Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒus-ēre n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒus-ēre n.(2) Also mouser, musere, moushere, mushere. |
| Etymology | From mǒus n. & ēre n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella); also, the plant or parts of the plant used medicinally.
Associated quotations
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)556/18 : Pilosella, peluselle: musere.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)17/26 : Auricula muris, pilosella..moushere uel langbeue.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)33 : Pelvette: mouser.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)50a : Auricula Muris: Mowsere growith lowe by the grownde and berith a yelowe floure.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)39a/b : Be þai brissed & with succo auricule muris, i. mouse ere..be þer made a limiment.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172b/a : Pilocelle, i. moushere [Ch.(2): mouse ere; L piloselle].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)95b/b : Take þe leues of pimpinelle, toutseine, valeriane, þe rote of genciane ana, & as moche mouser as of alle þe toþer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)347 : Mowseer, herbe: Muricula.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)130/1 : Auricula muris is an herbe þat men clepe moushere.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)207/8 : For swellyng of þe stomake. Take mowse-er and centory and seþe yt in wort and drynke yt fyrst and last.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)170/525 : The juse of mowsere will [do] þe same.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)73 : Take ache & egrimoine & mousere..do þer to barowes grece..ley to þe seke bakke.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)75/3 : Tak an herbe þat men clepen mousere.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)128a/a : Þis same poudre is maad of v herbis, þat is to seie, Mousere, Pimpernelle, auence, valerian, & gencian.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)158a/b : Take of leues of pimpernelle, avaunce, valerian, of þe rote of gencian of ech lich myche, of mousere as myche as of hem alle.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)169 : Yn the moneth of Auerell Set & sow ham euerydell..waterlyly & lyuerworte, Mouseer'.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)602/35 : Philosella: lanworte, or Mushere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)179b/b : Pimpinelle, betonice…pilocelle, i. mousheir, as mych as of alle, beþ made a paluus.
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- ?a1450 Wel.542 Recipes (Wel 542)311 : Tak an handful of Bugyl…an oþer of mouscre [read: mousere].
Note: New spelling (error)