Middle English Dictionary Entry
Arabī̆k adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Arabī̆k adj. & n. Also Arebik, -uk. |
| Etymology | OF, & L Arabicus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[introd.] 75a : To arabyens in arabik & to iewes in ebrue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)2b/a : Translated of arabic [*Ch.(2): Arabye] tonge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)7a/b : Which in arabic translacioun is called de ingenio sanitatis.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)13 : Enoch the philosophre, whiche in Arabik tung is named Edriche.
b
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)64 : Tak gumme arabuk.
- (1351-2) Acc.Excheq.in Antiq.4357 : Pro j libra de Gum arebik empta pro pictura vitri iijd.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)49/17 : Gumme arabik.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)64/7 : Muscilage dragaunte & gumme arabic.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)206/6 : Þe powdyr off gumme arebycke.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)7/2 : A lityl gom of arabik.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1525 Dc.54 Artist.Recipes (Dc 54) 262/20,21 : [T]ake markecesythe of sylueyr, and take gom draganton, and of Rebcke, and ley them yn watyr and stepe, and let ther be twys as mekyll of gome Rabeke as ther ys of gom dragant, and than take they lycour and gom of dragant þerwith, and grynd them with marketsyse of syluer apon a ston.
Note: Additional quote, sense (b).
Note: New spellings (Rebcke & Rabeke = ?errors).