Middle English Dictionary Entry
nenufar n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nenufar n. Also nenuphar, nenufer, nemifor. |
| Etymology | ML & OF; ult. Pers. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The water lily; either the white water lily Nymphæa alba or the yellow water lily Nuphar lutea; also, the flower of one of these; also, as used medicinally.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 MS Add.15236 in EETS 102 (Add 15236)329, n.8 : Nenufar, i. flos vngule, caballine aquatice: waterlilye. ]
- [ a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)329/24 : Medicyns þat ben symple, coold, & drie, þat ben clepid verry repercussiuis, ben þese: Solatrum..cicorea, Endiua, Gramen..Nenuphar. ]
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)31 : Nenufar est flos ungulæ caballinæ aquaticæ, vel est lilium quod crescit in aquis et habet folia lata supernatantia aquam. ]
- [ ?a1400 Adv.18.5.16 Gloss.(Adv 18.5.16)160 : Nenufar: waterlilie. ]
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.34v : Þanne dewe, i. sprengle, a lytel þe face with frigida. & tak a smale clene lynen clout & dip it wel in eurose, or ellys in water of nenufar femel, i. lilij albi aquatici, of whit water lilye, & wap þe face þerwith
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)57b/a : Þan forsoþ be þe forsaid þingez y-made with waters & oilez in which be decocte lefez of salow & broken barly, violettis, & nenufer [Ch.(2): nenufar; L nenufarum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)91a/a : If þer were hete, respire it oile roses or of nemyfor.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)196a/a : Lilium aquaticum, watir lilie; Nenuphar, þe flour; Nimphea, þe rote; vngula caballina, þe lef; colde & moiste.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)102/8 : And Also giffe hym þat conforteþ þe brayne, as castore, nucis moschati, roses, nenufare, mirtellez, & sumac.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)625/32 : Nenufar, water lilye, þe flour is colde and moyste in þe secounde degre.