Middle English Dictionary Entry
māvī̆s n. singular & plural
Entry Info
| Forms | māvī̆s n. singular & plural Also mavice, maveis, mawis(se, mawes. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The song thrush (Turdus musicus); ?also, missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus).
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)619 : The briddis, how they syngen clere, The mavys [F Mauvis] and the nyghtyngale And other joly briddis smale.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)665 : And thrustles, terins, and mavys [F mauvis], That songen for to wynne hem prys.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)640/4 : Hic mauiscus: mawysse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)330 : Mavyce, byrde: Maviscus, merula, fallica.
- c1440 Thos.Ercel.(Thrn)30 : In a mery mornynge of Maye..I herde þe jaye & þe throstyll cokke; The Mawys [vrr. mawes, mavys] menyde hir of hir songe.
- a1500(?1471) *Ripley Epis.Edw.IV (Ashm 759)105a : Crowes, poppyngiaies, pies, pecokkes, and mavyce.
- a1500 Today in (Hrl 1002)p.164 : I hyrde the fowles syng..The thrusche, the maveys, and the wodewale.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)762/12 : Hic maviscus, Hic sturdus: a mawys.