Middle English Dictionary Entry
īris-lirik n.
Entry Info
| Forms | īris-lirik n. |
| Etymology | L īris Illyrica |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A plant of the genus Iris associated with Illyria.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)100 : Gladene in englissh is clepid iris in latin..She is clepid also illirica, for..in þe cuntre þat men clepyn Illirica groweþ gret plente of þis herbe. ]
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66/22 : Hate rotes..rutes of glady, rotes of yrislirik.