Middle English Dictionary Entry
nept(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nept(e n. Also nepta & nep(pe, nepe & nepter. |
| Etymology | OE & AF & ML nepta; cp. CL nepeta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Catnip, catmint (Nepeta cataria), often used in cooking or in medecines; ~ roial; (b) ?one of various plants (including Teucrium chamædrys, Arum colocasia, and Asarum europeæum).
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)557/3 : Nepta, i. nepte: kattesminte. ]
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)105.75/1 : Þeos wyrt..man nepitamnon & oþrum nama nepte, & grecas hy nenterion haeteð.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)51b : Neþte ryall, oþer catt mynte, for cattis will ete hit and stroy hit.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)186a/a : Take centorie, coste, nepte, clowes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)194a/b : Calamentum, Nepta, is h. & d. in 3 gre.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)353 : Nepte, herbe: Nepta.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)20/33 : A lectuarie for þe hoste or þe breste..Tak horshoue, gronswall..rew, solsekill, puliol, & nepte.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)30/12 : Tak nept, & stamp it & temper it with hate wyne, & drynk it & it caste owt all þe wormes in þi body.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)185/18 : Mellisa is an herbe þat..haȝt lewys lyk to þe lewis of nepte [vr. nepe].
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)187/25 : Nepta is an herbe þat men clepe nepte [vr. nepe] or cattys mynte.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)221/2 : For wormys in þe wombe: Take nepte and stampe it with hote wyne and drynk it.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)123/29 : Take fenell, ruwe, eufras..nept, pimpernolle.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)10 : For Wormes within the hauk..Take the ius of Nepter and put it in a small gutte of a Capon.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.48 : Þen sethe þy capone..With persoley, sauge, ysope, saveray, A litel nep.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)92a/a : And þanne ȝeue him drinke þe iuys of Calamynte or of nepte, oon of hem or ellis boþe, if þu may, wiþ stale ale.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf b vii/b : Take an herbe that is called Neppe and putt it in a small gut of a Capon.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)177 : Of al the herbys of yrlonde, Here þu schalt knowe meny onde..Peruynke, violet, cowslyppe, and lyly..Orpy, nepte.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)75 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Nept..Herbes for Potage..Nepte.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)9/18 : Nyme horshouue, groundesueli..piliole, and nepte.
b
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 76)20 : Hænep, chamepithis: nepte.
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)184 : Collocasia: nepte.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)645/17 : Bacar: nepe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)85a : Nepe: nepta, colocasia.