Middle English Dictionary Entry
harsk adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | harsk adj. Also harske, hariske, haske & harsh(e, herris. |
| Etymology | ON (cp. Dan. harsk, Norw. dial. hersk) & MLG harsch. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Rough-textured, coarse; (b) harsh-tasting, sour, astringent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1084 : Harske as a hunde-fisch..So was þe hyde of þat hulke.
- a1450 *3 Inspect.Hematoscopy (Htrn 307)f.165v : Whan it [blood] engeliþ me schal biholde wheþer it be harsch or crassyng.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)121/29 : Herrys herys and yelw and softer..betokyn ferffulhed and pryde.
b
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.21rb (1.4) : Sum seyn þat diuertik is byndand, as wyn byndyth at þe breste, and stiptik sooure and harsche, os peres or þai be rype.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)31b/b : 2a. fourme is made or done with lana succida infused in sope & lie with wine cocte & oile y-mixte togider, in adding to of acete & haske or stronge [*Ch.(2): sterne; L austero] wyne.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)76a/b : It bihoueþ forsoþ for to giffe hem by som decoccioun of stipticus þingez..or som of auster i. haryske wynez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)98b/b : Neþerlez if it [fracture] be wiþ wonde, sharp or harske [*Ch.(2): egre] & blak wyne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)228 : Harske [Win: Harsk], or haske, as sundry frutys: Stipticus, poriticus.