Middle English Dictionary Entry
lū̆pe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lū̆pe n. Also lupus. |
| Etymology | L lupus. Also cp. OF loup, leup, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A (?she-) wolf.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)17.411 (v.1:p.166) : A lupe he perceived which, pantyng for threst, At the rote of an hille, besiden a cave, Ran ful fast, refresshyng to haue Of hir thrust.
2.
A kind of corroding ulcer in or near the thighs.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)98a/a : Þe Cancre fretiþ more þan þe posteme þat hatte lupus.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)208/16 : Þer is anoþer maner passioun þat haþ manie diuers names, for summen clepen it cancrum & summen lupum..lumbardis clepen it fier of seint antony, & summen clepen it herisipulam..þe signes of þis sijknes ben þese: freting & brennyng & blac colour & stynkynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)87a/b : Som [cancer] componed, as in þe face which comenly is called noly me tangere, In þe thiez lupus [*Ch.(2): lupus, a wolfe], in middez of þe body singulus.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)88a/b : Many men..mitigateþ þe..lupacite of it..wiþ puttyng to of hennez flesh..ffor þat þy it is said a lupe, i. wolfe, for in a day it eteþ an henne.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)60/7 : Colre eruginous, of which is gendred noli-me-tangere and lupus.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)85/31 : Al fretyng sekenez, as in cancre, lupe, fistule, and noli-metangere.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)30a/a : Þe estiomene..is..destruccioun of þe membre..wiþ rotynnesse & softnesse to difference of þe lupe [*Ch.(1): lupi] & of the cancre, þat destroyen þe membre wiþ corrocioun..Estiomenus is communely cleped þe fire of seynt Antony.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)90a/a : Arsenek sublymede haþ no peere..The firste day forsoþe it sleeþ and draweþ oute by the rootes þe cancre, þe lupe, i. wolf..and alle soche moste wicked maladyes.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)184/575 : For the lupe take an handfull of salt..hony..barlich..brenne hem in an ovyn & make powdre þerof and strew on the sore.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)113a/a : For alle sijknessis þat nediþ corrosioun, as cankre, ffestre, and þe lupe and alle oþere siche.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)113a/b : Waische þe wounde wel ech day ij wiþ þe iuys of ribwort and late drinke ech day auence; Bi þis wey þou schalt hele þe cankre, þe festre, & þe lupe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lupe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lupus.