Middle English Dictionary Entry
īve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | īve n. Also iva, jve. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= herbe-ive.
Associated quotations
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)34b : Ive, oþere herbe yue, oþer hertishorne, hauythe leuys lyke to the tyndes of a hert.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)165/23 : Iua is an herbe þat men clepe jue; þis herbe haȝt a rote euene doun to þe ground and it smale lewys growynge doun by þe ground.