Middle English Dictionary Entry
jǒnket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jǒnket n. Also joncat, joncket, junket, juncad. |
| Etymology | ?ML juncata |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. jonk n.(1).
1.
(a) A basket made of rushes; (b) some kind of food; prob. made of sour milk or cream with flavoring; (c) a banquet, feast.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.2.3 : Whenn he miȝte hyde hym no lenger, he toke a ionkett [WB(2): leep; L fiscellam] of rethschen & glowide it with glowisch cley & with pytche.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Job (Dc 369(1))p.671 : If forsothe a iunket with resshe I shulde make..no man shulde repreue.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)68a : A jonket for fische: Nassa.
b
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)590/44 : Juncata: Juncade, sive a crudde ymade yn ryshes.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)82 : Bewar at eve..of Strawberies & hurtilberyes with the cold Ioncate.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)93 : Milke, crayme, and cruddes, and eke the Ioncate, þey close a mannes stomak.
c
- a1500 I shall you tell a full (BodPoet e.1)p.93 : Sum brought flesh and sume fysh..How sey yow, gossips, is this wyne good? That it is..It cherisheth the hart, and comfort the blood; Such jonckettes among shal mak us lyv long.