Middle English Dictionary Entry
asshen adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | asshen adj.(1) Also aisshen, esscen. |
| Etymology | OE æscen |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of an ash; ~ tre, ash tree; (b) made of ash wood.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)225a/a : If a serpent is y don bytwene fuyre and aisshene leues, he wile fle in to þe fuyre raþere þan in to þe leues.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)182/565 : Lyȝe of grene asshen wode.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)213/12 : Aschys of an aschen tree.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5614 : An esscen kyst sco did be wroght..In þis kist þe barn [Moses] sco did.
- (1444-6) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)287/4 : Asshyn cuppis.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)328/1071 : Layd apon an asshen bord for to dry.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)117 : Arthur..griped a grete aisshen spere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 29/4 : Take þe askes þat bien made of clene aisshen wode, and with þe aissches and with hote watre made a stronge liȝe.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).