Middle English Dictionary Entry
āron n.
Entry Info
| Forms | āron n. Also jare |
| Etymology | Gr. áron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cuckoo-pint or wake-robin Arum maculatum.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)9 : Aaron: iarus, pes vituli. ]
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.4ra : Aaron: lignum [read: lingua] draconis; wodebane. Herbe hot & dry in þe 4 gre. Ho so ete þerof thre peny wigth, war him, for it perseth þe tonge, enfecteth þe pallet, þe throte, & þe brest & spiritualis & turneth þe brayn vp so doun.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.34v : Aron: arona, lingua draconis minor, serpentaria media, serpentaria siluestris, dragancia siluestris, dragancea media, barba siluana maior, pes vituli, iarus or jarus maior, yarus or jerus siluestris, gerus siluestris, toxica siluestris, basilica siluestris, cocodrilla siluestris, colubrina siluestris.., basilicon or basilicona siluestris, venter apis; caluys fot, wodebane, wilde dragance, wode ȝarwe; erbe growyng in wodys & wodyssh placis, leuys mykel lyk dragaunce, floures & sed wonder lyk dragaunce.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)33a : Hayreff, clyuer, oþer aron is like to wodruff, and þe sed tuchid will honge in one is cloþes.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)129b/a : Take..aaron i. calues foote.