Middle English Dictionary Entry
abrotāne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abrotāne n. |
| Etymology | ML; cp. CL abrotonum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum).
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)71.11/1 : Þeos wyrt, þe man abrotanum & on englisse nemneð suþerne wudu, is tweȝra cynna.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/3 : Nim sauinam and ambrotena [L aprothanum] and cnuca hi.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)211/21 : Þan stewe þat lyme wiþ a decoccion of..abrotane [L abrotani].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)176b/b : Abrotanum [*Ch.(2): Sothernewode]..ca. in primo, sic. in 2o, with stiptiknez.