Middle English Dictionary Entry
mundifīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mundifīen v. Also mundefie, mondefie; p.ppl. i)mundified. |
| Etymology | OF mondefiier, mundifïer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. & surg. (a) To cleanse (a wound or infection); (b) to cleanse the body internally; (c) to purify blood, medicine, or grease; (d) to cleanse and clarify (the complexion).
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.24vb : Basilica maior domestica: dragans .. Diascorid' seith his rote take & dried & mad to pouder, þat & euerose togidre .. with Frenche sope it mundefieth & dreyeth & heleth þe festre.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26b/b : Þe brustyng forsoþ idone, be it [carbuncle] mundified with succer of apij.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)146a/b : Þe place shal be wele ymundifyed, & þer shal appere rede flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170a/b : Corrosif..mundifieþ noȝt sanie bot corrodeþ and draweþ out crustez & flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)171a/a : Many oþer bene put of helpez incarnatiuez, which in incarnyng mundifien.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)43/1 : Poudre creoferoboron y-putte to mundefye þe corrupcion.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)44/25 : Þis oyntment..mundifieþ þe filþe or putrifaccion of þe bone.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)53/24 : Remoue þe cloþe and mundifie þe wounde.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)53/30 : Do þus euery day tuyez, renewyng þe oyntment and mundifying þe woundez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)82/17,18 : Þis watre mundifieþ in coldand, bot watre of sulphur mundifieþ in hetyng or chaufand.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 277)27/24 : Considere þe lech..þe wounde ymundified, if it be wele tretable and without hardnes and bolnyng and yuel colour.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)86/20 : Þe place be mundefied, i. clensed, and flesched and sowded after þe openynge.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)308/31 : The secounde [entencioun] is to mondefye, i. to clense.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)61b/a : If þou seest þi wounde wel caste out quytture..þanne it schal be mundified wiþ vnguentum viride.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)73b/b : Þow myȝt mundifien þe wounde wiþ mundificatiuis of senewis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)96a/b : Often tymes it happiþ þat þilke wounde is heelid abouen or þan þat þe forseid pannycule be fully and parfiȝtlich y-mundified bineþen.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)104b/a : Waische þi wounde wiþ wiyn..and siþen mundifie him vp wiþ oynementis.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)29b/17 : Thou shalt..mundify kyndly þe flesshe.
b
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)68/22 : Þer oweþ neuer to be putte to in þe place remediez mitigatiuez bot þe bodi war first mundified with farmacie, i. medicyne laxatiue.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17b/a : Þe reynez bene particlez ordeynd for to mundifye þe blode fro þe aquous superfluitee.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)166a/b : Cause forsoþ whi þat symple medicynez bene mundified is þat þe straunge þingez be remoued fro þam.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)53/36 : Borez grese resolued at þe fire and mundified.
d
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.24vb : Basilica maior domestica: dragans .. Diascorid' seith his rote take & dried & mad to pouder, þat & euerose togidre, mundefieth & clarefieth & coloureth þe face.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.67va (2.9) : Þat oþer partie of melancolie is sent to þe splene by cause of nede & of helpe, boþe for to fode & norisshe the splene & for to mundefie, i. to clense, al þe body.
Note: Antedates word. Prob. sense (b).
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.3v (1.3) : When 'epar' mundefiede, i. purgede or clensede, þe mater of þe blode, þan descendeþ þe moste substance, i. vryn.
Note: Additional quot., sense (c).