Middle English Dictionary Entry
leuk-warm adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | leuk-warm adj. |
| Etymology | From leuk adj. & warm. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lukewarm, tepid; ?as noun: tepid water [quot.: Palladius]; (b) lacking in ardor or enthusiasm, slothful, indifferent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)27a : A plaster..laide to lwke warme..swagiþ the swellynge of the balloks.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)40a/a : To distille tyme after tyme wiþ a poyntelle inuolued with cotone, leuke warme [*Ch.(2): chaufed] greez of a fox.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)100b/b : Enoynte alle þe heued aboute, sauynge in þe wounde, wiþ vynegre luke warme, & leye aboue þe emplaster of malowes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)109a/a : Ȝif þer go a fleie..in to þe ere, fille þe ere fulle of luke warme water & drie þe ere.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)123b/a : Put..ouer þe fire & melte it & coile it and when it is coiled make it leuke warme, & put it in wiþ a clister.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)199/31 : If it [boiling pot] were leukwarm, he wolde nott be afeerd, but he wolde fle in, þouȝ oftetyme he perescheþ, fyndynge moore heete þereynne þan he wende.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)247/2 : Ley it on lukewarme, and þis ys good for þe pappis.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)76 : Make a plastre, & bynde hyt al a bowte þe sore ballok leuke warme.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)213 : Ȝyf hym drynke garlek, & stampe hyt wyþ vynegre lewk warm.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1900 : Thou owyst to drynke in somyr watir Coold..lewk warm in wyntir.
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)4.61 : Yf lukewarm [Fitzw: luk water; L aqua tepida] hem [vetches] bywepe, Thai wol be greet.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)166 : The byschoppys dyde wasche hit a-waye with whyte wyne i-warmyd leuke warme.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)164b/a : O partie of oile of ro. luke warme as it is aforseid.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)72/26 : Whanne þou shalt ete, þy stomak ys but leukwarme.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)82/18 : To make ffoure dwellynges by ordre yn bathes, þe firste be cold, þe seconde leuk-warme, þe þrydde hoot, þe ferthe drye.
b
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)406/10 : Bycause þei ben neiþir coold ne hoot but oonly leukwarme..I schal bigynne to þrowe sich out of my mouþ.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)55/29 : They þat ar dede in synne shall be arered to lyfe and tho þat ar leuke warme, as is blak smok, shall be made stronge in my cherite.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 9/33 : Waissche hit aȝen wel in two watres oþer þre þat be somedel more þanne lewke warme.
Note: Antedates word.