Middle English Dictionary Entry
gutta n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gutta n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gout(e n.(2).
1.
Gum ammoniac.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)229b/a : Gvtta right as galbanum is þe droppyng of a certeyn tree oþer herbe and haþ anoþer name and hatte armoniacum..þe beste kynde of þis gutta is most clene and pure wiþoute medlyng of erþy matiere.
2.
Med. (a) ~ rosacea, pustules on the face or body; (b) ~ sciatica, pain in the sciatic nerve; (c) ~ serena, amaurosis, blindness caused by disease of the optic nerve.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)100b/a : Gutta rosca [read: rosea]..infectiþ þe face wiþ smale pymples and comeþ & [read: of] gleymy & bloody & colerik humours þat ben bytwene felle and fleische.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)190.15 : Gutta rosacea, þat is a passioun þat turneþ þe skyn of a mannys face out of his propur colour & makiþ þe face reed, & þis passioun comeþ of humouris brent & abidiþ in þe skyn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/b : Gutta rosacea, scabiez, serpigo, impetigo, & lich þyngez beþ maculose spotty infeccions of þe skyn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)125b/a : Of gutta rosacea i. redgound, & of pusclez þat ar in þe face..it is a straunge rednez lich to rednez with which lepre bigynneþ.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)189b/b : And firste, for gutta rosacea, vnguentum citrinum is praysed of alle þe communete in þe Antitodarie.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/b : Gutta sciatica is an yuel þat comeþ of humours þat falliþ doun in to þe grete senewe þat is bytwene þe grete brawnes of þe hanche..And comeþ ofte of gleymy humours j-gadred togedres in þe holouȝnes of þe ioynttes.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105b/b : Of sikenez of cornee..First of maculez i. spottys, after of catharactez; Of oþer is said in her place as of gutta serena.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132b/a : Neþerlez catharacta is distinct fro gutta serena i. clere drop, for in catharacta þe maculez is sene within þe pupil; in gutta serena no þing is comprehended within þe pupille..It is demed þat gutta serena is not cured for it is opilacioun of þe nerue or yuel materie vnapt to wirching.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gutta.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gutta rosacea.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gutta sciatica.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gutta serena.