Middle English Dictionary Entry
aspide n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aspide n. Also aspis, aspidis. |
| Etymology | OF aspide & L aspis, aspidēs (pl). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Asp [a venemous snake of the Near East]; (b) a fabulous monster.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)257 : An eddre þet is y-hote ine latin aspis. ]
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)13.5 : Venim of aspides [L aspidum] i. nedders is vnder her lippes.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)57.4 : Her wirship is efter þe wickednes of þe serpent, as of aspide [L aspidis] def and stoppand his eren.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.3.13 : The venym of eddris that ben clepid aspis.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.463 : A Serpent, which that Aspidis Is cleped.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)101a/a : Þe venyme of an addre þat hatte aspis is worst, for it sleeþ wiþinne tweye houres oþir þre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)303b/b : If..þe ader þat hatte aspis byteþ a man..þe heed of þe vipera heleþ him..if it is y leyde to þe wounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)323b/b : The eyren of addres þat hatte aspides beþ litil and rounde..and most venemous.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324a/a : Þe glose seiþ þat of þe eyren of aspidis comeþ coketris.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)90.13 : Oure aspide and basiliske saltou ga, And fortrede lioun and dragoun.
b
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1270 : Ther ys a dragon huge and cumbrus Namyd aspys..The venym..He..throwyth..fourty fote.