Middle English Dictionary Entry
nāche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nāche n. Also ache. Pl. nāǧes. |
| Etymology | OF nache, nage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pl. The buttocks; (b) the anus.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1300) Songs Langtoft (Cmb Gg.1.1)p.295 : The fote folke Puth the Scotes in the polke, and nakned their nages [rime: pages].
b
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)59/14 : If he fele sare or werke in his ache, he sall dy.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)467/2 : His mouthe was turnyd into his ars, &..all þe filthe and þe degestion of his bodie come out at his mouthe, & noght at his nache.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)37.7 : Myn uaches [L lumbi] ben fulfild of illusiouns and helþe is not in my flesshe.
Note: New spelling
Note: WB(1) & (2): leendis; Rolle Psalter (UC 64): lendis…lendes, that is, my fleysse; NVPsalt.: lendes
Note: AF: nages…naches
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nache.