Middle English Dictionary Entry
gǒusse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gǒusse n. Also gosse, goce, gusse, gose, gas. |
| Etymology | Probably OF gousse, gosse, 'seed pod, bulb, clove'; cp. Mn.Eng. dial. (Dorset) gussets (pl.) 'the early purple orchis' [so EDD]. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
As a combining element in compound plant names: stondene ~ [q.v.], standel ~ [see standel n.(2)], gandre ~ [see gandre n.], an orchid of some kind, prob. the early purple orchid Orchis mascula or the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Bod.761 Herb List (Bod 761)184 : Satirion: futerole, standelgusse.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)140/14 : Pes uituli similis est iaro in foliis, nisi quod iarus habet cornuta folia et pes uituli uaria..anglice, stondenegousse [vr. stondenegosse].
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)158/41 : Satirion tercia ramulos habet oblongos et florem purpureum..et radicem duplicem quasi testiculos..anglice, stondenegousse.
- ?a1400 Adv.18.5.16 Gloss.(Adv 18.5.16)161 : Satirion: ballocwrt, standilegoce idem.
- c1400 MS Arun.42 in Hunt Plant Names (Arun 42)230 : [Satirion]: standelgusse, ȝekesters.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)76b : Saturion maior: Standilgose oþer ȝekesteris oþer skandylwelkys [Hunt reads (p.230): scandilgose oþer ȝekesteris oþer skandylwekys; Moreno Olalla (p.205) reads: scandilgose ... skandylwelkys] ys hote and drye and havith knobbis in the rotis lyke ballok stonys.
- a1500 MS Ashm.1443 in Hunt Plant Names (Ashm 1443)230 : [Satirion]: gandergas.