Middle English Dictionary Entry
hēr(e-sive n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hēr(e-sive n. Also -seve, here-sefe. |
| Etymology | OE hēr-syfe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sieve or strainer made of haircloth or woven hair; under the ~, of ale: recently strained, newly made.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)531 : Sak ridelle and heresyue.
- (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.155 : [In the kitchen]..[one sieve called] hersive, 4 d.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.113 : Syth nym the crustys of wyt bred and canel, and bray yt al wel in a mortere and temper yt up wyth god wyn, and cole yt thorw an hersyve.
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 65/3 : Take hit adown of þe fire and poure hit into an here sefe.
- (c1422) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12206 : ij hersevys, j securis.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)64b/a : Tarata[n]tar: an herseue, or þe tree vnder.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)92/245 : Lat hym stand all nyght..on þe morowe seth hem..& let it renne thorow a clene here syve.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)156 : Lette hyt renne þorow an herseue in to a feyre pon.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.7 : Sethe hit with mylke and water with alle; Þorowgh a herseve loke þou hit sye.
- a1500 Gloss Dict.Garland (Hrl 1002)132 : Taratantarum [glossed:] here-syvys.
- a1500 Ld.Cook.Recipes (LdMisc 553)113 : Nym appeles, seth hem, let hem kele, frete hem thorwe an her syue.
- a1525(?1421) Cov.Leet Bk.25 : Allso we commaund that no breuster sell no derre a galon of good ale will hit is new vndur the here syve, but for j d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. hair sieve.