Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūnis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fūnis n. |
| Etymology | L fūnis brachiī. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Prob. the companion veins of the brachial artery.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)159/3,10 : Þilke [veyne] is eftsoones dyuydid & þe oon partie is spred bi þe arm manye weies wiþoute forþ, þat is clepid funis, & þe oþere partie..is clepid cephalica..finis brachii..strecchiþ bi þe vttere partie of þe arm.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)32b/b : Thus þanne þer beþ in þe arme v veynes, þat is to seye, dorsalis, epatica, fynys, cephalica, & cardiaca.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)47/21 : Þer ben five principal veynes in þe arme, þat is to seien, vena dorsalis, i. veine off þe backe; epatica, on ynglische þe liuer veine…funis…cephalica…cardica.
Note: Supplemental material: both quots. needed for date; *MS Wel.564 needed for form: Also finis.
Note: Modify gloss by adding field label: Anat..
Note: The Chauliac(3) quot. has been taken back to books.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. funis.