Middle English Dictionary Entry
linet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | linet n. Also linete, linnet, lineth, lenet, lenit & lanet & lint(e. |
| Etymology | ML linteum, lintheum 'a linen sheet', etc. Also cp. F (16th cent.) linette 'linseed'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lint made from linen by scraping, etc.; -- esp. as used for dressing wounds; (b) linen sheet or sheets; (c) flax; sed of ~, linseed.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)53/2 : Wiþinne þe wounde leie þe ȝelke of an ey, wiþ oile of rosis, with stupis or ellis wiþ lint [vr. lynte].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)83/14 : Fille þe wounde wiþinneforþ with lynnet [vr. lynete] of lynnen clooþ.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)122/10 : & lynt [vr. lenet] of an oold lynnen clooþ.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)125/7,12 : Lynet [vr. lenyt] wet in þe white of an ey..carp, eiþer lynet [vr. lyneth] of a cloute.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)318/15 : Vndir þe boond þou schalt leie lynnet or sum oþer neische þing.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)135b/a : At þe nexte remewinge, leie on þis oynement apon linet, and leie it alle aboute apon þe ȝerde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)306 : Lynt, schauynge of lynen clothe: Carpea.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)259/25 : Make þer-of pelettis with lynt of lynen clothe.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)302/991 : And lay þan lynet on the cloth euen apon the wound, and bynd.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)83/14 : It serwyȝt to tentys and to onoynte woundes and to leye in woundes with lynt þat is schawyn of lynen clothe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)61b/b : And yf þou fynde ony holownesse in ony side of þe wounde, þanne make smale tentis of lynnet & anoynte hem wiþ þe same vnguentum viride.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)65b/a : A smal pailet or a pelewe of lynet or of towȝ.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)89a/a : Medle hem togideris and putte yt vpon lynnet.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)125b/a : Þou schalt hele with lynnet & oynement.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)162a/a : Þer schal be putt sum þinne clooþ or carpie, þat is, lynet, or sich oþir þing vndir þe brayne panne.
b
- (1416) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.334 : Curtyns, Travers, Linth, Fustians, Panes, Blanket, [etc.].
c
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)52 : Tak..pouder of seede of lanett a sponfull.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lint.