Middle English Dictionary Entry
lit-mose n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lit-mose n. Also litemose, -moise & likemose. |
| Etymology | ON (cp. OI lit-mosi, Norw. dial. litmose, Swed. letmossa) & MDu. lijkmoes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.
Associated quotations
- (1320) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.74 : [Two barrels of] lykemose.
- (1324-5) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.383 : Idem Lutekyn pro vixx barellis de litemose.
- (1324-5) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.386 : Idem Nicholaus pro litemose et harpois, val. xxxvi s., [cust.] v d. ob.
- (1383) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.74 : Litmose.
- (1402) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.74 : Lytmose.
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1238 : De barelle de lytemoise par estraunge, quart.