Middle English Dictionary Entry
fū̆metēre, -ter(re n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fū̆metēre, -ter(re n. Also fumter(e, fumiterfimeterre, fimter(e, fumetori. |
| Etymology | OF fumeterre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Fumitory Fumaria officinalis.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)226b/b : Fvmus terre is an herbe hoot and druye in þe ferste degre and haþ þat name for he..groweth oute of þe erþe in greet quantite as smoke doþ oþer fumosite. ]
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4153 : Laxatyues Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere, Or elles of ellebor that groweth there.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)23b : Fvmyter ys an erbe that som men calleþ wilde rewe, for his leuys be ney goynge to rewe. His flour is purpur colour.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)169b/a : Take..of fumyter [*Ch.(1): fumiterre] wiþ rede floures.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)155/5 : Fumus terre is an herbe men clepe fymter.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)201 : Tak fumterre.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)330/946 : Fumiter is erbe..Þat springyth in april and in may In feld, in town, in ȝerd and gate.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)47/9 : Take..fymetterre.
- a1484 Burg.Pest.(1) (Trin-C R.14.52)586/166 : Lete make therof pillules wiþ surip of fumetory.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13) : For þe dropsi, seþe rote of merche & of fenell in þe iuse of fumiter .. and kast sugre þerto & make a suryp and let him drinke hit.