Middle English Dictionary Entry
mentastrum n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mentastrum n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A wild mint; horsemint Mentha sylvestris or water mint Mentha aquatica.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)103.68/1 : Nim þara wurte wos þat man mentastrum & engle brocminte nemneð. ]
- [ a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)555/5 : Mentastrum, i. mentastre, i. horsminte. ]
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)7/12 : Tak þe jeuse of mentastrum & vynacre, & mak it lewke & do it in þi nere & it dose þe same.