Middle English Dictionary Entry
hē̆rbe-īve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hē̆rbe-īve n. Also -īvẹ̄ & erbiwe. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. CF erbe & ive (?from if yew). Occasional lengthening of the final e is assumed in order to account for the later confusion with īvī. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus; prob. also, the European ground pine Ajuga chamaepitys.
Associated quotations
- [ a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)558/21 : Ostragium, i. herbyue, i. liþewurt. ]
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.20vb : The pety arthemesie .. þe comoun knoweth no name þerof but erb iue; of these 2 erbes was seid thus be olde dayes [Arun 42: þis is þe comown sawe amonge manye]: 'erb iue þe best erbe þat is o liue / either of on or of other / for womman body & for moder.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4156 : Of katapuce or of gaitrys beryis Of herbe yue [vr. Erbe Iue] growyng in oure yerd ther merye is.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)46 : Cornu seruinum, gall. et angl. erbeyue.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)17 : Cornu cervi, i. herbive.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)34b : Ive oþere herbe yue oþer hertishorne hauythe leuys lyke to the tyndes of a hert.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)58/9 : Tak rib, germaunder, herbe yue, smalache.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)113 : Only the juse of herbe yve profiteth moche ayene the arthetikes.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)272/880 : Tak þe seede of stanmarch at mydsomer, a gode porcion of auence and erb yve & som smalach.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)227 : Item, takauence..Matfelon, herbe yue, tanseye.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)47/8 : Take..egremoyne, erbiwe, mousere.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)16/33 : Make him a stewe hoot and moist with herbis, þat is to seye, eerbe yue, and sauge.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)74 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..herbe Ive.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)177/27 : Morsus diaboli is an herbe men clepe forbete or more herbyw.
Note: New gloss: more ~, the autumnal hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis).