Middle English Dictionary Entry
kībe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kībe n. |
| Etymology | Cp. Wel. cibwst 'chilblains', but this may be derived from ME. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A chilblain; specif. one on the foot; ?also, a pathological swelling or protuberance.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.227 : Wiþ his penne he made þris croys on a kybe [Higd.(2): felon; L anthracem] þathe hadde, and hit vansched awey.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293a/b : His [a mouse's] newe skynne yleyde aboute þe hele heleþ and saueþ kybes.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)5/23 : Of wryncles & chynes of handes & kybis on þe ffete.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)174/540 : Kybes comyth of colde, & in latyne it is seide pernio, for þough it noyeth & grevyth the hele, & also it is clepid inula.
- a1475 Holy berith beris (Hrl 5396)p.94 : Ivy hath a kybe; she kaght yt wyth the colde.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)586/25 : Gibbus: kybe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. kibe.