Middle English Dictionary Entry
anīs n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anīs n. Also annis, an(n)eis(e, anneice, an(n)es(e. |
| Etymology | OF anis & L anīsum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. anēte.
1.
(a) The plant anise Pimpinella anisum or its seed; ~ sed; also, dill Anethum graveolens, for which see anet(e; (b) a confection containing anise; ~ in comfite.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)14 : Wiþ alisaundre þareto, ache ant anys.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.632 : Gingiuer..Clowes..comyn, and swet anis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)214b/a : Anise haþ þe same vertu þat anetum haþ, and is more swete in sauour, and þe seed þerof is more smal & round..it is..ful heleful and holsome.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)229b/b : Som grayn & seed is y gendred in plauntes wiþoute coddes, as it fareþ in anece seed.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.64 : Sawse Noyre for Capons yrosted..take anyse and greynes de Parys, gyngur, canel, & a lytill crust of brede..boyle it and serue it forth.
- ?a1400 *Albi Reynolds 5081 Recipes (Albi Reynolds 5081)f.23v : A medicyne for þe stone : Tak þe hool parsely crop & rotis & sauge croppis & Rwe & stanmarche rotis & croppis & aneice .. and tak þese herbes & stampe hem to gedre in a morter.
- c1400 WBible(1) (Adv 18.6.7)Mat.23.23 : Anese [Dc 369(2): anete].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)5a/a : Anetum: anys.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)1a : Annys is hote and dry..hit yevith to þe noryshe largely of mylke and puttiþ a-waye evillis of þe stomake.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)63/22 : [Remedies used for hemorrhoids:] ladanum, storax calamita, anyse rosted.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/a : Anyse and fenelle ben sedes hote in þe þridde degree & drye in þe secounde, and þai be resolutyfes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)11 : Aneys seede or spyce: Anetum, anisum.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.699 : Now comyn & anyse is faatte ysowe In donged lond.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)50/29 : Tak annys sede, fenkell sede.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)211/2 : For to delyuer wynde and for þe colyk. Take [1 dram] of anyse, [1 dram] of comyn and sethe it in a quarte of goode wyte wyne.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)88/5 : Anneys and fenell-seed.
- (1453) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)323/33 : Comyn and Anneys, þe bale..iiij d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)3b : Anys: Anetum vel anisum.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)44/2 : Take half a peny-worth of anys.
b
- (1353-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100554 : Duabus libris de anys confyt.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5219/11 : Anneys en confyt.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.47 : Salt it [erbowle] & florish it with whyte aneys.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)8 : Red anys in comfyte.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)10 : Sette þer-on Red Anys in comfyte.