Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒus-pese n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒus-pese n. plural Also -pise, -pose, muspese & (errors) mousope, mowse pype. |
| Etymology | From mǒus n. & pēse n. pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mouse-peas (Lathyrus macrorrhizus; also L. pratensis).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)131/9 : Orobus, gall. uesche, anglice, thare uel mousepese.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)32 : Orobus sive orobum est pisa agrestis, s. muspese.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)43 : Vesces, i. fecches vel mous pese, orobus idem.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)190/6 : Orobus is an herbe þat men clepe mousope [vrr. mousepyse, mowse pype, mouse pese].
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)268/872 : To make saue: Tak burnet..wodbynd, rybwort, mowsere, mousepose.