Middle English Dictionary Entry
īsọ̄pe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | īsọ̄pe n.(1) Also isop(pe, izop(e & (early with OE or L inflection) isopa, isopan, isopus, isopum. |
| Etymology | OE ȳsōpe & L hȳsōpum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The herb hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis); also, this herb or its parts used in medicine or cookery; ~ rote, the root of this herb.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)92.49/2 : Nim..ysopum & nitrum & cærsan.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)123.108/2 : Sume men eac secgað þat heo stelan habbe mid twiȝum ysopan ȝelicne..þanne hy sume menn þam sylfan naman ysopa nemneð.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)37/5 : Nim ealdne swynes risel tweȝea punda ȝewiht..and ysopa feorwer scillinga wyht.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)557 : Ysopus: ysope.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)115 : Spyces speden to spryng In Erbers enhaled..Daysye and Ditoyne, Ysope [vrr. Ysop, Isope] and Aueroyne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196b/a : Wyn is good in þe which wormoode and Isope is y-sode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)230b/a : Isopus is a litel schort herbe and groweþ among stones.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.23 : Sawse madame. Take sawge, persel, ysope and saueray, quinces and peeres, garlek, and Grapes, and fylle the gees þerwith.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)225/6 : Þanne þou schalt seþe hony & mirre in watir..& if þou doist þerto ysope & sauge, it wole be þe bettir.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)643 : Ysopus: ysoppe.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)33b : Isope is hote and drye in þe ij degre.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)106a/a : Take ij ounce of oile of dille, halfe ane ounce of wex, drie ysope pouderd an ounce, & make an emplaster.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.103ra : Isop is in 2 manere: on of þe gardyn, & þat is aboute half cute hey, & it hatz not many braunches as alhaste hatz, & his flour is purpere.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)429 : Frie hom in grece, and hew small parsel, sauge, ysope, and saveray, and do hit thereto.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)187b/a : Ysope is hote & drye in þe þridde degre and resoluynge.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)164/1 : Isopus is an herbe þat men clepe ysope; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to sawereye.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)206/28 : Take ysop and boyle yt with wyȝth wyne.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)204 : Tak ysope rotes & lorel leues, & drynke þes at morowe & at eue.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)42/4 : Take..an handfull of yzope and an handfull of loueache.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)107/17 : Take mynte..betayne, yzop, plawnteyne, [etc.].
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)292 : Forth gon they wend, Passyng..in-to the herbery..The sauge & the Isope, I-frethid & I-stakid.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)167a/a : Of ysope, licorice, reisyns, and oþere siche decoct wiþ zucar.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)74 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Isope.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)786 : Isopus: isopp.
2.
(a) In Biblical and derived usage: a Palestinian plant; prob. the thorny caper (Capparis spinosa); also, the twigs of this plant used for sprinkling in Jewish purification rites; (b) a sprinkler for holy water, an aspergillum.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)83/2 : And spræng me mid tare ysope of ðare holi rode.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3156 : He bead ðe dure-tren and ðe uuerslaȝen wið ysope ðe blod ben dragen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.12.22 : Þe lytyll sprynkill of ysope wetiþ in blode.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.14.5 : Þat he offre for hym self two quyk sparwys, whoom hit is lefful to ete, & cedre tre & vermycle & ysope.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.50.9 : Thou shal sprenge me, Lord, with isope, and I shal ben clensid.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 19.29 : Thei forsothe, puttinge aboue with ysope the spounge ful of vynegre, offriden to his mouth.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.9.19 : He, takynge the blood of calues.. with watir and reed wolle and ysope, spreyngde and the ilke book and al the peple.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)230b/b : Among þe hebrewis þey þat schulde be clensid & purified schulde be purified wiþ a bondell of ysope.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)99/31 : On..tooke a spounge and wette it in eysile and bonde ysope þerto vpon a rodde and putte it to Jesus mouþe.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 4.33 : Salomon..disputide vpon the trees, fro the cedar that is in Liban vnto the ysoop that goth out of the wal.
- c1450 Glad & blithe (SeldArch B.26)20 : The cedur of liban, þat growyth so hye, vnto þe ysope is made lye.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)50.8 : Thou sall strenkil me, lord, with ysope and i sall be clensid.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.107 : Crists sorest thrist the Acetable the Aselle medled with galle, The rede with the sponnge and ysope.
b
- (1415) *Mun.B.Bridgewater41 : In ij ysopis de novo factis, ii d.
- (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 11117 : Itm., ij latton Wesselys to bere holy water yr in, wt ij ysopes of latton.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 *Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)119/24 : Take..of saturey, ysop..origanum, bawme, ozimi, beetes..of eche, xviii greynes.
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