Middle English Dictionary Entry
mātrīs n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mātrīs n. Also matrice & matrix. |
| Etymology | L mātrix, mātrīcem & OF matrice. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The uterus, womb; fig. vessel, container; ~ nekke, nekke of the ~, vaginal passage (probably including the cervix); risinge (suffocacioun) of ~, strangelinge of the ~, ?shortness of breath or faintness attributed to swelling or upward displacement of the uterus; (b) the median vein (vena mediana cubiti).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)175/2 : Of þese vessels comeþ sperme into þe ȝerde, & þoruȝ þe ȝerde is born into þe matris of wymmen.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)27b : Lay hit to a womanys shappe; hit helpiþ and drawith the evill þat is in a womanis matrice.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18a/b : Þe matrix..is þe felde of manes generacioun..þe site of which is a-tuyx þe vesic & þe longaon. Þe substaunce of it is pannicler, componed of 2 tuniclez. Þe fourme of it is rounde cellulate..with 2 hornys or armez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)58b/b : Þer cummen manye veines fro þe matrice to a wommans brestes, bryngyng to hem menstruous blode.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)67a/b : Þe parties þat ben conteined ben þes: þe bledder, þe vesselles þat holden þe sperme oþer þe kynde off a man, þe matrice In a womman.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)107a/b : Þe childe lieþ in þe matrice apon his knees with his heued enclined.
- a1450 Diseases Women(1) (Dc 37:Singer)36 : Suffocacyon of matrice is when þe matrice rysyth out of hys ryght plase and goyth aurhy..and when þe matrice takyth þe longs, hit pressyth hem and comburth hem þat þey may not meve ne..draw brethe.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)123 : Strangelynge of the matrice is a passyone that cometh of assendynge of the matrice up to the mydreeffe.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)188/591 : The matrice: to purge it of wikkyd humors.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)309/60 : Powdyr of betonye with wyn..Purgyth þe matrice.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)114/7 : For rysynge of matrice. Take bren, comyn, hony, and vinegre, and sethe it to-gedir and lewkehoot leye it to þe place.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)41b/a : For þe necke of þe matrice is as þe ȝerde of a man, and þe self matrice is as þe Osse or bursa testiculorum, þat is to seie, þe balloke cod of a man.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42a/a : The matrice necke is villous & rugous, and aboute þe myddil of his necke ben certeyn veynes in maidens, the whiche in tyme of diffloricioun ben corrumpid and broken. In þe sidis..of vttere mouþ of þe matrice ben two testiculis or stoonys, and also two vessels of sperme þe whiche ben sumwhat schortere þan a mannys vessell in tyme of coit.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)44b/a : Þe ȝerde schal be of þe lenkþe bitwene vj ynchis & ix..ffor if it were schorter, þanne it miȝte not arechen into þe matrice.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3297 : A womman may bere kindely Seuene at ones in her body, For þe matrice of womman..Haþ vij chaumbres and no mo.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)50b : And thow shalt never come by our stone without..The matrice of her be shutt vp..If thow therfore list to do well, Close vp thy matrice and nowrish thy sede with heate continuall.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)73b/a : Þe veines off þe arme þe whiche ben leten blode ben..cephalica, nigra, i. matrix, basilica, & ffinis brachij, and þe veine..cleped properlie assellaris..þe veyne þat is cleped nigra oþer matrix is a twixe þe cephalica and þe basilica.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.17va (1.4) : The matrice of a woman is þe centyne of a womannes body.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. matrice.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. matrix.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. neck of the matrix.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rising of matrice.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rising of the matrix.