Middle English Dictionary Entry
fīk(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fīk(e n. Also fic. |
| Etymology | OE fīc, -trēow. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fige n. and ficus n. .
1.
(a) The fruit of the fig tree, a fig ; (b) ~ tre, ~ bem [= OE fīc-beām], fig tree.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.632 : Fykes, reisyn, dates.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.109va (3.18) : 'Ficus' is þe 4 spice of þe emorais. Þai ar collecciouns of the buttokes, nesshe, here & ȝonde ful, þe fleish lik greyns in a fike.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26a/a : Fatte yscardarum .i. fycz.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30a/a : To þe maner of a fic or a bud.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)713/31 : Hec ficus: a fyke or a fikes.
b
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125d : Cariscus: ficbeam.
- a1200(OE) Hat.Gosp.(Hat 38)John 1.48 : Under þam fic-treowe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13731 : Full wel maȝȝ Adamess gillt Þurrh fictre ben bitacnedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13741 : Unnderr fictrewwess boȝhess.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)804 : Þai clad þaim..wid leuis of a fike [Trin-C: fige] tre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)43a/b : Be it filled of gode liȝe of asshez of ficztrees [L ficariorum].
2.
Pl. morbid swellings around the anus, hemorrhoids.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.35r : For emoroydes & þe fykes, seth hym [viz., Jarus, barba aaron] & tapsbarbast' in wyn or ellys in water, & make enkatisma.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.110rb (3.18) : Þat is callede 'ficus,' 'þe fikes', be cause þat when one hath this euel, his tail end is ful of smale knarles like kirnelles of a fike.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.109va (3.18) : Take gode hede þat..in þe fikes, þe vryn sheweþ him riȝt os in þe emorays, and is disposed in þe same wise, bothe anentes colour & þe resolucions of poudre.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)95b/b : Of ficuz in ano: Ficz, attricez, & condolomatez þat ar made in þe towel & þe ȝerde & þe matrice.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. fike.