Anglo-Norman Dictionary

wolde (c.1300)

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wolde (c.1300)

[gdw]

FEW: *walda 17,486b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: gaude 9,689a TL: gaude 4,217 DEAF: gaude G396 DMF: gaude TLF: gaude OED: weld n.1 MED: weld(e n. DMLBS: welda 3734c

welde; wold

Because of formal similarities and a contextual overlap the word may at times have been confused with weide ('woad', a plant used in dyeing).

1 bot. colour weld, dyer's rocket, plant with yellowish-green flowers, Reseda luteola (or the yellow dye prepared from it):

( c.1300 ) De chescun tone de weyde: .vj. d. De la piere (corrected in the manuscript to 'pointelle') de wolde: qa. ii 10

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) De lege vidz corkel ne de teyle a treefes ne de welde seyt nule custume prise 192

( 1430 ) .xxiiij. pointels de wold, pois .iiij^C. – cust. .xvj. d. 100.543

wilde wolde

1 bot. weld, dyer's rocket, plant with yellowish-green flowers, Reseda luteola:

( MS: c.1300 ) A fere jaune colur: Pernet wilde wolde, si le fetes quire en forte lessive e metet en ce votre drap 309.81

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