Middle English Dictionary Entry
grōtes n.(2) plural
Entry Info
| Forms | grōtes n.(2) plural Also grote, grotene. |
| Etymology | From grō̆t n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Grain hulled, coarsely ground, or crushed; oatmeal; havermele ~, ote(n ~.
Associated quotations
- (1324-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9914 : In Grotis emp. pro exitibus, 3 d.
- (1330-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100517 : In Grotes pro potagio conventus.
- (1346-7) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxv : Inde vero reliberabantur pro grotis faciendis, ante quam fusa fuerunt, xij qu.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)94 : Nym the lyre and hak yt smal and bray it with otyn grotys in a morter.
- (1394) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29183 : j Kenyn de grots.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)32/10 : Tak owte þe hardest of þe rute & a handfull of hauyrmele grotis & stampe þam smalle.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2668 : Stones þat deden neuere note, Grounde þay neuere whete no grote.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.20 : Hew hit [þe brawne of sothun henne] smalle and bray þen with wyne, with ote grotis.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.48 : Hakke þese erbe alle And grynd hom in a morter schene With grotene.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.53 : Take playd water with hony..For water gruel made with grote.