Middle English Dictionary Entry
lumbrī̆c n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lumbrī̆c n. Also lumbrike, limbrik, lamrik. |
| Etymology | L lumbrīcus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An intestinal worm (Ascaris lumbicoides); (b) ~ of the erthe, an earthworm.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)93b/a : Lumbrici beþ longe wormes & rounde and scharpe at þe endis I-bred in þe inner parties of þe bowels. ]
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)303a/a : Longe wormes in childrene wombe, and þilke longe wormes beþ y-cleped lumbrici. ]
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)43b : A plaster of him..will sle wormes in þe wombe, y-callyd lymbrykys.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)66a/b : Brisse þe entestinez..or subtilez of lumbric.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)316 : Lumbryke: Lumbricus.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)126/9 : Lumbrikys it sleth and puttyth owte of þe body.
- a1500 Med.Bk.(2) (Sln 3153)113 : For wormes in þe bodi þat ben cald lumbrikis [Hrl 1600: þe lamryks].
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)150/19 : Leie aboue lumbricus of þe erþe, þat beth, erþe-wormes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lumbric.