Middle English Dictionary Entry
jǒnk n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | jǒnk n.(1) Also junk, junck. |
| Etymology | OF jonc & L juncus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A rush; (b) a basket made of rushes; (c) ~ of the se, some kind of prickly plant found in Palestine.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)29a/b : Therfor be þer..colded with spronklyng or strowyng of lefez of Salowez, of vinez, of cannez, & of iunckez [*Ch.(2): resshen; L iuncorum], of violetez, & of rosez.
b
- a1450 WBible(1) Prols.Job (NC 66)p.671 : Ionke [Corp-O: If forsothe a iunket with resshe I shulde make].
c
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)8/16 : This croune is of thornes; ȝee schull vnderstonde þat it was of jonkes of the see [Man.(2): iunkes of the see; F iouncs marinz], þat is to sey, russhes of the see, þat prykken als scharpely as thornes.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)7/18 : The Iews sette him in a chaier..þan made þai þe coroun of þe junkes of þe see.