Middle English Dictionary Entry
nothe adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | nothe adj. |
| Etymology | ML nothus, notus of various origin, mixed; cp. CL nothus bastard, mongrel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a quartan fever: produced by a combination of humors.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)91a/a : Oþir maner ffeuere quartane þat comeþ wiþ mellinge of som oþir humour beþ I-clepid nothe [L note] boþe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.73ra (2.11) : If þe vryn aper..more thenne abouen þan bineþen, & dymmysh abouen & þat in a febre, þan or it hath aperede so longe tyme or but a schorte tyme. If longe tyme, it seiþ 'quartana nota,' a nothe quarteyn.
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