Middle English Dictionary Entry
fogge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fogge n. |
| Etymology | Cp. Norw. fogg tall, worthless grass. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Rank tall grass; (b) a meadow grown with such grass.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1683 : He fares forth on alle faure, fogge watz his mete, And ete ay as a horce when erbes were fallen.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)2865 : Fille oure somers withe fog and haye.
b
- a1450 ?Audelay An a byrchyn bonke (Dc 302)41 : Þai fondon feldus ful fayre and fogus ful fow.