[Sca-cooks] Harfleur 1415
Johnna Holloway
johnnae at mac.com
Wed Jun 3 13:32:02 PDT 2009
The electronic Middle English Dictionary is up at
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/
Cart is defined here
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?size=First+100&type=headword&q1=cart&rgxp=constrained
Wain is here
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED51520
Maybe the footnote is the medieval equivalent of covering all the bases,
ie 'to provide trucks and vans'
or 'minivans and crv's'.
Johnnae
Ian Kusz wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Johnna wrote:
>
>> /* Feeder a, /ix., 248. Robert Hunt, Sergeant-Carter, to provide carts and
>> wains for the King's use, May, 1415. /\M-, /31o, 312.
> Wait! I thought carts and wains were the same thing. As in, wains are
> carts, carts are wains. What's the difference?
>
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