Middle English Dictionary Entry
daies-īe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | daies-īe n. Also -eie, -eȝe, -eghe, daisie, -eie. |
| Etymology | OE dæges-ēage; cp. dai day & īe eye. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The European daisy or marguerite (Bellis perennis) [with pink-tipped petals]; the litel ~; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)555/3 : Consolida i. consoude: daiseie.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)651 : Consoude: dayseie.
- a1350 Lenten ys come (Hrl 2253)4 : Lenten ys come..wiþ blosmen & wiþ briddes roune..Dayeseȝes in þis dales, notes suete of nyhtegales.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.332 : A frankeleyn..Whit was his berd as is the dayesye.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)5b : Daysye, y called brysewort.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)18a : Consolida minor. Daysye is an herbe that sum men calleþ him brisewort, oþer bonworte.
- ?a1425 Alphita (Sln 284)190 : Consolida minor: dayesegh.
- c1430 Allas for thought (Cmb Gg.4.27)394 : The daysye, The wheche is callyd margaret, So fayr, so goodly, & so meke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)112 : Daysy, flowre: Consolida minor, et major dicitur confery.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)12/7 : Tak daysies & þe whitt of an egge.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.MRose (Hrl 2255)22 : Aurora..Causith the dayeseye [Jes-C: daysy] hir crowne to vncloose.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Mutability MN (Hrl 2255)53 : The dayes-eye drepith, leesith hir liberte.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)43 : Thanne love I most thise floures white and rede, Swiche as men callen daysyes [LGW Prol.(2): dayesyes] in our toun.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)184 : By reson men it calle May The dayesye, or elles the ye of day, The emperice and flour of floures alle.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)224 : The white coroune above the grene Made hire lyke a daysie for to sene, Considered eke hir fret of gold above.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)10 : The dewe appon dayses donkede full faire.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)135 : Daysyes, þat ys petit consoud.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)228 : Tak þe lytel daysye & bugle..tempre hyt wyþ wyn, & ȝyf hym to drynke hyt, & ȝyf he cast he schal dye.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)53/14 : Take houslek, and dayse with þe qwyt blome, and þe mylk of a womman.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)132/14 : Dayseis i. brysewort.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)74 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)75 : Herbes for Potage..Daysys.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)76 : Herbes for a Salade..Dayses.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)28/2 : Take þe brere crope..and þe crop of dayseyȝe.
b
- (1281) Hundred R.Tower 2617 : Robertus Dayeseye.
- (1303) Pat.R.Edw.I172 : William Dayeseghe.
2.
The comfrey (Symphytum); more (grete) daiesie.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)16 : Consolida media: grete dayeseghe.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)147/2 : Consolida Maior is an herbe men clepe dayessye or conforye.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)225 : Þe more daysye.