Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧenciān(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧenciān(e n. Also iencian. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A plant of the genus Gentiana; esp., the yellow gentian (G. lutea), or its root; (b) ~ tre, a mistranslation of L myrica tamarisk.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)102a/a : Garlik, gencian, mynte.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)18/21 : Herba genciana..gallice et angl. genciane.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)61/14 : [Against mad-dog bite] take þe pouder of crabbis brent..gencian, [etc.].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)27b : Gencyan ys of hote nature, and his rote is bittyr.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)86a/b : Þer be put in by þe hole [of the fistula] a tent of þe rote of genciane.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)187b/a : Genciane is a rote hote and drye in þe þridde degree and clensynge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)190 : Gencyane or baldmony: Genciana.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)5/34 : Tak gencyane sede & rewe & gyffe hym to drynke.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)160/27 : Genciana is an herbe þat men clepe gencian or feldworth or baldmonye..þis herbe..purgyth..þe stomak.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)210/22 : For the colycke, Take..gencian, [etc.].
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)205 : For þe stomak engleymed, Tak poudre of gencyane, [etc.].
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)711/36 : Hec genciana: a gencyan.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.17.6 : Forsothe it shal ben as iencian trees [WB(2): bromes; L myricæ] in desert..he shal dwelle in droȝte in desert.