Middle English Dictionary Entry
hors-họ̄ve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hors-họ̄ve n. Also -houve, -huove, -ho. |
| Etymology | From hors & họ̄f. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Colts-foot (Tussilago farfara); (b) ?the yellow water lily (Nuphar luteum); -- also called water coltes-fot [cp. coltes-fot]; (c) ?purslane (Portulaca oleracea).
Associated quotations
a
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)32b : Horsho, folefote, coltisfote, oþer dinee; this erbe is grene in that one side and white in that oþer.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)24/36 : Tak horshoue, puliol, & a littill salte.
- a1450 *Trev.Barth.[OD col.] (BodeMus 16)17.93 : Many men clepeþ it Caballina, an hors huoue [Add: vngula caballina, an hors clawe; L vngula caballina].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)99/12 : Take horshowue and pilioll.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)9/13 : For the dryȝe couȝ. Take hors-houue and consilie.
b
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)59/29 : Tak horshoue, þat is called vngula caballi, þat grewes in þe water.
c
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)33a : Sum men calliþ hym portulake oþer horshoo.