wolde (c.1300)

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).

s.

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.xiv1/3 )  De lege vidz corkel ne de teyle a treefes ne de welde seyt nule custume prise  192
( 1430 )  .xxiiij. pointels de wold, pois .iiijC. – 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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