Middle English Dictionary Entry
mel n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mel n.(1) Also melle. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Honey; mouth o (of) ~, honey-mouthed; -- epithet of Pilate; (b) med. a mixture of honey and a medicinal ingredient; ~ anacardi (rosat, roset, rosen) [see also anacardus, rosat, rosen, roset]; (c) ~ silvestre, the honeysuckle; also, wild honey [quot.: Lydg.; cp. Mat. 3.4]; (d) ?in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)316b/b : Hony hatte mel..and comeþ of mellisse in grew, þat beþ been in englisshe, for þe grekes clepeþ been mellisse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/a : Melodia..haþ that name of swetnesse and of mel, þat is, hony.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25038 : 'Pilate'..bitakens feind of hell, For bok him clepis muth o [Göt: of] mell.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)76a/b : Mel, i. hony, is to be medled wiþ alle sich medecenez.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)46/15 : A mundificatijf medicyn..Take mel roset colat, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)125b/a : Tak melle roset halfe a pounde, floure of femigreke, & floure of barlie.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)139b/b : Clense þe place wiþ a mundificatiue made of mel rosyne and terbentine and foure of lupines.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)167a/a : Þe firste [poultice] is made of..mel rosate coiled & of ane ounce of floure of whete.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)175b/a : Boile to gider mel anacardi & terre, þe whiche is clepid of oþere men þe iuse off anacardi.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)175b/b : Þis is equipollent to mel anacardi, þe whiche maie not be made but when þe anacardes be fresche.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 277)28/6 : A litle oile of lynsede putte to..or of..melle rosat.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)391/15 : Laye þerto cantarides medlede wiþ sowre doghe and wiþ vynegre, or mel anacardi.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)486/15 : Clense it with mel rosate and with wyne.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)172/532 : Roses..shall be gaderid, and of the rede levys shrede small and of hony togedir is made mel rosett.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)61b/a : R[ecipe] iuys of smalache..mel roset, terbentine..& flour of whete.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)79a/b : Vse þe medicyne of mel rosat colat with barly mele.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)164b/a : Leie þeron carpie wett in þre parties of mel roset and o partie of oile of ro. luke warme.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1269 : Seynt Iohn..Lyued in desert; deyntes hadde he non, Et mel siluestre.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)178/20 : Mellilotum is an herbe þat men clepe..honysukkle or..mel siluestre.
d
- (1287) Pleas Crown in BGAS 22172 : John le Melemuth.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/b : Mel is knowen calidus & siccus in 2vo. with mundificacioun.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mel.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mel anacardi.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mel rosat.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. mel roset.