hilder - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

hilder n.

Forms	hilder n. Also ilder, nilder, hiller, hillor, hillern, hillan, hilean, hil & heldern, heller, helleren, helren, hel.
Etymology	?OE from ON; cp. hilder-clē, hilderi-clēa (LOE in 14th-cent. copies in Birch Cart.Sax. 3.216 & Robertson Anglo-Saxon Chart. 146) & Dan. hyld, Norw. Swed. hyll. Some forms may belong to eller(n.

(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); ~ tre; (b) ~ tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274].

?a1300 StJ.List Trees (StJ-C E.17)155 : Suce: hillertre.
a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)697,703 : Le sueau [glossed:] helren [vrr. heller, hiller tre]..sueth [glossed:] heltre [vr. hilder tre].
?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1114 : He hanged him on a hiller tre.
a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)646 : Hec sambuca, Anglice, hyllortre.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)137 : Eldyr, or hyldyr, or hillerne tre [vrr. hillar, hyltre]: Sambucus.
a1450 PPl.C (Bod 814)2.64 : Hiller-tree [Cmb Ff: helderne; Hnt: he heng hym hye on an ellerne].
?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)127/21 : Amieos..haȝt lewys lyke to hyllere [vr. hellerene] but þei are mekyl lesse.
c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)202/22 : Take..the levys and ryndis off hyllerne with betany, and grynd them to-gyddyr.
c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)227 : Tak bugle, pigle..of hyleantre, of breer..take auence..croppe of hyllantre..Take auence, bugle..vyolet, croppe of hyldre, of popyler.