Middle English Dictionary Entry
alisa(u)ndre, -er n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alisa(u)ndre, -er n. Also aliz-, alex-. |
| Etymology | OF alissa(u)ndre & ML alexandrum (for CL olus-atrum). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Alexanders, horse parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum); (b) ~ more, ~ rot; ~ sed.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)185 : Petusilum macedonicum: alisandre.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)14 : Þe primerole he passeþ..wiþ alisaundre þareto.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)3b : Alexandrum: Alixsandur is an erbe that som men calliþ him stanmarche.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66/26 : Herbes þat are hate..alisandre.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)132/15 : Alexandrum is an herbe þat men clepe alysaundre [vr. alexandre] or stanmarch. Þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to smalache, but þe lewys of þis herbe are more; and it haȝt a lenger stalke and a gret blak seed, as fenkel, withowtyn ony flour.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)225/2 : Take of alexaundyr iij li.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)257/16 : Take..aleysander.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)172 : The herbys of yrlonde..elysauwder & brysewort.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)74 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Alysaundre.
b
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66/21 : Off hate rotes..rutes of alysander.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)225/15 : Take..alexandyr-sede.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)259/28 : Take..þe rotys of alysaunder.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)77/10 : An hanfull of alysaundre-rotes.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)86/8 : Make drynk of þese herbis..þe more of alysawndir.
- a1500 Sln.521 Recipes (Sln 521)140/11 : Take..seed of alizawndyr.