Middle English Dictionary Entry
evete n.
Entry Info
| Forms | evete n. Also eute. Pl. evet-en, -es. |
| Etymology | OE efete. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. neute.
1.
A lizard; a salamander or newt; evetes gras a plant, probably buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)544/8 : Lacerta: evete.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)277 : Þar beð naddren and snaken, eueten [vrr. euete, euethen] and fruden.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)531 : Crapaude e lezart [glossed: tode..hevete].
- a1350 SLeg.Patr.(Ashm 43)12 : No foul worm in Irlond..bbote alute schort euete; & ȝut heo is tailes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.335 : Enettes [read: Euettes; L lacertas].
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.20vb : The pety arthemesie is not lyk to þe grete, for it is depe grene, narw leues, ny or a finger lengthe, with leues smale & fewe, lyk fete of an euete. And therfore somme calle it lacertaria, euetis gres. & in middes rise vp many smale kempes with sedes in þe toppes lyk weybrede. þe comoun knoweth no name þerof but erb iue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)59a/a : Þe kynde of euetis [genus lacertarum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)268b/b : Þe tail of þe serpent groweþ eft if it is y kutte a way as þe tayl of an euete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)297b/a : Salamandra is a manere kynde of ewte ouþer of leesarde and is a pestilence beste and most venemous.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)297b/b : Þe lusard is a manere kynde of euete and crepeþ and is foure footed and cloue foted.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324b/b : Evete eiren beþ liche to serpentes eiren.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6110 : Eueten, snaken & paddes brood.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)40/22 : In þat abbeye ne entreth not no flye, ne todes, ne ewtes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)355 : Newte or ewte, wyrme: Lacertus.