Meanings
nounpayndemain (uncountable)
alternative pandemain
- uncountableA high-quality white bread, baked from the finest sifted flour, suitable for the lord of the manor.
And for the milling of one quarter of wheat, 4d. And for payndemain [fine bread] bought, 5d.
1996, A. R. Myers, English Historical Documents 1327-1485, page 7021 more example
Sir Thopas wex a doghty swayn. Whyt was his face as payndemain, His lippes rede as rose. His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn, And I yow telle in good certayn
1914, Charles Sears Baldwin (quoting Geoffrey Chaucer, An Introduction to English Medieval Literature, p. 215
Origin
From Latin panis domini, lord's bread.
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