Middle English Dictionary Entry
alb-espine n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alb-espine n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The European hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha).
Associated quotations
- [ c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)660 : Aube-espyne et eglenter, Hawethorne hepetre. ]
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)8/31 : The Jewes..maden him a crowne of the braunches of Albespyne, þat is white thorn.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)7/10 : Þat coroun was made of braunches of albespyne; and þerfore has þe albespyne many vertuz.