Middle English Dictionary Entry
frīen v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | frīen v.(3) |
| Etymology | OF fri-re. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cook (something) in a pan with hot fat or oil, to fry; to undergo the action of intense heat.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)187/86 : On the berninde plates him casten..Þat grece of him orn a-brod ase þei it frijnge were.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)111 : Þet ilke bread..wes ymad of oure doȝe..and yfryd ine þe panne of þe crouche.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.383 : He koude rooste and sethe and broille and frye.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331b/b : Sartago..is a manere panne in þe whiche þinges beþ yfried wiþ chese, wiþ buttre, or wiþ oyle.
- ?a1400 *Albi Reynolds 5081 Recipes (Albi Reynolds 5081)f.20v : Tak boris grece and leuis of laureole & brusse hem and frye hem to gedre and streyne it thorgh a lynen cloth and þis oyle is good for alle maner soris of brussure.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Lev.6.21 : The which [flour] in a panne spreynt with oyle shal be fryed [L frigetur].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)75b : Hit [an herb]..y-fryeþ..grevith a man to lechery.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Fryyn yn a pann: Frigo, frixo.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)45 : Chawettys Fryidde.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)63 : Bakemete fryid..Vn Fryid mete.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)103 : Sole boiled, rost, or fryed.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)220/16 : Take a quantite of rew..and frye it vp with oyle de olyf.
- a1485 *Hrl.1735 Cook.Recipes (Hrl 1735)114 (f.17r) : Ferst ley þi kake of dowe, þan tak þi fars & couche þi fryed fysch.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)741 : Hec frixura: fryd met.
2.
(a) To burn (a person) alive; (b) frien in (one's) ouen grece, to be burned alive; fig. to 'burn up' with passion, to stew in one's own juice.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.29.22 : Achab, whom friede [L frixit] the king of Babiloyne in fyr.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)11/13 : Þou schalt be rostyd and fryed in þe fyir of helle!
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.487 : In his owne grece I made hym frye For angre and for verray ialousye.
- c1430 Lydg.TG (Cmb Gg.4.27)p.14 : Thus is he [jealousy] fryed in his owene gres, To-rent & torn with his owene rage.
- a1450 Rich.(Cai 175/96:Weber)4409 : Beter it is that we out renne, Thenne as wrehches in house to brenne, And frye inne oure owne gres!
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1465 Eg.2852 Stain.Recipes (Eg 2852) 107/11 : Take alum plum, and felyng of seluer, and luyȝtgary, and half a galon of white vinegre, and friȝe hem in a panne.
Note: Additional quote, sense 1.; need date.