Middle English Dictionary Entry
fige-trē n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fige-trē n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. figer.
1.
(a) A tree of the genus ficus, a fig tree; (b) wild ~, an uncultivated variety of fig tree, the caprifig or sycamore fig.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)224a/b : The fige tree hatte fficus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318b/a : Þe figge tre haþ humour white as mylk.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Jas.3.12 : Wheþer a fyge-tre mowe brynge forþ grapes, oþer a vyne fyges?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1718 : The God of Love..Was stondyng by a fige-tree.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)176/26 : God cursede the figtre.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)104.31 : He smate thaire vynȝerdis & thaire fige trese.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)224b/b : Þer is a tree þat hatte a wilde figge tre and haþ anoþer name..Caprificus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)247b/b : Sicomorus is a wilde figge tree..The wilde fygge rypeþ neuer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)46a/b : Fille it wiþ good lye of þe asshen of fige trees [L ficariorum].
Note: Additional quote(s) for (a)