Middle English Dictionary Entry
egremoine n.
Entry Info
| Forms | egremoine n. Also -monie, -mond, agrimoni(e. |
| Etymology | OF, and L agrimōnia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The European agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria, an aromatic herb with exceedingly bitter, astringent juice. [This herb was a medieval cure-all.]
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)67.4/1 : Wið eaȝena sare ȝenim þas wyrte, þa man agrimoniam & oðrum naman garclife nemneð. ]
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)9 : Agrimonia: egremoyn. ]
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.800 : Herbes koude I telle eek many oon, As egremoyne, valerian, and lunarie.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)90/11 : Þe ius of þilke egrymoyne..do it into þe hole of þe festre wiþ a penne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/a : Egrimoyne is an herbe hote and drye in þe secounde degre wiþ a clensynge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)8 : Agrimony or egrimony: Agrimonia.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)54/127 : For the bak that akyth..take smalach, Egromoyne & mowseere.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)138/7 : For an hurt eye. Stamp egrimonye lewys with whyȝtes of eyren, and ley it as a plaister withowtyn þe sor eye.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)327/803 : Of egremonye þat nobyl gres..Zif it be leyd vndir mannys heed, He shal slepyn as he were deed.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)166/169 : Yn the moneth of Auerell Set & sow..egri moyne.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)133/22 : Here be my hearbes..for every wound..henbane and horehound..and Egremond.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)2b : Agrymony is an erbe..strowe him in chambur and in bedis, and hit killyth flene.
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- c1450 Y wandryng (Lin-O Lat.129)20 : Elyzabeth with endyff entryth hem nere, With Eueþorne and egremyne and erbys wel mo.
Note: New form: Also..egremine.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Revised form section: Also egremoin, egrimoine, egromoine, egrimoni(e, egremine, egremond, agrimoni.--notes per MLL