Middle English Dictionary Entry
fāne n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | fāne n.(2) Also fanu, fone. |
| Etymology | OE fana. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Appar. a white-flowered, water-growing variety of iris.
Associated quotations
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)135(d) : Cittasana: Fanu.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)54 : Elpha [uel elpheon], gall. elphone, angl. fone, crescit in locis aquosis.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)68 : Folium elphion, elpha: ge. elphone, ae. fane.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)164/10 : Ireos is an herbe þat men clepe sane [read: fane]; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to þe flourdelys and it haȝt a quyt flour and it wele growe in water.