Middle English Dictionary Entry
lentil(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lentil(le n. Also lentile. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The edible seed of the plant Ervum lens; lentil.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1488 : Iacob An time him seð a mete ðat man callen lentil gete.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)80/12 : Waische it [the ulcer] wiþ water of rosis &..lentiles with hony.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)664/25 : Lens: lentylle.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)115a/a : Whanne þat he [cankre] wexiþ in wommans pappis, he is founden as it were a litil seed þat men callen a lentile.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.21ra (1.4) : Som metes causen..melancolie as lentlyes and fechis and wortes and olde roþer flesch and flesch of bugle.
Note: New spelling (pl.): lentlies.