Middle English Dictionary Entry
dauk(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dauk(e n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The wild carrot (Daucus carota); ~ sed, the seed of this plant.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)276/34 : Herbis þat ben mollificatif & duretik..aneti, leuistici, dauci. ]
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)47 : Daucus creticus, i. pastinaca domestica, germanice dauk. Respice in carei pontici.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)18a : Daucus Asminis. Dauke is an erbe þat sum men calliþ birdis nest; this erbe haviþ levis y like to hemloke and he berith a white flour.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)67/7 : Pympernolle, dauk, morsus diaboli.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)206/4 : Drynke the wyne þat dawke ys sode in.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)217/9 : Dawke-sed wel poudyrde.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)134 : An vnce of dauke seed wel poudred.
- a1500 Sln.2584 Med.Miscell.(Sln 2584)126/18 : Take burnet, dauc.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Agnus Castus (Bod 483)149/20 : dauke, vr. drawke, [Stockh: Daucus asininus is an herbe þat me clepe bryddys neste or tauke].
Note: Supplemental material
Note: New spelling: Also ?(error) drauke--per MLL
Note: Cp. MED tauk(e n. [Aberrant form of dauke n.] (which is a separate entry).--per MLL
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)195a/a : Daucus: Dauk is liyk saxifrage saf it haþ eres.
Note: Don't need for form or date, but quot. adds a bit to the meaning.--per REL
- c1450 Agnus Castus (Bod 483)150/3 : dawke [Stockh: Daucus creticus is an herbe þat men clepe þe lesse tauk].
Note: This is a cultivated variety of Daucus carota, probably D. carota sativa..
Note: Phrase lesse ~. (See tauk(e n., where this phrase is glossed, "a similar plant, but with purple flowers rather than white.")
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Correction: The etymology is given just as "[L & OF]". Since the Latin and Old French forms are not identical with the Middle English, we should have given "[L daucum, daucus & OF doque, douke].--per MJW
Note: Shouldn't the form dauc (last quot.) be included in the form section?--per MLL