Middle English Dictionary Entry
fīve-lēf n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fīve-lēf n. Also fif-, wif-, feue-, viflyf. |
| Etymology | OE fīf-lēafe (transl. L quīnquefolium). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The plant five-leaf, cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans).
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)17/23 : Nim fifleafan and driȝe to duste and meng huniȝe þanne þarto.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)556/30 : Quinquefolium, i. quintfoil, i. fiflef.
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)161/28 : Quintefolle .i. wiflef.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)30/6 : Tak fiuelefe & stampe it & tak ij sponefull of þe wose.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)21/33 : Tak feuelef.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)227 : Fyflef.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)12/3 : Take viflyf and stampe hit.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Liber Cophonis (Add 34111)51/398 : Tak þe viuelef..and of coluerfote of wormode..and seþe hem in water and do þe seek sytte in þis water.
- a1450 Liber Cophonis (Add 34111)65/571 : Tak malewen and berecheke veþerfoye and þe erbe seynt marie..and viuelefe and seþe hem in hote water.
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