current use)
2. sciatis quod recipimus a ... J. norwic' episcopo ... regalia nostra, sc. magnam coronam ... dandalia cirotecas, frettas, et calcaria ... tunicam, pallium, dalmaticam, baudream, sandalia
Legal.
[DMLBS Pat (35a) 1203]
3. item unum firmaculum cum iiij amaragdinibus, iiij saphiris, et iiij baleis et j turkeiso in hardillone ... baldredum de ... samitto cum kathmathis ...
Legal.
[DMLBS Pat (55-55a) 1205]
4. [52] ... saginas: hernais vel hucel ... [53] ... succinctoria: baudree ... galearum: chapau de feuter ... reticula: quaif ... insubelino: essubels vel heveldes ab insubilo ... reticulas: beablet
Gloss.
[AND TLL (ii 52-53) ante 1300]
9. A yonge knyght ... clothed in a short garnement ... girt with a bawdrike of silke
Merlin ... was clothed in a short garnement, party read and white
Arthurian, Heroic, Romance.
[MED Merlin ((Cmb Ff.3.11) 608) ante 1500]
Sex: Male Use: Military Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1b(n.)
Accessory;
strap or thong used for miscellaneous purposes: to ring a bell; as a wrestler's girdle; as a breast band or stay.(ante 1390 ? still in current use)
2. [24] ... Barrynge of harneys: Stipacio, constipacio ... [25] ... Barkyn lethyr: Frunio, tanno, tannio ... Barmclothe, or naprun: Limas ... [27] ... Batyldoure [Win: Batyldere] or wasshynge betylle: Feretorium ... Bawdekyn clothe or sylke: Olosericus ... Bawderyke: Strophius. ... Bedclothe, or a rayment for a bed: Lectisternium ...
Gloss.
[MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 24-27) circa 1440]
Sex: Male, Female Use: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, Two forms, undoubtedly of common origin but of uncertain relationship, may be distinguished. The first-attested is Old French/ Anglo-French baldrei, baudré, baudrei, etc., which is found in Latin is baldrea (etc.) and in Middle English c. 1300. In English this is superseded by the forms bauderyk, bawdrik etc. later in the fourteenth century; cf. Middle High German balderich, Latin baldringus. The ultimate etymology of these words has not been satisfactorily explained (OED is doubtful of a link to Latin balteus 'belt').
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: baudré, baldrea, baldredum.
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