spencen.¹

Brit.

/spɛns/, U.S.

/spɛns/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s spens(e, Middle English spenyse.

Etymology: Aphetically < Old French despense (modern French dépense ), = Spanish despensa , Portuguese despensa , Italian dispensa , medieval Latin despensa , dispensa (rarely spensa ), in the same sense: compare dispense n.¹ So Swiss dialect spense. The prefix de- is similarly dropped in other words; in this case there may have been association with spense n.

1. A room or separate place in which victuals and liquor are kept; a buttery or pantry; a cupboard. Now dialect or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun]

cellar?c1225

larderc1305

pantrya1325

butleryc1325

spencec1386

larder-house1390

aumbrya1398

lardinera1400

meatfettle1440

spinde1481

selyer1483

pantyr?a1500

vault1500

eschansonnery1514

lardrya1552

lard-house1555

coveyc1593

brine-house1594

dispense1622

reservatory1647

provedore1694

ice cellar1735

spring house1755

provision house1787

futtah1834

pataka1842

α.

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 223 Fat as a whale, and walking as a swan; Al vinolent as Botel in the spence.

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23026 I hadd no maner lyberte;..in the seller, nor in the spence, ete nor drynke on no syde.

c1460 Play of Sacram. 529 He syttyth with sum tapstere in y^e spence.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Qiij If we..bring out of (the buttery) or spence all the meate that is left.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. v. 22 [A] vaulted roome, which shal also be for the huswifes vse and serue for a spence, to keepe her prouision of victuals in.

1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S.) 183 Our Sew hes been 'ith Spence, thrawn down Whigg-Stand.

1720 Postmaster 25 Nov. 103 House..contains Four Chambers,..a Kitchen, with two Spences.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Spence, a small place for setting milk or drink in, made with wainscot, or a lattice.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 253 In one large aperture, which the robber facetiously called his spence (or pantry).

1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. (1871) Ser. i. 110 Nancy must have something to drink before she started for Penzance, and she went to the spence for the bottles.

figurative.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xix. xii. 141 These cruell enterludes, which out of a spence or budget of craftie devices he brought forth.β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 578 Dispensa, a spense.?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1441 He bare þe bordeclath to þe spens.1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xv. f. 151^v I haue .II. spensis: one for euery day: a nother for store of all vitayle, tyll newe come.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6 Hir keyes..of hir spens, hir ark of hir claithing and jewells, or of hir cist or coffer.

2. Scottish. An inner apartment of a house; a parlour.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > best room

chamber1644

front room1679

best room1719

fore-room1728

spence1786

parlour1825

speak-a-word room1825

α.

1786 R. Burns Poems 67 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 Ben i' the Spence, right pensivelie, I gaed to rest.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 139 They rushed into the spence (a sort of interior apartment in which the family eat their victuals in the summer season), but there was no one there.

1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 154 Others assisted in conveying the invalid to the spence of the inn, which had been readily offered for the accommodation of the family.

3. attributive, as spence-basket, spence-door.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Spens Spense-Door, the door between the kitchen and the spense.

1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ix. 180 A peg behind the spence door.

1881 J. E. Cussans Hist. Hertfordshire III. ii. 321 Spence-Basket, a basket used by waggoners to hold provisions for their journey.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† spencen.²

Forms: Also Middle English spense.

Etymology: Substituted for spencer n.¹, after spence n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

A steward.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward

stewardc1000

spencea1300

spender1340

spencerc1380

maître d'hôtel1540

major-domo1589

dapifer1636

khansama1645

sirkar1772

maître d'1942

a1300 Cursor Mundi 28740 For quat [need] es þat spense [v.r. spenser] mai be Nithing þar þe lauerd es fre.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 165 Hir spense [v.r. spensar] knew hir fleysleye.

1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 222 The spens [?a1500 spenser] come in w^t keis in his hand.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. ii. 367 In the scripture we meete with these wordes, the iudge of vniustice, the spence of wickednesse, the man of sinne,..which in our phrase of speaking, do signify an vniust iudge, a wicked spence, and a sinnefull..man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	spence
释义	spencen.¹ Brit. /spɛns/, U.S. /spɛns/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s spens(e, Middle English spenyse. Etymology: Aphetically < Old French despense (modern French dépense ), = Spanish despensa , Portuguese despensa , Italian dispensa , medieval Latin despensa , dispensa (rarely spensa ), in the same sense: compare dispense n.¹ So Swiss dialect spense. The prefix de- is similarly dropped in other words; in this case there may have been association with spense n. 1. A room or separate place in which victuals and liquor are kept; a buttery or pantry; a cupboard. Now dialect or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] cellar?c1225 larderc1305 pantrya1325 butleryc1325 spencec1386 larder-house1390 aumbrya1398 lardinera1400 meatfettle1440 spinde1481 selyer1483 pantyr?a1500 vault1500 eschansonnery1514 lardrya1552 lard-house1555 coveyc1593 brine-house1594 dispense1622 reservatory1647 provedore1694 ice cellar1735 spring house1755 provision house1787 futtah1834 pataka1842 α. c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 223 Fat as a whale, and walking as a swan; Al vinolent as Botel in the spence. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23026 I hadd no maner lyberte;..in the seller, nor in the spence, ete nor drynke on no syde. c1460 Play of Sacram. 529 He syttyth with sum tapstere in y^e spence. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Qiij If we..bring out of (the buttery) or spence all the meate that is left. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. v. 22 [A] vaulted roome, which shal also be for the huswifes vse and serue for a spence, to keepe her prouision of victuals in. 1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S.) 183 Our Sew hes been 'ith Spence, thrawn down Whigg-Stand. 1720 Postmaster 25 Nov. 103 House..contains Four Chambers,..a Kitchen, with two Spences. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Spence, a small place for setting milk or drink in, made with wainscot, or a lattice. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 253 In one large aperture, which the robber facetiously called his spence (or pantry). View more context for this quotation 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. (1871) Ser. i. 110 Nancy must have something to drink before she started for Penzance, and she went to the spence for the bottles. figurative.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xix. xii. 141 These cruell enterludes, which out of a spence or budget of craftie devices he brought forth.β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 578 Dispensa, a spense.?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1441 He bare þe bordeclath to þe spens.1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xv. f. 151^v I haue .II. spensis: one for euery day: a nother for store of all vitayle, tyll newe come.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6 Hir keyes..of hir spens, hir ark of hir claithing and jewells, or of hir cist or coffer. 2. Scottish. An inner apartment of a house; a parlour. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > best room chamber1644 front room1679 best room1719 fore-room1728 spence1786 parlour1825 speak-a-word room1825 α. 1786 R. Burns Poems 67 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 Ben i' the Spence, right pensivelie, I gaed to rest. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 139 They rushed into the spence (a sort of interior apartment in which the family eat their victuals in the summer season), but there was no one there. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 154 Others assisted in conveying the invalid to the spence of the inn, which had been readily offered for the accommodation of the family. 3. attributive, as spence-basket, spence-door. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Spens Spense-Door, the door between the kitchen and the spense. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ix. 180 A peg behind the spence door. 1881 J. E. Cussans Hist. Hertfordshire III. ii. 321 Spence-Basket, a basket used by waggoners to hold provisions for their journey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † spencen.² Forms: Also Middle English spense. Etymology: Substituted for spencer n.¹, after spence n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A steward. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward stewardc1000 spencea1300 spender1340 spencerc1380 maître d'hôtel1540 major-domo1589 dapifer1636 khansama1645 sirkar1772 maître d'1942 a1300 Cursor Mundi 28740 For quat [need] es þat spense [v.r. spenser] mai be Nithing þar þe lauerd es fre. c1325 Metr. Hom. 165 Hir spense [v.r. spensar] knew hir fleysleye. 1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 222 The spens [?a1500 spenser] come in w^t keis in his hand. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. ii. 367 In the scripture we meete with these wordes, the iudge of vniustice, the spence of wickednesse, the man of sinne,..which in our phrase of speaking, do signify an vniust iudge, a wicked spence, and a sinnefull..man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹c1386n.²a1300
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