Middle English Dictionary Entry
figēr n.
Entry Info
| Forms | figēr n. Also fier, figre. |
| Etymology | OF figier, fiier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fige-tre, fike-.
1.
A fig tree, a tree of the genus ficus; figer tre.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)40b : Fier [Nero: figer] is a cunnes treo þe bereð swete frut þet me cleopeð figes.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3082 : Þai abade Vnder afiger tre.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)104.31 : He..smote her vynes and her fyngers [read: fygers].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)804 : Þai cled þam þan in þat mister Wit leues brad bath o figer [Göt: fike tre; Trin-C: fige tre].
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)42/10 : A man..hadde a fygeer among his vynes þat ne bare no fruyt.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)112 : In the figre tree.